Dr Angela Meadows (she/her)

Lecturer Social Psych @Uni_of_Essex @EssexPsychology. For Weight Stigma Conference: @StigmaConf. Views my own.

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

I'm sometimes told that my academic presentation style is a little "over-impassioned" to be taken seriously. Dr George Parker #wsc2025 day 2 keynote just said a mouthful: "It's hard to slow down rage." #weightstigma #reproductivejustice

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

Taryn Know @BioethicsCentre Structural account of microaggressions (McClure & Rini 2020): An action is a #microaggression if it plays a causal role in perpetuating an oppressive social system. Intent is irrelevant. Not about blame - about societal structure #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

Great definition of #microaggressions - "those everyday little things that make you feel a bit shit about yourself" Taryn Know @BioethicsCentre #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

Taryn Knox @BioethicsCentre: Can #BMI ever be used in a neutral way or is it always a #fatmicroaggression? #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

I'd be interested in hearing more about the professional clothing provision charity data @fatbodypolitic #wsc2025

[Wt Stigma Conference @StigmaConf]

Opal Presentation #2 with Spiros Chairetis
@ChairetisSpiros @cmc_panteion
Amanda Levitt & Brianna Sorensen
@FatBodyPolitics
Judith Schreier @HumboldtUni
and Ngoc Huyen Thi @GriffithBiz #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

"Weight loss as performance: Before and after photos document a story of moral redemption" Brianna Sorensen @FatBodyPolitics #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

Compulsory thinness operates via unspoken rule enforced through media, family, structures, education, laws, etc. @FatBodyPolitics Brianna Sorensen #wsc2025 #weightstigma

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

Compulsory thinness: Examining the interpersonal, structural, and institutional policing of fat bodies @FatBodyPolitics and Brianna Sorensen #wsc2025

[Chantelle Clarke @ClarkeC1027]

Excited to share my PhD research at #WSC2025 on shame & self-criticism in lipoedema + weight stigma.

Also honoured to be part of the organising committee this year!

🗓️ July 6–7 | 🌍 Online or in-person
🔗 https://t.co/08Y1jWwihF

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

Checkout "Misdiagnosing Fat Oppression: Weight Stigma and the Anti-Obesity Assemblage" dissertation from @rachel_e_fox @gvsu #wsc2025 Access at: https://t.co/lm7Nc8e7rK

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

"Most #weightstigma research is really "obesity research" - we need to refocus the field to promote liberation from oppression @rachel_e_fox @gvsu #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

#weightstigma research that pathologises weight cited more often than research that doesn't @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

64% #weightstigma research 1960–2023 take an approach that problematises fatness and call for its elimination @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

#weightstigma is not a consequence of "obesity" - it is a socially constructed form of oppression; stigmatising people is a choice. @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

We can't fight "obesity" and weight stigma at the same time - they are fundamentally incompatible. @rachel_e_fox @GVSU #wsc2025

[Kerry (she/her) @Kerry2theLeft]

#wsc2025 yes indeed @deameadows the flawed idea that stigmatising people based on weight is about concern for health!!!!!! Ugh

[Dr Angela Meadows (she/her) @DrAMeadows]

My first keynote presentation! @EssexPsychology

[Wt Stigma Conference @StigmaConf]

#wsc2025 Welcome and keynote #1 with @DrAMeadows Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK -
Title: Plus ça change: The science we need for the future we want

[Wt Stigma Conference @StigmaConf]

Follow us, tag us and tweet about the 2025 Weight Stigma Conference using #wsc2025

[Kerry (she/her) @Kerry2theLeft]

Hey the @StigmaConf is coming up 6-7 July on the gold cost or online. Find out more here https://t.co/6vq1zrSFM5 or follow on insta here: https://t.co/DHwJHzmy8v