Liz Boltz Ranfeld is a writer and English professor from Indiana. Her work has been published by Salon, Everyday Feminism, Relief Journal, The Shriver Report, and Jezebel. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Nancy Drew and the Case of the Fat-Shaming Trope

The Nancy Drew books of the 80s and 90s are aggressively anti-fat, likely contributing to young girls’ earliest encounters with weight loss, dieting, and negative self-image.