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.

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.

Why do we fight with our food? Read about a few of those reasons in this issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine.

In our young imaginations, we would summon the heroes we loved and proclaim, “Did you ever knoooow that you’re my heeee–ro?”
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