Layla Cameron
Biographic Data
| ID | 644549 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Layla Cameron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Layla |
| FAMILY NAME | Cameron |
| SIGNATURE | CAMERON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6433-5721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fat Studies in Canada: (Re)Mapping the Field
Fat Studies in Canada: (Re)Mapping the Field." Fat Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Additional informationNotes on contributorsLayla CameronLayla Cameron is a Lecturer in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University
“We’re number fat!”: Reflections on fat fastpitch with the heavy hitters
This paper tells the story about the formation of the Heavy Hitters, a fat-identified softball team in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Heavy Hitters responded to chronic fatphobia in the city by building fat community through organized sports. Since physical activity is categorized as “something only ‘the athletes’ do”, fat people often negotiate fatphobic discourses when participating in group sports. These discourses negatively prescribe fat s…
“Bodies on Screen: Merging Fat Activism with Feminist Documentary Filmmaking”
In the realm of feminist filmmaking, there is often tension in satisfying both the aesthetic demands of visual culture and the political aspects of the subject matter. This is an especially problematic task for work that focuses on fat bodies. Utilizing my experience directing and producing a short documentary film, Fat Hiking Club, this paper explores how fat politics can be integrated into feminist filmmaking. Situated within a feminist media s…
Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice
In the decade since the foundational anthology The Fat Studies Reader (2009) was published, fat studies has rapidly developed as an academic discipline. With contributions from a variety of fields
Fat tactics: The rhetoric and structure of the fat acceptance movement
For fat activists, it can often feel as though we are preaching to the choir; while the body-positive and Health At Every Size movements seem to have found footing in mainstream media, fat activist
The “good fatty” is a dancing fatty: Fat archetypes in reality television
While fatphobia runs rampant in traditional reality television programs, the advancement of the body-positive movement has made media representations of fat people far more complex. Utilizing TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life as a case study, the author addresses how the introduction of body positivity into the reality television industry has offered freedom from fat shame only to those who fit into a “good fatty” archetype
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The “good fatty” is a dancing fatty: Fat archetypes in reality television
While fatphobia runs rampant in traditional reality television programs, the advancement of the body-positive movement has made media representations of fat people far more complex. Utilizing TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life as a case study, the author addresses how the introduction of body positivity into the reality television industry has offered freedom from fat shame only to those who fit into a “good fatty” archetype
“Bodies on Screen: Merging Fat Activism with Feminist Documentary Filmmaking”
In the realm of feminist filmmaking, there is often tension in satisfying both the aesthetic demands of visual culture and the political aspects of the subject matter. This is an especially problematic task for work that focuses on fat bodies. Utilizing my experience directing and producing a short documentary film, Fat Hiking Club, this paper explores how fat politics can be integrated into feminist filmmaking. Situated within a feminist media s…
Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and Social Justice
In the decade since the foundational anthology The Fat Studies Reader (2009) was published, fat studies has rapidly developed as an academic discipline. With contributions from a variety of fields
Fat tactics: The rhetoric and structure of the fat acceptance movement
For fat activists, it can often feel as though we are preaching to the choir; while the body-positive and Health At Every Size movements seem to have found footing in mainstream media, fat activist
“We’re number fat!”: Reflections on fat fastpitch with the heavy hitters
This paper tells the story about the formation of the Heavy Hitters, a fat-identified softball team in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Heavy Hitters responded to chronic fatphobia in the city by building fat community through organized sports. Since physical activity is categorized as “something only ‘the athletes’ do”, fat people often negotiate fatphobic discourses when participating in group sports. These discourses negatively prescribe fat s…
Fat Studies in Canada: (Re)Mapping the Field
Fat Studies in Canada: (Re)Mapping the Field." Fat Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Additional informationNotes on contributorsLayla CameronLayla Cameron is a Lecturer in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University
Obesity and Health Practices (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)