Marquisele Mercedes
Biographic Data
| ID | 72794 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marquisele Mercedes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marquisele |
| FAMILY NAME | Mercedes |
| SIGNATURE | MERCEDES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6851-7629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The case for demedicalizing stigma research
Anti-stigma efforts with the goal of increasing treatment are often prioritized over anti-stigma efforts with the goal of improving the sociocultural status of a stigmatized way of being. We argue that a similar phenomenon exists within basic stigma research: research that enables efforts to increase rates of diagnosis and treatment has been prioritized over research that enables efforts to destigmatize. We refer to this as the medicalization of …
Weight-Based Health Care Discrimination and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Black Sexual and Gender Minoritized Assigned Female at Birth Adults in the United States
Introduction: Black sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) people assigned female at birth (AFAB) face notable barriers to cervical cancer screening, including racism, heterosexism, and cisgenderism. Although weight-based discrimination is prevalent in the United States and may compound other forms of discrimination, no study has examined the association between weight-based discrimination in health care settings and Pap test use among Black SGM AFA…
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness As Anti-Blackness is not just a critical contribution to fat studies scholarship. Similarly, it is not just a new exploration of the lived fat exper
Fighting for a (wide enough) seat at the table: Weight stigma in law and policy
Few jurisdictions provide legal protection against discrimination on the basis of weight despite evidence of pervasive inequalities faced by fat individuals in employment, healthcare, education, and other domains. Yet, in the last two decades, advocacy efforts in several countries aimed to remedy this situation have been largely unsuccessful. We present a cross-national conceptual analysis of three significant anti-discrimination developments reg…
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Fighting for a (wide enough) seat at the table: Weight stigma in law and policy
Few jurisdictions provide legal protection against discrimination on the basis of weight despite evidence of pervasive inequalities faced by fat individuals in employment, healthcare, education, and other domains. Yet, in the last two decades, advocacy efforts in several countries aimed to remedy this situation have been largely unsuccessful. We present a cross-national conceptual analysis of three significant anti-discrimination developments reg…
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness As Anti-Blackness is not just a critical contribution to fat studies scholarship. Similarly, it is not just a new exploration of the lived fat exper
Weight-Based Health Care Discrimination and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Black Sexual and Gender Minoritized Assigned Female at Birth Adults in the United States
Introduction: Black sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) people assigned female at birth (AFAB) face notable barriers to cervical cancer screening, including racism, heterosexism, and cisgenderism. Although weight-based discrimination is prevalent in the United States and may compound other forms of discrimination, no study has examined the association between weight-based discrimination in health care settings and Pap test use among Black SGM AFA…
The case for demedicalizing stigma research
Anti-stigma efforts with the goal of increasing treatment are often prioritized over anti-stigma efforts with the goal of improving the sociocultural status of a stigmatized way of being. We argue that a similar phenomenon exists within basic stigma research: research that enables efforts to increase rates of diagnosis and treatment has been prioritized over research that enables efforts to destigmatize. We refer to this as the medicalization of …
Obesity and Health Practices (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Attribution (1 works) · Black women (1 works)