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Shared Vulnerability – Collectivity and Empathy in Media Reflections of a Finnish theater Monologue FAT




AuthorsHynnä-Granberg Kaisu

PublisherTaylor & Francis

Publication year2022

JournalFat Studies

Volume11

Issue1

First page 98

Last page111

eISSN2160-486X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2021.1913829

Web address https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21604851.2021.1913829?src=

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/54384028


Abstract

This article utilizes the concept of “shared vulnerability” to analyze media reflections of a Finnish fat activist monologue FAT. In texts, pictures, and sounds on FAT, gaps between differently-sized women are stitched up and a feeling of an allwomen’s community is offered as a solution to hurtful experiences. I argue that shared vulnerability can signal a welcomed realization of previously hidden privileges on the part of the more normative subject. Yet, talking about shared vulnerability risks ironing out fat women’s experiences by decentering them
or displacing them with those of more-normatively-sized women.


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