Kate Harding | |
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Born | c. 1975 |
Education |
University of Toronto Vermont College of Fine Arts ( MFA) |
Occupation | Writer |
Era | 21st century |
Known for | Shapely Prose Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere Asking For It Nasty Women |
Kate Harding (born c. 1975) [1] is an American feminist and fat-acceptance writer. She was founding editor of the Shapely Prose blog, author of Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It, co-author of Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body, and co-editor of anthology Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.
Harding attended the University of Toronto for college, majoring in English, then earned an MFA in fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. [2]
Harding was founding editor of a blog called Shapely Prose, which she edited from 2007 to 2010. [2]
Hard is co-author, with Marianne Kirby, of the 2009 book Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body (Penguin/ Perigee). [3] [4]
In 2015, Harding published Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It. [5] [6] [7] In Slate, Amanda Marcotte described Harding's approach in the book as "working as a cultural critic, focusing on the cultural response to and understanding of sexual assault more than the crimes themselves". [8] In the Los Angeles Times, Rebecca Carroll called the book "a smart, impassioned and well-researched agenda for a strictly no-nonsense understanding of rape culture." [9]
In 2017, Harding co-edited an anthology with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, entitled Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Harding is married and lives in Chicago. [1]
Kate Harding | |
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Born | c. 1975 |
Education |
University of Toronto Vermont College of Fine Arts ( MFA) |
Occupation | Writer |
Era | 21st century |
Known for | Shapely Prose Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere Asking For It Nasty Women |
Kate Harding (born c. 1975) [1] is an American feminist and fat-acceptance writer. She was founding editor of the Shapely Prose blog, author of Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It, co-author of Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body, and co-editor of anthology Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.
Harding attended the University of Toronto for college, majoring in English, then earned an MFA in fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. [2]
Harding was founding editor of a blog called Shapely Prose, which she edited from 2007 to 2010. [2]
Hard is co-author, with Marianne Kirby, of the 2009 book Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body (Penguin/ Perigee). [3] [4]
In 2015, Harding published Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It. [5] [6] [7] In Slate, Amanda Marcotte described Harding's approach in the book as "working as a cultural critic, focusing on the cultural response to and understanding of sexual assault more than the crimes themselves". [8] In the Los Angeles Times, Rebecca Carroll called the book "a smart, impassioned and well-researched agenda for a strictly no-nonsense understanding of rape culture." [9]
In 2017, Harding co-edited an anthology with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, entitled Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Harding is married and lives in Chicago. [1]