Joy CoxOct 6, 20201 minWhat’s It Mean To Be A Fat Girl in a Black Body?In her upcoming book, Fat Girls in Black Bodies, Dr. Joy Cox contends with the systemically harmful treatment of fat Black girls and womx...
Joy CoxSep 1, 20201 minThe Quest to Make Eating Disorder Treatment More InclusiveTo Cox, these kinds of conversations are imperative for patients to begin healing. “What needs to happen is relationship-building,” she s...
Joy CoxAug 28, 20201 minHow to Use Your Intuition to Be a Better Ally - The School of BraveryIn light of the current season of anti-racism, how can we use our intuition to be better allies and advocates? Political action as a tool...
Joy CoxMay 23, 20201 minFood Psych - Breaking FREE From Diet CultureI joined Christy Harrison to talk about how we can fight back against internalized weight stigma and body shame, how intersecting identit...
Joy CoxMay 1, 20201 minEverything You Know About Obesity Is WrongWhen Joy Cox, an academic in New Jersey, was 16, she went to the hospital with stomach pains. The doctor didn’t diagnose her dangerously ...
Joy CoxMay 1, 20201 minHow to Live Your Anti-Diet Values in a Weight-Obsessed World (Without Being a Jerk)Diet talk (and anti-fat talk) is also culturally normalized, especially among women, explains Joy Cox, Ph.D., an activist and researcher ...
Joy CoxMay 1, 20201 min#BlackHistoryMonth: 30 Black Influential Leaders Pushing for Change in the Plus Size IndustryNumber 20. - New Jersey-based activist and researcher Joy Cox, Ph.D. focuses on fat acceptance and intersecting identities, having studie...
Joy CoxMay 1, 20201 minCovid-19 Does Not Discriminate by Body WeightAT THIS POINT it’s been made to seem like common sense: Larger-bodied people are at higher risk from this pandemic. “Those who are overwe...