This analysis examines fat male figures in children's picture books, advocating for narratives that promote understanding and reduce biases.
This article analyzes fat male figures in children’s picture books, examining gendered anti-fatness and advocating for stories that challenge biases and promote understanding. Educators and children can view spaces of fat joy without shame that ultimately beg the question: How can we imagine and create these spaces?
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Anne Valauri (2025) studied this question.
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