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Alexandra Brewis (Slade) -- Biocultural Anthropologist
Regents Professor & President's Professor at Arizona State University

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Slum tourism, empathy, and study abroad

March 22, 2016 alexbrewis

At Emoya Estate in Bloemfontein, South Africa, visitors can experience what it is to live in a local village —…

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Posted in: Late Lessons, Stigmabusters, Uncategorized

Fear of Flying

March 5, 2016 alexbrewis

I am currently on a long-haul flight ON business. But not IN business. (I work at a public university, after…

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Posted in: Deep Thoughts, Passing Fancies, Rants and Raves, Uncategorized Filed under: airlines, flying, Mayo Clinic, obesity, policy, weight discrimination

Breast Cancer, He-roes, and the Downsides of Pink Culture

February 4, 2016 alexbrewis

My grandmother Venecie May died of breast cancer in 1945 at the age 41, leaving behind 5 very sad and…

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Posted in: Rants and Raves, Uncategorized

Fat Stigma: The View from my Office Window

January 20, 2016 alexbrewis

My office windows look out across the two main campus pedestrian malls of the largest and most diverse research university in the…

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Posted in: Sensible Solutions, Uncategorized Filed under: campus, obesity, students

Big Change Starts Wrong: New Zealand Tackles Childhood Obesity

January 13, 2016 alexbrewis

As an expatriate Kiwi, I keep up to speed on happenings down-under by reading the New Zealand Herald. As articles…

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Posted in: Stigma Score Card Filed under: New Zealand, obesity, policy

Lessons from a Visit to the World's Prettiest Prison

December 2, 2015 alexbrewis

Within a decade or so, the last remaining patient-residents of the Hawai`ian leprosy colony of Kalaupapa will die. The highest sea…

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Posted in: Late Lessons Filed under: Hawaii, history, Leprosy, quarantine

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