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

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Food insecurity, depression, and 20-20 hindsight

February 8, 2017 alexbrewis

In a university has large and diverse as some cities, health disparities emerge on campus communities just as they do…

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Posted in: Uncategorized, Work in Progress Filed under: food banks, food insecurity, hunger, stigma

Shit shame? Addressing open air defecation in Mozambique

December 11, 2016 alexbrewis

Climate problems may not be the top priority of the incoming US administration. But their effects are pretty darn obvious…

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Posted in: Uncategorized, Work in Progress Filed under: climate change, disease, hygiene, Mozambique, open defecation, sanitation, stigma

Welcome to *Beautiful* South Korea!

May 20, 2016 alexbrewis

South Korea is a land of great physical beauty. If you aren’t born with it, you are meant to create…

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Posted in: Passing Fancies, Work in Progress Filed under: Asia, body image, cosmetic surgery, fat-talk, Korea, obesity, South Korea

The Cutting Edge of Weight Stigma Research

April 29, 2016 alexbrewis

Last weekend I holed up with top scholars who study weight stigma — in lovely B and B in central…

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Posted in: Deep Thoughts, Uncategorized, Work in Progress Filed under: body norms, hunger, obesity, undernutrition, weight discrimination, weight stigma
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