Róisín West's articles

First do no harm? Weight stigma by the numbers September 2, 2021

First do no harm? Weight stigma by the numbers

Decolonizing the food justice movement also requires us to examine the deeply held anti-fat biases that permeate many of these spaces. The Monitor Index details how deep this bias goes and how damaging it is.

Back to basics September 1, 2021

Back to basics

When it comes to how we approach food programming, we're in dire need of a cultural overhaul.

COVID-19: Neoliberalism’s Chernobyl February 27, 2021

COVID-19: Neoliberalism’s Chernobyl

COVID-19 has been called neoliberalism’s Chernobyl with good cause. The capacity of our public system to adapt in the face of a sudden and major threat had been all but undermined by four decades of underfunding, leaving the hollowed out remains scrambling to adjust course.