I am really glad you did the interview! I have heard from a few people who have done it and I think our responses to the questions are raising some interesting points for the researchers. Apparently the questionnaire you will get in the mail has a lot of questions that are loaded with presumptions and bias. I haven't got mine yet so I can't tell you what sort of things they ask. It will be interesting to see the final result when the study is completed and to see how much "air time" the positive fatties get, if any.
hey, if that's so about the questionnaire, how about we get our bunch of academic fatties together send them back a critical analysis of their methodology? i thought their interview questions were quite biased too, not nastily, but certainly starting from some stereotyped assumptions about what life is like as a fat person.
i'm tempted to contact the head researchers and tell them that they need an advisory committee of fat intellectuals to examine their own bias and volunteer my services. i also note they've got PhD opportunities on their website. maybe you could approach them, and see if you can get your FA study included under their auspices as a balance to the horror stories? mmm... the possibilities... thinking...
as for 'air time' - it's quite possible we will get some - they asked me if i'd be willing to be on their list of people to contact for media sound bites and quotes because they thought i'd been particularly articulate.
I still haven't got my questionnaire. Have you? I think you should contact the head researcher with these concerns. You are certainly a lot more articulate than I am! I knew what I wanted to say in the interview but I did stumble quite a bit which was frustrating. I hope they do contact you for sound bites!
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i'm tempted to contact the head researchers and tell them that they need an advisory committee of fat intellectuals to examine their own bias and volunteer my services. i also note they've got PhD opportunities on their website. maybe you could approach them, and see if you can get your FA study included under their auspices as a balance to the horror stories? mmm... the possibilities... thinking...
as for 'air time' - it's quite possible we will get some - they asked me if i'd be willing to be on their list of people to contact for media sound bites and quotes because they thought i'd been particularly articulate.
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