Kate Harding

Kate Harding
Born	c. 1975 (age 49–50)
Education	University of Toronto Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
Occupation	Writer
Era	21st century
Known for	Shapely Prose Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere Asking For It Nasty Women

Kate Harding (born c. 1975)^[1] is an American feminist and fat-acceptance writer. She was founding editor of the Shapely Prose blog, author of Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It, co-author of Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body, and co-editor of anthology Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.

Early life

Harding attended the University of Toronto for college, majoring in English, then earned an MFA in fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts.^[2]

Career

Harding was founding editor of a blog called Shapely Prose, which she edited from 2007 to 2010.^[2]

Hard is co-author, with Marianne Kirby, of the 2009 book Lessons From the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body (Penguin/Perigee).^[3][4]

In 2015, Harding published Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It.^[5][6][7] In Slate, Amanda Marcotte described Harding's approach in the book as "working as a cultural critic, focusing on the cultural response to and understanding of sexual assault more than the crimes themselves".^[8] In the Los Angeles Times, Rebecca Carroll called the book "a smart, impassioned and well-researched agenda for a strictly no-nonsense understanding of rape culture."^[9]

In 2017, Harding co-edited an anthology with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, entitled Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Personal life

Harding is married and lives in Chicago.^[1]

References

1. Schoenberg, Nara (April 30, 2009). "The queen of fat bloggers takes no prisoners". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
2. "About". kateharding.info. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
3. Wakeman, Jessica (2009-05-16). "Lessons From The Fat-O-Sphere, By Kate Harding And Marianne Kirby". The Frisky. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
4. "Lessons From the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce With Your Body". Bust. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
5. Kelley, Lauren (August 24, 2015). "America Has a Rape Problem, and Kate Harding Wants to Fix It". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
6. PenzeyMoog, Caitlin (September 11, 2015). "Finally, an engaging and comprehensive book about rape culture". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
7. Klabusich, Katie (August 21, 2015). "'Asking for It': Why We Need to Get Angry About Rape Culture". Rewire. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
8. Marcotte, Amanda (20 August 2015). "Ring the Alarm". Slate. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
9. Carroll, Rebecca (August 20, 2015). "Kate Harding's timely 'Asking for It' accepts no excuses in the rise of rape culture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
10. Levitt, Aimee (October 11, 2017). "Nasty Women attempts to sum up what it's like to be a feminist in Trump's America". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
11. Stevens, Heidi (October 6, 2017). "Spend a little (or a lot) of time with these 'Nasty Women'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
12. Burda, Joan M. "A book review by Joan M. Burda: Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America". New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
13. Enjeti, Anjali (October 3, 2017). "'Nasty Women' Essay Collection Chucks Pantsuits for a More Inclusive Outfit". Rewire. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
14. "NASTY WOMEN Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America". Kirkus Reviews. August 6, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
15. Charles, Anne (2018-01-04). "'Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's..." Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
16. Jensen, Brandy (2017-10-03). "What Happened?". The Baffler. Retrieved 2018-02-05.

External links

• Official site
• Shapely Prose blog