PRESS & MEDIA

YouTube
“Why Weight Loss Has Always Been about Power.”
DW History and Culture.
“Why the Disposable Black Girlfriend is a Problem.”
By Princess Weekes.
“BMI Standards are Racist: American Medical Association.”
The New York Post
“Is Diet Culture Rooted in Racism?”
Brut America.
“How BMI Perpetuates Racism & Hurts Marginalized People.”
NowThis!
“Sabrina Strings Explains How ‘Fatphobia’ is Rooted in Racism.”
NowThis News.
TV and Streaming
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“TV on the Edge: Oprah and the Daytime Diet Wars.” HBO Max. Nov. 24
- Previously appeared on CNN (Sept 2024)
- “Is Romance Dead?” with host Jonathan Van Ness, an IG live vidcast. Getting Curious w/Jonathan Van Ness. Feb. 14
- “The Black Beauty Effect.” A three-part docuseries, Netflix. Oct. 15
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“Vetfobie gaat om gezondheid” (an interview for a three-part documentary series on Dutch TV).
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“Grassofobia, dalla ballerina del corto Reflect alle origini” with host Lara Lago. Voice, SKY Tv Italia. Nov. 22
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“Variant Cover” with host Chris Vazquez, episode 1 on Marvel’s Thor and the fat suit. Washington Post’s TikTok. July 20.
Recent Press
Your Year of Yes June Reading List

By Shelbi Polk. Shondaland.
Jun 2. 2025
Ozempic is hailed as a miracle drug. But how does it affect people with eating disorders?

By Hannah Seo. The Guardian.
Apr 4, 2025
Fatphobia: the personal is political

By Sarah Moss. The Lancet.
Jun 8, 2025
- 2025 "How the arrival of weight-loss jabs has popped my #BodyPositivity bubble" By Perdita Nouril. Women's Health Oct 16
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2025 “Why Cardi B’s Merch Joke Isn’t Funny.” By Aiyana Ishmael. Teen Vogue. Aug 15.
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2025 “Your Year of Yes June Reading List.” By Shelbi Polk. Shondaland. Jun 2.
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2025 “Ozempic and its brethren are running headlong into American dining and dieting culture.” By Scott Hocker. The Week. May 23.
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2025 “SkinnyTok Isn’t A Trend — It’s The Latest Iteration of Diet Culture & Fatphobia.” By Chloe Laws. Refinery29. May 4.
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2025 “Ozempic is hailed as a miracle drug. But how does it affect people with eating disorders?” By Hannah Seo. The Guardian. Apr 4.
- 2024 “Fatphobia: the personal is political.” By Sarah Moss. The Lancet. Jun 8.
- 2023 “Should We End Obesity?” By Jamie Ducharme. TIME. Nov 7.
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2023 “I Definitely Would Have Taken Ozempic to Lose Weight Five Years Ago—But What Else Would I Have Lost?” By Emma Specter. Vogue. Aug 8
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2023 “Weight Bias is a Problem in Health Care. Here’s What Doctors Can Do.” By Elizabeth Millard. TIME. Feb 1.
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2023 “They Rejected Diet Culture 30 years ago. Then They Went Mainstream.” By Michelle Ruiz. The New York Times. Jan 18.
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2022 “I Blame ‘90s Diet Culture for My Adult Body Image Issues.” By Kate Nelson. Saveur. Dec 2.
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2022 “‘Love is Blind’ Promised to Ignore Looks, But Then Platformed Thin, White People Anyway.” By Ko Bragg. Mother Jones. Nov + Dec issue.
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2022 “Iraqi Actor Enas Taleb Hits Back at the Racist Criticism of Arab Women’s Bodies.” By Sally Mousa. Vogue Arabia. Oct 5.
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2022 “‘Diet Culture’ Isn’t Just About Smoothies and Food-Tracking Apps.” By Christine Byrne.SELF magazine. Sept 21.
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2022 “Fatphobia and medical biases follow people after death.” By Sarah Wells. Popular Science. Aug 18.
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2022 “You Can Kick Diet Culture Out of Your Diet, Experts Say. Here’s Where to Start.” CNN. Mar 21.
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2022 “An Adidas ad showed bare breasts. Is that liberating or exploitative?” By Anne Branigan. The Washington Post. Feb 10.
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2021 “How Eurocentric Beauty Standards Harm Black Women.” By Tatiana Walk-Morris. Shape Magazine. Nov 9.
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2021 “Is B.M.I. a Scam?” By Alice Callahan.The New York Times. May 18.
- Reprinted in Chicago Tribune (May 25)
- Reprinted in Baltimore Sun (May 25)
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2021 “Everyone Should See These TikToks About Celebs the Media Used to Call ‘Fat.’” By Brittany Wong.Huffington Post. May 5.
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2021 “What Terms Like "Superfat" and "Small Fat" Mean, and How They Are Used.” By Charlotte Zoller. Teen Vogue. Apr 21.
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2021 “What is Thin Privilege? And why we need to talk about it, according to fat activists and their allies.” By Adele Jackson. Good Housekeeping. Apr 15.
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2021 “The Racist and Problematic History of the Body Mass Index.” By Adèle Jackson-Gibson. Good Housekeeping. Feb 23.
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2021 “The Unbearable Weight of Diet Culture.” By Jessica Teich. Good Housekeeping. Jan 23.
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2021 “What the outcry from Kumail Nanjiani's sculpted body tells us about racism, masculinity standards.” By David Oliver. USA Today. Jan 13.
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2020 “Why Did Weight Become the Scapegoat for Health Issues?” By Gerda Endemann. goop. Sept 17.
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2020 “BMI is Racist and Useless. Here’s How to Measure Health Instead.” By Christine Byrne. Huffington Post. July 20.
Press Interviews and Mentions--International
- 2025 “Thinness as an ideal—a signifier of wealth, status, and desirability, if not beauty— has its ugly roots in racism, white supremacy, and the colonial gaze.” By Bambina Olivares. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Aug. 26.
- 2025 “Do you want to feel comfortable at a Guelph pool? Sign up for the first Fat Babe Pool Party.” By Joy Struthers. Guelph Mercury Tribune. Aug21.
- 2025 “Ist der Schlankheitswahn politisch?” (Is the Obsession with Slimness Political?) By Paulina Kamm. Pharmazeutische-zeitung. Aug 18.
- 2025 “Mooie mensen hebben het makkelijker.” (Beautiful people have it easier.) By Doortje Lenders. Vrij Nederland Aug 14.
- 2025 “Saúde e Nutrição com Clayton Camargos: Vale Tudo para emagrecer?” (Health and Nutrition with Clayton Camargos: Anything to Lose Weight?). By Clayton Camargos. GPS Brasília. Jul 3.
- 2025 “La grassofobia continua ad imperversare, tra discriminazione medica e marginalizzazione mediatica” (Is body positivity dead? Maybe it's Ozempic's fault.) By Emanuela Musto. Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Jun 5.
- 2025 “Hoe extreemrechts dunheid gebruikt om vrouwen en tienermeisjes te radicaliseren.” By Lois Shearling. Globalinfo. May 22.
- 2025 “Como a magreza é usada para radicalizar mulheres nas redes.” By Lois Shearling. Nexo. Apr 17.
- 2025 “Cómo la extrema derecha utiliza la delgadez para radicalizar a mujeres y adolescents.” By Lois Shearling. Kaos en la red. Apr 15.
- 2023 “Author Fariha Róisín pens a heartfelt note on learning to view yourself differently.” By Fariha Róisín. Harper’s Bazaar India. Nov 7.
Radio
- Sep 11, 2024 “Racism, Sexism, and…Love?” A Public Affair w/ Ali Mudrow. WORT-FM, Madison.
- Aug 19, 2024 “The End of Love.” Women’s Magazine: The Space Between Us w/ Jovelyn Richards. KPFA, Berkeley.
- Aug 18, 2024 “The End of Love.” The Moore of Pittsburgh w/ Chris Moore. KDKA-AM Pittsburgh.
- Aug 8, 2024 “The End of Love.” Perspectives w/ Condace Pressley. 95.5 WSB Atlanta’s News and Talk.
- Aug 6, 2024 “White Male Supremacists Fear and Hate it But “Romance” and Nuclear Families Aren’t the Only Option.” Keeping Democracy Alive w/ Burt Cohen. WASC-FM.
- Aug 6, 2024 “The End of Love.” 51% w/ Jesse King. WAMC, an NPR station.
- Feb 27, 2024 “Breaking Up with Romance.” KERA’s Think (an NPR radio show and podcast) w/ Krys Boyd.
Podcasts
- July 11, 2025 “Swipe Left on Romance (w/Sabrina Strings)” Relationscapes Podcast
- Mar 3, 2025 “The End of Love (w/Sabrina Strings).” Fighting Words podcast with George M. Johnson.
- Jan 2, 2025 “The Thin Line: Hope v. Reality in the Era of Weight Loss Drugs” By Scaachi Koul. Audible Originals Audiobook.
- Oct 12, 2024 “Romance Was Never Real: From Courtly Love to the Rise of the Fuckboy.” Ordinary Unhappiness podcast.
- Jun 3, 2024 “The racial roots of fatphobia.” KPBS. Midday Edition with Jade Hindmon, Ashley Rusch and Elaine Alfaro.
- Jul 25, 2023 “Justine Bateman on Why She Won’t Try to Look Younger.” CNN. Chasing Life w/Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
- Nov 24, 2022 “Rethinking Body Image with Sabrina Strings.” Trained, the official Nike podcast.
- May 26, 2022 “Phat/Fat” w/Tonya Mosley. NPR.
- May 18, 2022 “How F$^*#d Up is Fatphobia? With Professor Sabrina Strings” Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness (star of Queer Eye on Netflix).
- Jun 23, 2021 “Does Perfect Skin Really Exist?” Body Stuff w/Dr. Jen Gunter. TED.
- Nov 24, 2020 “The Fat Tax” w/Roxanne Gay and Tressie McMillan-Cottom
- Oct 8, 2020 “Facing Fat Hatred” The Food Chain. BBC News.

