Susie Orbach: ‘Not all women used to have eating issues. Now everybody does’

What has changed in the 40 years since Fat is a Feminist Issue was first published? Its author talks about workplace culture, the rise of body dysmorphia and why exporting western body ideals to China is a form of cultural imperialism

When Fat is a Feminist Issue was first published 40 years ago, the response was instant. “Shocking, invigorating,” psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach remembers, from her office. We can see Sigmund Freud’s house from her window. The sense of peace and joy is huge, I note ruefully, because I don’t know whether it’s the psychoanalytical neck of the woods, the yellow furniture, or the fact that it is so tidy. “I had letters from women who were reading Women’s Own, it went cross-class, which was obviously what I wanted. It got reprinted immediately, it was fantastic. A real sense of: ‘OK, we’re not going to do this any more.’”

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