Kate Harding (born c. 1975)
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
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
for college, majoring in English, then earned an
MFA in fiction from
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) is a private graduate-level art school in Montpelier, Vermont. It offers Master's degrees in low-residency and residential programs. Its faculty includes Pulitzer Prize finalists, National Book Award winners, ...
.
Career
Harding was founding editor of a blog called Shapely Prose, which she edited from 2007 to 2010.
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
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General description
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In 2015, Harding published ''Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It''. In ''
Slate'',
Amanda Marcotte
Amanda Marie Marcotte (born September 2, 1977) is an American blogger and journalist who writes on feminism and politics from a liberal perspective. Marcotte has written for several online publications, including ''Slate'', ''The Guardian'', a ...
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". In the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...
'',
Rebecca Carroll called the book "a smart, impassioned and well-researched agenda for a strictly no-nonsense understanding of rape culture."
In 2017, Harding co-edited an anthology with
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
Samhita Mukhopadhyay (born May 3, 1978) is an American writer and former executive editor of ''Teen Vogue''. She writes about feminism, culture, race, politics, and dating. She is the author of ''Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life'' and ...
, entitled ''Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America''.
Personal life
Harding is married and lives in Chicago.
References
External links
Official siteShapely Prose blog
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American women bloggers
American bloggers
University of Toronto alumni
Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni
Feminist bloggers
Living people
1970s births
American women essayists
American women editors
21st-century American women writers