Oprah Winfrey & The “Wagon of Fat”
Do you have weird feelings about Oprah? So do we, and so does our guest! Kimberly Springer, co-editor of "Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture," joins us to talk about the rise of Oprah Winfrey and her infamous "wagon of fat" weight loss episode.
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- Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture
- Living for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968-1980
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Clips!
- Oprah Winfrey Rolls Out A Wagon Of Fat (Buzzfeed)
- How Oprah's Weight Affected Her Relationship with Stedman (Oprah)
- MadTv - Oprah - Fat Cam (Mad TV)
Links!
- The Importance of Being Oprah (New York Times Magazine)
- Oprah's 'Fattest' Mistake (CBS News)
- 5 awesome objects from the new Oprah exhibit (Washington Post)
- Oprah's biggest on-air mistake? The wagon of fat (Today)
- Diet That Made Oprah Winfrey Slim Demands Discipline, Specialists Say (New York Times)
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