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Interview with Susie Orbach, Ph.D., C.S.W.

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An interview with Susie Orbach highlights the trajectory of her career and current thinking on body image issues and eating disorders. Dr. Orbach’s work in this area as a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, best-selling author and social activist has spanned three decades. In this interview she reflects on her earlier books, Fat is a Feminist Issue and Hunger Strike: An Anorectic’s Struggle as a Metaphor for Our Age, and discusses her current work and perspectives within the context of contemporary culture.

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  1. Before the internet it was estimated that 5000 perfected images pass our visual cortex each week.

  2. FIFI has been continually in print in the UK since 1978 so has spoken to several generations.

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  1. Quinnipiac University, Private Practice, 20 Dunk Rock Road, Guilford, CT, 06437, USA

    Holly Starkman

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Starkman, H. Interview with Susie Orbach, Ph.D., C.S.W.. Clin Soc Work J 44, 4–7 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-015-0558-x

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