Meridith Griffin
@GriffinMeridith
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Associate Prof @McMasterHAS. Interested in bodies & intersections of identity & physical culture. Liverpool FC, forests, reading, & UK panel shows. She/her.
Hamilton, Canada
Joined July 2014
New pub, open access: by Aly Bailey, Meredith Bessey, Larkin Lamarche and myself. We expose the racist and eugenic uses of the body mass index (BMI) and how its use further perpetuates anti-fatness, medical neglect and violence, and discrimination:
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RT @theacademic0: An interview-based study reveals how #PMDD disrupts lives with exhaustion and #emotional #turmoil. Yet, #medical #support….
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New paper led by kickass student: Off-Label: Lived, Embodied, and Temporal Experiences of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in Canada
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This study describes lived, embodied, and temporal experiences of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Interviews were conducted with 10 people living in Canada who had PMDD and analyzed using r...
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“We need to expand our description of physicality, because all it means is using the body you’ve got” — new paper with K. Aly Bailey and @shiva_mzr .Rethinking the ‘Fit’ in Fitness: Misfitting (Loudly) to Transform Physical Activity Futures
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The fitness industry has long glorified an “ideal body.” Anyone not “fitting” this ideal is cast as non-normative, and likely excluded, discriminated against, and pressured to conform to mythical s...
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RT @GiuliaLColetta: I'm really excited to see this one come out! Thank you to the wonderful interdisciplinary team that made this study pos….
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Fresh paper! (Re)claiming subversive spaces on TikTok: the complexities of body activisms within physical activity cultures
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Feminist organising in digital spaces, such as social media, has the potential for activism, resistance, and visibility; yet these spaces continue to be dominated by narrow body representations and...
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A recent paper with the incomparable Aly Bailey, @kayjaybelle et al., should it be of interest to folks: Building community or perpetuating inclusionism? The representation of “inclusion” on fitness facility websites
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Despite mandates for inclusion, fitness spaces are often unwelcoming for bodies of difference. The disconnect between the formal rules (e.g. policies) of inclusion and people’s ongoing lived experi...
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RT @McMasterHAS: It's the LAST #HASTalks for 2022-23! Join us for our FREE virtual seminar with @McMasterHAS postdoc Aly Bailey: "ReVisioni….
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Looking for folks who have something to say about menopause and physical activity (benefits, barriers, insecurities, motivations, things you wish were known or talked about more, etc.!). @erica_valb @ItsCPhoenix @GilbreaCentre @YWCA_Hamilton
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RT @GilbreaCentre: 🚨Participants needed for a research study on Physical Activity & Inclusion. Looking for those 18+ who have felt in vario….
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Really pleased to share this paper, recently out, about aging, emotion and memory with @KelseyAHarvey .
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RT @nicoledalmer: 📣New article out!📣.How did news media frame #publiclibraries throughout COVID? @GriffinMeridith & I explore this question….
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Abstract COVID-19 has transformed how social institutions, including public libraries, are able to engage with and support their communities. Whereas previous disaster scenarios have allowed public...
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RT @Madeleine_Pape: 📢 New day dawning for inclusive and equitable Olympic sport 📢👇👇👇 Now let's get working on the rollout!.
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RT @Tara__Marshall: We’re hiring a social psychologist at McMaster! 🇨🇦 Assistant or Associate with focus on mental health impact of racism,….
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RT @GilbreaCentre: .@kayjaybelle kicks off our 2021-2022 Gilbrea Seminar Series. Join us on October 19 for our seminar "Genderacialised, l….
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RT @mackinprof: Excited to receive a catalyst grant from @MIRAMcMaster to conduct research with older men and women using online exercise c….
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RT @KelseyAHarvey: Another paper published with @GriffinMeridith! Ageist criteria & instruction that undermine exercisers' agency. Need for….
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(In/Ex)clusive fitness cultures: an institutional ethnography of group exercise for older adults - Volume 43 Issue 2
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RT @KelseyAHarvey: @GriffinMeridith and I published a paper! We theorize about developing embodied gerontological competence. Group fitnes….
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One vital role of fitness instructors is that of educator, yet scant theorization about this educative role exists. To address this lacuna in scholarship, we utilized a constructivist grounded theo...
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RT @BarackObama: On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are….
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