Phillip Joy is a PhD in Health student and Killam Scholar who uses a creative arts-based approach to show how culture and society shapes the eating habits, body image and health of gay men.
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In these turbulent times, the question What do we owe each other? seems to be vibrating through the cosmos. Do we as humans owe our fellow humans anything? Or shall we continue to view our existence as one in which we should focus only on ourselves? These are not new questions. I think humanity has […]
Recently, pronouns have swirled around me. I had conversations with others wanting to know why they should state their pronouns in meetings or why they should consider putting their pronouns in their email signatures. Then a little bit later, I was reading a professional document in which all the pronouns were written with a singular […]
The television show, The Boys, just ended its second season with an explosive finale (don’t worry, I won’t spoil anything). Known for subverting many superhero tropes, the show’s main premise is that the superheroes are not the good guys, they do not have humanity’s welfare in their hearts, and they certainly do not sacrifice themselves […]
Jointly written by Phillip Joy and Pharmacology PhD student Stefan Heinze-Milne, this post was first published on The Conversation, which features relevant and informed articles written by researchers and academics in their areas of expertise and edited by experienced journalists. Unapproved muscle-building drugs are being sold over the internet. These chemicals, called SARMS or selective […]
Can 12 artists and six researchers team up together to change the face of gender and health research? I think we can. Last summer, I had the opportunity to attend a course about sex and gender within health and health research. The course was commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, and […]
In the midst of this pandemic, I find myself thinking about cooking a lot. I look forward to coming out of social isolation with a dinner party. It is one of the things keeping me going. When the pandemic started, it was an exciting time for dietitians. March was nutrition month, a month where we got […]
I can’t help but smile and cheer when I watch YouTube clips of one of my favorite singers, Lizzo. Lizzo stays true to herself and feels no need to hide her body because it may not be fit within society’s narrow ideals. I have written about the importance of pulling apart dominant body ideals. By […]
