{"id":1400696,"date":"2022-03-25T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400696"},"modified":"2022-03-25T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:29:44","slug":"watch-steven-crowder-infiltrates-fat-studies-conference-absurd-academic-paper-gets-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-steven-crowder-infiltrates-fat-studies-conference-absurd-academic-paper-gets-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Steven Crowder Infiltrates \u2018Fat Studies\u2019 Conference, Absurd Academic Paper Gets Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-steven-crowder-infiltrates-fat-studies-conference-absurd-academic-paper-gets-accepted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400696&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-1.56.17-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Conservative comedian and commentator Steven Crowder thought he\u2019d try to expose the utter absurdity of modern academia \u2014 and it only took him a few months to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Crowder said he\u2019s now a peer-reviewed \u201cexpert\u201d in the field of \u201cFat Studies\u201d and had his ridiculous academic paper, titled, \u201cEmbracing Fatness as Self-Care in the Era of Trump,\u201d accepted.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative first pulled off the prank in 2020 but posted the video to his YouTube page on Monday. It\u2019s since garnered nearly 1 million views.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how The Blaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/shows\/louder-with-crowder\/outrageous-undercover-operation-infiltrates-fat-studies-conference?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1\">detailed<\/a> Crowder\u2019s infiltration at Massey University in New Zealand:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Crowder went under cover as Sea Matheson, a fat pride activist, who submitted \u201cher\u201d very own fat studies paper for a presentation titled \u201cEmbracing Fatness as Self-Care in the Era of Trump.\u201d Due to COVID, the in-person conference was canceled, but luckily, there was still a virtual conference.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Crowder\u2019s abstract was accepted by the chairwoman Cat Paus, a self-described fat study scholar who scheduled Matheson to speak alongside other intellectual titans.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his presentation, which can be viewed below, Crowder stays in character as \u201cSea Matheson\u201d while explaining how Matheson first started understanding the idea that \u201cfatness can be self-care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also scolded then-President Donald Trump for ridiculing North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as \u201cshort and fat.\u201d And then-presidential candidate Joe Biden was ripped for challenging a man to a push-up competition as the Democrat campaigned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of our current leader\u2019s bigotry: fatness I will argue, acts as a distancing mechanism from the president, as well as his supporters, producing both physical and ideological space that can insulate the individual from intolerant, bigoted, or violent ideology,&#8217;\u201d Crowder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10647851\/Steven-Crowder-poses-activist-presents-paper-Fatness-self-care-era-Trump.html\">said<\/a> in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s widely acknowledged of course that the 2016 election of President Donald Trump was evident of America\u2019s \u2014 some would argue \u2014 underlying racist, xenophobic, homophobic and transphobic attitudes,\u201d the character continues. \u201cI would argue that it was always there, not so underlying. It just took 2016 for more people to realize it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowder said he was praised for the ridiculous presentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did a great job presenting Trump\u2019s fatphobia, and how fatphobia has been promoted by both his supporters and his detractors,\u201d one person commented, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10647851\/Steven-Crowder-poses-activist-presents-paper-Fatness-self-care-era-Trump.html\">according<\/a> to The Daily Mail. Another said, \u201cEmbracing fatness is an act of resistance and can be part of how we fight against rape culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u201cIf this doesn\u2019t show you the terrifying nature of the scam that is higher education, then nothing will,\u201d Crowder told The Daily Wire of the troll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/did-steven-crowder-just-expose-wikipedias-left-wing-bias-watch-his-test-and-judge-for-yourself\">Did Steven Crowder Just Expose Wikipedia\u2019s Left-Wing Bias? Watch His Test And Judge For\u00a0Yourself.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-terrifying-youtube-suspends-steven-crowder-for-hate-speech-covering-transgender-community-in-an-offensive-manner\">\u2018This Is Terrifying\u2019: YouTube Suspends Steven Crowder For \u2018Hate Speech,\u2019 Covering \u2018Transgender Community In An Offensive\u00a0Manner\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/youtube-places-ban-on-steven-crowder-over-makhia-bryant-video-crowder-look-what-youtube-does-allow\">YouTube Places Ban On Steven Crowder Over Ma\u2019Khia Bryant Video; Crowder: Look What YouTube Does\u00a0Allow<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>Become a member now and join our mission.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative comedian and commentator Steven Crowder thought he\u2019d try to expose the utter absurdity of modern academia \u2014 and it only took him a few months to do it.Crowder said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}