Ermina Takenova

What Fat is For

A short animation commission for Aeon and SAPIENS, which discusses the important role fat plays for our health and how it’s been perceived throughout history and across various cultures.

Directed and Animated by Ermina Takenova
Produced by Kellen Quinn

Illustrations

Seven Mothers
Steppe Whispers
A Song of Resistance
Lord of the Flies

Editorial

Beyond Trauma | ADAMDAR/CA
Sacred Earth-Water of the Turkic Peoples | ADAMDAR/CA
New civil society in Kazakhstan: Zion and Matrix | ELLE Kazakhstan

Animations

Mankurt
Funny Things We Say
What Fat is For? | Aeon + SAPIENS
Edward Said - Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in News | Al Jazeera English
How can we build a world where Black lives really matter? | openDemocracy + The Democracy Collaborative

© Ermina Takenova