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Dr. Elisabeth Lechner, BA BA MA MA

T: +43-1-4277-42466

elisabeth.lechner@univie.ac.at

News: Elisabeth Lechner is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, currently developing a habilitation project on food and “critical digestion” in Anglophone literature (incl. auto/biographical narratives, lockdown novels and ecofeminist fiction). She completed her PhD at the University of Vienna in 2020. Situated at the intersections of literary, cultural and media studies as well as affect & body studies, her research on ‘disgusting’ female bodies, body positivity and digital feminist activisms was published academically and as the German non-fiction book Riot Don't Diet! Aufstand der widerspenstigen Körper (2021, 4th edition).

Apart from engaging in various forms of outreach and media activities, since 2025, Elisabeth Lechner is an ÖAD Science Ambassador (“ÖAD Wissenschaftsbotschafterin”), conducting workshops on media literacy, body shaming and lookism in Viennese schools. Key publications include “#Feminist – Naming Controversies and Celebrating Points of Connection and Joy in Current Feminisms” (2022, together with Greta Olson), “Störkörper” (2025) and co-editing the collected volumes Caring for Cultural Studies (2022) and Talking Bodies IV: Rage and Care Against the Machine (forthcoming with Bloomsbury Academic, 2026).

She is active on social media as @femsista.

Consultation hours: Office hour: by appointment.

Winter term 2025

124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (BA) - Plants, Fungi and Soil - Ecofeminism and Earthcare in Times of Climate Collapse

124820 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (MA) - Plants, Fungi and Soil - Ecofeminism and Earthcare in Times of Climate Collapse

126233 VK MEd 01A/B: VK Specific Issues in Language Learning and Teaching - Kulturdidaktik

Summer term 2025

120691 PS Proseminar Cultural and Media Studies - Fruit, Meat, and Grains - The Cultural Politics of Food in the Age of Cannibal Capitalism Capitalism

123042 PS PS Literary Studies - Complex Consumption - Approaching Gender, Race and Class via Food in Victorian Literature

Winter term 2024

123046 PS PS Literary Studies - I can make money by my pen The Cultures and Poltics of British Women‘s Writing from Virginia Woolf to Carol Ann Duffy and Bernardine Evaristo

124183 VK BEd 08b.3: VK Cultural Studies and Language Education - Face Filters, Skin Care Influencers and Fat Activism - Body Politics in the EFL Classroom

Lechner, E. (2025). Elisabeth Lechner: Wandlung eines Schönheitsideals: Matinee - Zwischen Lust und Frust: Die Brust. Radio show, SWR 2. https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/leben-und-gesellschaft/elisabeth-lechner-wandlung-eines-schoenheitsideals-matinee-swr-kultur-20250727-100.html

Lechner, E. (2025). Warum sollen wir jetzt alle wieder skinny sein? Ciao Body Positivity. Radio show, Deutschlandfunk. https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/ciao-body-positivity-warum-sollen-wir-jetzt-alle-wieder-skinny-sein

Lechner, E. (2025). Wider den Retro-Schlankheitswahn, den „Abnehmspritzen“ und KI-Filtern zum Trotz. Wellenklänge - Festival Programm.

Lechner, E. (2025). Du bist was du isst (2) - Getaktet: Vierteiliges Radiokolleg zu Essen. Radio show, Ö1. https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20250701/798548/Du-bist-was-du-isst-2

Lechner, E. (2025). Filter, Filler, Folgen - „Nase, Lippen, Brüste – brauch ich wirklich eine Beauty-OP?“: Stadt Wien Podcast. Radio show, Magistrat der Stadt Wien. https://youtu.be/BqORjvYhMhw?si=RA2V7-b60cOJxl5p

Lechner, E. (2025). Was der neue Schlankheitskult im Netz mit Donald Trump zu tun hat. Kurier. https://kurier.at/wissen/gesundheit/skinnytok-rechtspopulisten-schlankheitskult-instagram-dariadaria-body-positivity-donald-trump/403051102

Lechner, E. (2025). Schönheit ohne Filter: Selbstwert und Medien: Meryns Sprechzimmer. Multimedia output, ORF. https://on.orf.at/video/14278584/meryns-sprechzimmer-schoenheit-ohne-filter-selbstwert-und-medien

Lechner, E. (2025). Ist Dünnsein jetzt wirklich wieder im Trend? Körper als Kontrollobjekt. Brigitte. https://www.brigitte.de/aktuell/gesellschaft/liv-schmidt--wer-ist-die-anfuehrerin-von--skinnytok---13986886.html

Lechner, E. (2025). #11 mit Elisabeth Lechner, Kulurwissenschaftlerin und Autroin des Buches 'Riot, Don't Diet': LeLi Podcast - Warum es um Lebens.Liebe und nicht ums Essen geht. Multimedia output https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oUx4nDfYNX24cr0QINoPf?si=0b67b860129b4928

Lechner, E. (2025). „Body Positivity“ in der Krise: Körperbild. Radio show, Deutschlandfunk. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/schluss-mit-body-positivity-elisabeth-lechner-kulturwissenschaftlerin-100.html

Lechner, E. (2025). FM4 Interview Podcast zu Body Positivity. Radio show, FM4 Radio.

Lechner, E. (2025). Dünne Stars leben Schlankheitsideale vor – darf man sie dafür kritisieren? Ist das schon feministisch? . Der Standard. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000263903/duenne-stars-leben-schlankheitsideale-vor-darf-man-sie-dafuer-kritisieren

Lechner, E. (2025). Leftist Politics and the ‘Significant Burden’ of Fatness. Web publication https://foodfatnessfitness.com/2025/02/01/leftist-politics-and-the-significant-burden-of-fatness/

Lechner, E. (2025). #SkinnySummer. an.schläge - Das feministische Magazin. https://anschlaege.at/skinnysummer/

Lechner, E. (2025). Störkörper. In B. Bleisch, & K. P. Liessmann (Eds.), Sand im Getriebe: Eine Philosophie der Störung (pp. 191-215). Paul Zsolnay Verlag.

Lechner, E., & Royle, H. F. (Eds.) (Accepted/In press). Talking Bodies IV: Rage and Care Against the Machine. Bloomsbury Academic. Talking Bodies

Lechner, E. (2024). Aus für Miss-Wahlen: Was passiert jetzt mit dem Schönheitsideal?. Multimedia output

Lechner, E. (2024). Wider der Schönheitsideale: Psychotherapie-Podcast. Multimedia output

Lechner, E. (2024). Wann finde ich meinen Körper schön? Mit Elisabeth Lechner: Be my buddy, body Podcast von Tabea Sophia Ernst. Multimedia output

Lechner, E. (2024). Maniküre als Kunstform: Insekten, Strass, Chrom. Web publication, ORF TOPOS.