Not seeing fat people represented sends a message that fat bodies aren’t desirable. That couldn’t be further from the truth. By Mayra Mejia Let’s face it. Most of us (consenting, adult) fat folks have and enjoy sex. But oftentimes in the sex industry, the only plus-size representation is presented as a fetish. While fetishes can...
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Fat People Must Become a Priority to the Left
Fat folks carry the weight of the work in these spaces while our bodies and material realities are continually othered and written off. I am a communist. More specifically, I am an ecosocialist. And while I do not currently identify as a Pan-Africanist, I have organized, now, for five years with an African-centered politic. I...
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There Is No Liberation For All Bodies Without The Liberation of Fat Black Women And Femmes
In her piece for our #BodyPositivityInColor campaign, Sydney Greene writes about how the body positivity community centers and celebrates cisgender, thin, white women and erases why we need fat acceptance and ignores the labor of fat Black women and femmes who started the fat acceptance movement as a need for liberation. By Sydney...
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Dear Virgie: How Do I Engage with “Un-Woke” Fats?
Dear Virgie, Do you have suggestions for engaging with “un-woke” fats? I have tried to bring up FA (fat acceptance) with folks who are still very entrenched in self-loathing, fat phobia and diet culture, and I find myself floundering for ways to reach folks like this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Best, Fat Friend...
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Dear Virgie: Isn’t Thin Life Just Easier?
Dear Virgie, How do I stop obsessing about weight when I know being thin makes life easier? Dear Friend: Oh. This question is everything, right? There is a lot to unpack here. I think it’s important to interrogate what you think you’re getting from weight loss. Like, really. During my dieting days, my drive...
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Watch these Brave Women Call Out the Fatphobic Comments They’ve Faced
The #FightFatPhobia video originated from the depths of my own darkest holdings around the hatred I’ve experienced. I brought that hatred into the spotlight so it could be released, and so I could connect cathartically to the experiences of other fat-bodied womyn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEbUoYswwAg Since I began combining my personal experiences of fatphobia from childhood with my current graduate school studies...