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January is total shit heap for fat folk so over the next few weeks I am going to share 12 (+ maybe more idk) articles, resources, art & other fat inspo to try change up the convos this month. Some are old, some new and they aren't all perfect but I encourage you to take a look!
So lets start with, this 'Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong'. It's long, US focused and not totally agreeable throughout but covers lots of topics in loads of detail. Treat yourself to a read in your procrastination break today! https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/
If we're gonna talk about fatness, we need to talk about racism. In 2019, Dr @sastrings wrote a book about it called 'Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia', if like me you find academic books kinda intimidating, try this webinar!
This is the 1st of several @thebeefer references, cos obvs it wouldn't be a fat resources list without Charlotte! One of my 1st memories of fat shame was seeing a 'headless fatty' eating a mars bar on TV & so learning about this as a concept blew my mind http://charlottecooper.net/fat/fat-writing/headless-fatties-01-07/
Ngl I'm a big fat fan girl of all of @GlNATONIC's writing but this piece for @VICE in 2019 about the last decade of 'Body Positivity' is a really accessible way to get your head around how the movement has evolved & been co-opted in recent times https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/akwzjg/body-positivity-2010-2019-movement
As it's Friday I wanna s/o @kerdonk's 'Fat Girls Don't Dance' which I think (?!) was the first piece of theatre I saw talking directly to fatness. It was huge inspo for me and I recommend you get your own copy here: https://mariaferg.com/fat-girls-dont-dance/
