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{Exclusive Event} Fat Trauma: Healing though Community and Fat Joy with Kayla Stansberry
Let’s dig into the trauma we accumulate as fat people in a thin-obsessed world, and do some collective healing. Fat-positive therapist Kayla Stansberry will walk us through: Fat Trauma: Healing though Community and Fat Joy Saturday, November 94 pm Eastern/2 Central/1 Pacific Join us for this event only, or support the Fort for access to…
On being “conventionally attractive”
“Conventionally attractive” equals “willing to put in the time, effort, money, resources and pain and suffering required to gain social approval.” These are personal choices; (all people who identify as) women are equally valuable no matter which choices they make; and women are free to make the choices that work for them in their lives….
Thin privilege is the ability to talk about thin privilege.
Thin privilege is the ability to talk about thin privilege.
One time, @thecrankytherapist and I …
Size contrition, part 3: Fuck flattering
As we consider the concept of size contrition, let’s look at the “fuck flattering” trend that’s been sweeping the body positivity movement. On its face, “fuck flattering” is a rejection of size contrition and the forbearance it can generate. There’s a great article by Alysse D’alessandro at The Body is Not An Apology that talks…
What is Juneteenth?
What is Juneteenth? Why do we celebrate it? And how can white people help Black people on this da…
Erica’s Story: “I am allowed to feel like I have value.”
For people in very large bodies, who are most affected by the physical and infrastructural inequalities built into a world that is designed to exclude fat people, moving through the world looks very different. In this guest post, Erica talks about the considerations that make up her everyday life, and how speaking out is gradually…
