{across the fatosphere} January 29

Here’s what’s interesting me this week in body liberation and more:

» March 15 deadline: Fatness, Queerness, and Neurodivergent Narratives of Intersectional Identities in Media and Pop Culture (see)

» The Hot Fat Guy Club: Cultivating Confidence with Alex Frankel (listen)

» When I asked people in the #AskThePatient community if they’ve been told to “just go lose weight” by their doctors, over 600 people voted, and an overwhelming 90% said they had. (read)

» Rad fatties of the week: Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries (see)

» Fat Pregnancy w/ Charis Stiles, LCSW (listen)

» This is just a rehashing of old ideas, putting a new name on previous failed attempts at defining existing in a higher-weight body as a disease. (read)

» Instead of recognizing the intellectual labor of Black trans people as a valuable starting point, there’s a push to bypass our expertise, reinforcing a cycle where our contributions are overlooked or deemed secondary to self-guided learning. (read)

» You won’t be any better at fighting what’s coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it’s all despair now probably don’t have anyone’s best interest at heart. (read)

» Under attack? Public accounts of health inequalities and the social determinants of health in Scotland (read)

🦄 Unicorn chaser: Ferret shows her mom her new babies (watch)

» Promote your event or resource in the Body Liberation Guide (see)

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Lindley Ashline

Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.

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