A Lil Chunk of Fat Liberation History
Each Fat Fridays Virtual Social Club (presented by NAAFA and hosted by me!) involves a themed discussion and game. The following information came from our September 2023 gathering with the theme of fat liberation history. What you’ll find in these lists are a collaborative effort from our group discussions, as well as the list of names from our fat activist bingo.
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These are the sources for the names from our fat activist bingo:
These are the names, groups, and media that participants shared as part of their personal fat liberation histories. Some of these names also came from our fat activist bingo. We encourage you to look up who/what you’re not already familiar with!
Print media
Aunt Lute (feminist press)
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor (2018)
Dances with Fat and Fat: The Owner's Manual (2012) by Ragen Chastain
Dimensions Magazine (1984)
Fat Girl Dances with Rocks by Susan Stinson (1994)
The Fat Girl zine (1994-1997)
Fat!So? by Marilyn Wann (1998)
The Fat Zine (2020-current)
The Full Body Project by Leonard Nimoy (2007)
Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide For Large Women by Pat Lyons and Debby Burgard (2000)
Making Peace With Food: Freeing Yourself from the Diet/Weight Obsession by Susan Kano (1989)
Radiance Magazine (1984)
Shadow on a Tightrope: Writings by Women on Fat Oppression edited by Lisa Schoenfielder and Barb Wieser (1983)
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon (2020)
People & Groups
Barb Wieser
C.M. Donald
J Aprileo, @ComfyFatTravels
Corissa Enneking, @FatGirlFlow
Fativity
Fat Lip
The Fat Underground (early fat lib org)
Girth & Mirth
Heather Smith
Judy Freespirit
Judith Stein
Leslie Baker
Let It All Hang Out
Lew Louderback
Lisa Schoenfielder
The London Fat Women's Group
Maxi Mermaids
NAAFA (fat rights org founded in 1967)
Nancy Barron
Pat Lyons
Richmond Plunge
Robust & Rowdy
Rolling Quads
Steve Post