All That We Love (From Fat Fridays!)

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 February 2023 gathering with the theme of fat love. What you’ll find in this list is a collaborative effort from our group discussions.

Want to join in on the fun? RSVP for our next event here! 

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How We Foster Self-Love 

• Engaging fat community 

• Some resources to check out

• Fat AF! (fat affinity virtual peer support space) 

• Full Fat (fat affinity virtual support group)

• Fat Brunch (hosts lots of events!)

• NAAFA (volunteer or join an event!) 

• Fat Fridays (duh!)

• Loving our fat bodies as they are today and in the future 

• Maintaining the boundary not to date others who aren’t unapologetically pro-fat 

• Valuing the ways in which our bodies are uniquely tender and soft

• Using massage oils 

• Touching our bodies 

• Looking in the mirror

• Use massagers for pain and pleasure 

Fat Music We Love

• “Run Away to Mars” by TALK

• “This is Me” sung by Keala Settle from The Greatest Showman

• Lizzo

• Bree’s Take Back Fat! Spotify playlist

Fat TV & Movies We Love 

• Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls (Available on Prime Video) 

• Anything with Nicole Byer

• BBW: Big Beautiful Weirdo (standup special - Netflix)

• Grand Crew (sitcom - NBC/Peacock)

• Nailed It (baking competition show - Netflix)

• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Fat Books We Love 

• What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon 

• Revenge Body and scholarly articles by Caleb Luna

• Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison

• Shrill by Lindy West 

• Fat!So? by Marilyn Wann

• The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor 

Miscellaneous Musings

• Reese's hearts won 1st place as the group’s favorite Valentine’s day candy, followed by anything on sale the week after! 

• Exchanging personally curated playlists as a love language was discussed and enthusiastically suggested. 

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