Fat Writers We love
Every Fat Fridays Virtual Social Club (presented by NAAFA and hosted by me!) has a theme—because who doesn’t love a theme?! The following information came from our March 2025 gathering with the theme of fat writing. Lots of us shared our own writing, as well as the writing of our favorite fat writers. What you’ll find in this post is a collaborative effort from our group discussions and game.
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Here are some reading suggestions from our community:
Body Sovereignty: Fat Politics and the Fight for Human Rights by Caleb Luna, Shilo George, Elaine Lee, and Sondra Solovay
Fat (Object Lessons) by Hanne Blank
Revenge Body by Caleb Luna
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
One of the characters is a super fat person
The Trash Heap Has Spoken by Carmen Maria Machado
Click the link to read this essay for free!
One of our community members read their own essay and shared their Substack. We hope you’ll support them and their work!
We also learned about sci-fi writer Jayge Carr and celebrate her life and spirit. She was a former nuclear physicist for NASA best known for her "Rabelais" series in the 80s.
To round out the evening (pun always intended), we played fat writer bingo. Here are all the writers that were listed on our bingo game:
Aubrey Gordon
Caleb Luna
Charlotte Cooper
Crystal Maldonado
Da’Shaun L. Harrison
Evette Dionne
Jana Schmieding
Jes Baker
Jonathan P. Higgins
Julie Murphy
Kimberly Dark
Lily Anderson
Lindy West
Marilyn Wann
Miguel M. Morales
Nancy Ellis-Ordway
Rachel Wiley
Ragen Chastain
Roxane Gay
Sofie Hagen
Sonya Renee Taylor
Tigress Osborn
Vanessa Chica
Virgie Tovar
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