NAAFA Community Voices Blog

Sharing thoughts and ideas from fat community.

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From the Newsletter, Healthcare, Media, Medical Darliene Howell From the Newsletter, Healthcare, Media, Medical Darliene Howell

Media and Research Roundup - November 2022

CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.

For the latest information and research on fatness, check out the Media & Research Roundup. This issue features: NAAFA's Chair, Tigress Osborn, responds to Kanye West's incorrect and anti-fat comments about Lizzo's weight; Was COVID's severity due to fat being a risk factor or was it poor medical treatment of fat folx?; Coverage of a fat-positive summer camp experience called Camp Roundup; and more!

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Activism, Call to Action, Events, From the Newsletter, Healthcare, History, Media, Medical Darliene Howell Activism, Call to Action, Events, From the Newsletter, Healthcare, History, Media, Medical Darliene Howell

NAAFA Chronicles 79: March 1987

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. In the March 1987 issue you will find: a prominent health writer taking a stand against dieting, activism letter writing campaign, an update on the 1987 Convention planning, and an invitation to volunteer with NAAFA.

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