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NAAFA Chronicles #99 - January 1989
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #98 - November-December 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #97 - October 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #96 - September 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #95 - August 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #94 - July 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #93 - June 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #92 - May 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #91 - April 1988
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NAAFA Chronicles #90 - March 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #89 - January-February 1988
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Poised for Even More Impact as We Hire Full Time Executive Director
Exciting News: NAAFA has hired Tigress Osborn to be our first full time Executive Director! Read more here, and support strategic, sustainable fat activism by donating today.
NAAFA Chronicles #88 - December 1987
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NAAFA Chronicles #87 - November 1987
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #86 - October 1987
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #85 - September 1987
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #84 - August 1987
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
NAAFA Chronicles #83 - July 1987
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The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.
Body Positivity Coverage Lags Way Behind Weight-Loss Stories
…year-round, media coverage of “larger bodied people” is almost 120 more times likely to focus on diet and weight loss than on weight stigma, bias or discrimination, according to just-released research from the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA).
That statistic is so staggering that we decided to do our own small part toward evening the score.
NAAFA Chronicles #82 - June 1987
Content warning: Reviews of a documentary mention the "O" word and WLS, as well as discussion of guidelines put out by an organization for evaluating commercial IWL promotions
The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. In the June 1987 issue you will find: Discussion and commentary about: the documentary "Life in the Fat Lane"; guidelines for evaluating commercial weight loss promotions; NAAFA committee appointments and a message from the Newsletter editor; a review of a live show, "The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz"!