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Activism, Call to Action, From the Newsletter, Legislation Darliene Howell Activism, Call to Action, From the Newsletter, Legislation Darliene Howell

FAT POLITICS IN ACTION: PENDING LEGISLATION SEEKS TO PROTECT AGAINST WEIGHT BIAS

“The cultural shifts around acceptance of fat and questioning the diet industry and the pervasiveness of diet culture, some of those things have empowered more fat people individually to think about, ‘Oh, when my rights are being violated, this is not my fault.’ ” - Tigress Osborn, NAAFA Board Chair

Riding the wave of these cultural shifts, there are two legislative bills currently making their way through the State Houses of Massachusetts and New York.

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