NAAFA Community Voices Blog
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ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES - AAPI
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In this edition of NAAFA’s anti-racism resources, we want to focus on Asian American and Pacific Islanders and what each of us can do to break the cycle of racism and violence against our AAPI family, friends and neighbors.
NAAFA Chronicles 62: Summer 1985
The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month the Spring 1985 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles discussses NAAFA as a resource to government agencies, achievement awards, a job bias case, diet companies under fire and more!
Media and Research Roundup
For the latest information and research on fatness, check out the Media and Research Roundup. This issue features: fat and COVID-19, weight neutrality, HAES Health Sheets library, the "fat and fit" controversy and how fatphobia influences obesity research.
Everyone at NAAFA is proud and excited to announce our first-ever Fat Liberation Month!
Everyone at NAAFA is proud and excited to announce our first-ever Fat Liberation Month! Here at NAAFA, we’ve planned lots of fun and educational activities for May. All of them are free of charge to fat community and fat-positive folx of all sizes. We hope they will entertain you, teach you, inspire you, and fortify you with an extra, supersized dose of support as you strive to live your best fat life during what is, for many, one of the most challenging times in modern history.
We can’t wait to see all the ways you choose to celebrate Fat Liberation Month yourselves. Use #FatLibertionMonth on your favorite social media sites to show off how you’re celebrating and to check out how others are celebrating, too!
NAAFA Chronicles 61: Spring 1985
The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month the Spring 1985 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles discussing NAAFA's opposition to weight loss surgery, seat belt activism, and job interview tips.