The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month is the March 1986 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles and discuss a weight discrimination law suit in Arizona, a plus-size fashion layout in Vogue and more.

Latinx Heritage Month runs from September 15 through October 15 and it’s a time of celebration for Americans to honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of US residents whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. As it has in the past, this month NAAFA will shine a spotlight on some Latinx folks who have been working in Fat Liberation.

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month is the February 1986 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles and discusses the genetics of “obesity”, an adoption study, and more.

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month is the January 1986 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles and discusses the "weighty debate" of if fat is so bad.

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month is the December 1985 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles.

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month the Spring 1985-Supplement issue of the NAAFA Chronicles Convention Photo Special.

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.

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!

HAES® and the war against obesity responded increasingly to each other by the 21st century. The war against obesity ramped up to what sociologist Abigail Saguy referred to as a moral panic, from the late 1990s on. This post discusses the history of Health at Every Size in the early 21st century.

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.

Some time ago, I was tagged in an Instagram post about remembering that Black fat people are the roots of fat activism. The Instagrammar in question pointed out that if we are going to say things like "honor Black women & femmes," we should be backing that up by actually knowing fat activist history and naming the names of the people we mean.

The late 1990s found increasing pressure from pro-weight-loss groups against the fledgling anti-diet, pro-health forces. This post discusses the history of Health at Every Size in the late 1990s.

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month the July 1984 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles is featured.

The early 1990s looked bad for diet programs and products and good for the developing anti-diet movement—a term possibly coined by Overcoming Overeating’s Carol Munter in response to a press query. This post discusses the history of Health at Every Size in the early 1990s.

The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. This month the Spring 1984 issue of the NAAFA Chronicles is featured.

The decade of the 1980s was characterized in part by Reagonomics and a “greed is good” business ethos; the burgeoning size of Americans along with a greater societal focus on physical fitness; women increasingly entering and competing in the workforce; the emergence of AIDS; the explosive rise of personal computing, and the end of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War. This post discusses the history of Health at Every Size in the 1980s.

TRIGGER WARNING: SOME DISCUSSION OF WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY

NAAFA Chronicles 58: NAAFA Achievement Awards, Weight Loss Surgery and the Meaning of Fat Activism

The NAAFA Chronicles are a piece of size acceptance history and give you a look at what was happening in NAAFA during a specific period. This posting, we are looking at the Fall, 1983 issue of the NAAFA Newsletter that discusses a wide range of information related to fat community.