NAAFA Community Voices Blog
Sharing thoughts and ideas from fat community.
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FATT Chat #2: Caleb Luna
Interview with writer, performer, Caleb Luna. Caleb describes themself as a light-skinned, superfat Latinx non-binary person with short, curly black hair, a gold piercing in their right nostril and gold hoop in their septum. In this interview, they discuss their fat acceptance story, who influenced them as a fat person and as a performer, dancing as a fat person, body diversity, and they share a number of people and organizations that they use to empower them. A resource guide to all referenced during the interview is included at the end of the transcript.
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.
Anti-Racism Resources
Racism is a systemic issue in America. It takes education and introspection to dismantle racism in ourselves and others. Each month, NAAFA is featuring educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter. March was Women’s History Month. In the theme of National Women's History Month, we are sharing resources that specifically feature women and discuss inequality based on race and gender.
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!
Making a Difference
Women and non binary persons act as advocates and activists in innumerable ways and they need to be recognized for their work and dedication. I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a few of those leaders with you who are fat, activists and influencers who continue the charge to change our society. If you haven’t done so, check them out!
FAT FACTS
NAAFA wants to create a Fat Trivia Game! In order to do so, we need some fun “Fat Facts” to use in the game (must be verifiable). We would like to build our game using suggestions from fat community and would like to know if you can help!
The History of Health at Every Size®: Chapter 7: The Early 21st Century
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.
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.
Anti-Racism Resources
Racism is a systemic issue in America. It takes education and introspection to dismantle racism in ourselves and others. Each month, NAAFA is featuring educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter. February was Black History Month. While most of us were "educated" in U.S. history, much of the history of racism in America was whitewashed from that education. This month's antiracism resources give us links to historical facts that were so often covered up.
#NAAFAGivingTuesday
#NAAFAGivingTuesday is your opportunity to support the work of NAAFA and specific programs that work to support you. This year, our #NAAFAGivingTuesday campaign focuses on the NAAFA Webinar Series program. Help us help fat community and others who want to learn by supporting this essential program!
NAAFA Adds Four New Board Members
The Board of Directors of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) is excited to announce the addition of four new members to its national Board of Directors. The variety of skills and experience of the new members will help propel NAAFA forward as we develop programs and resources to end the discrimination against fat people and realize Equality at Every Size.