Image Description: A snapshot of part of the front page of the May 1988 NAAFA Newsletter.
Content Warning: Use of potentially triggering language
This month's historical document is NAAFA's 92nd newsletter, May 1988.
The NAAFA Chronicles reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history. In the May 1988 issue you will find: an article about fat children, a feature on fat weddings, activism events, and more!
For more, check out the NAAFA Chronicles.
Meet the new NAAFA Community Voices Blog Editor, Samantha Puc, and learn about what’s to come!
This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 99th newsletter from January 1989.
Darliene Howell (she/her) is retired from county government where she worked her way up to the position of Department Analyst in Human Resources. She is an active fat liberationist who heartily believes in the mission and goals of NAAFA. She first encountered NAAFA at the 25th Anniversary Conference and has volunteered in various capacities with the Board of Directors since 2005. Darliene was appointed Chair of the Board from 2015 - 2020. After her term as Chair of the Board, she became the Administrative Director of the organization and remains so today. In her spare time, Darliene loves to collect and watch movies, and share her life with her sister/best friend.
The term “Ozempic Era” is being used by scholars, researchers, and journalists to talk about this moment in time when Ozempic seems to be a national obsession.