Welcome to the NAAFA Community Voices Blog!

Under the guidance of editor Samantha Puc and the NAAFA Board of Directors, the Community Voices Blog features writing from members of the fat community and our allies, especially those who are also disabled, LGBTQIA2S+, People of Color, and superfat/infinifat. We prioritize pieces that approach fat liberation and fat rights through an intersectional lens and seek to feature a diverse array of voices on fat experiences, cultural critiques of fatness in media, and more.

Additionally, we spotlight fat changemakers and provide resource guides and other tools for our community to engage in combating anti-fatness, advocating for fat rights, creating anti-racist approaches to fat liberation, and supporting systematically excluded communities.

The NAAFA Community Voices Blog seeks to cover all aspects of the fat experience, which often includes difficult subject matter. Although we do not accept pro-diet or pro-weight loss content for the blog, some posts may discuss diet culture and weight loss within the context of fat acceptance and liberation. Individual posts will include more specific content warnings.

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Darliene Howell 12/22/22 Darliene Howell 12/22/22

NAAFA Chronicles 82: June 1987

This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 82nd newsletter from June 1987.

Darliene Howell 10/10/22 Darliene Howell 10/10/22

NAAFA Chronicles 80: April 1987

This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 80th newsletter from April 1987.

Darliene Howell 9/26/22 Darliene Howell 9/26/22

NAAFA Chronicles 99: January 1989 (Copy)

This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 79th newsletter from March 1987.

Darliene Howell 12/21/21 Darliene Howell 12/21/21

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

This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 58th newsletter from Fall 1983.

Tigress Osborn 3/9/21 Tigress Osborn 3/9/21

Black Women and Femmes in NAAFA's History

As the Chair of NAAFA a little past its half-century mark, I am only the second Black woman to lead this organization. The first was Phyllis Warr, who served as Interim Chair in 2014-2015.

Barbara Altman Bruno 3/4/21 Barbara Altman Bruno 3/4/21

The History of Health at Every Size®: Chapter 6: The Late 1990s

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.

Darliene Howell 2/14/21 Darliene Howell 2/14/21

NAAFA Chronicles 60: Convention Special

This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 60th newsletter from July 1984.

Barbara Altman Bruno 2/4/21 Barbara Altman Bruno 2/4/21

The History of Health at Every Size®: Chapter 5: The Early 1990s

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.

Darliene Howell 1/22/21 Darliene Howell 1/22/21

NAAFA Chronicles 59: NAAFA's 15th Birthday, Name Change Debate, and Activism

This month’s historical document is NAAFA’s 59th newsletter from Spring 1984.