Posts tagged fatcommunity
Catching Up with Ash Nischuk - Infinifat Liberation Champion
Catching Up with Ash Nischuk - Infinifat Liberation Champion

In 2016, Ash Nischuk expanded the concept of the “fat spectrum” by adding the category of “Infinifat,” a term which she coined to describe people of any gender who are larger than U.S. women’s clothing 34/36. (See Editor’s note for more on terminology). Identifying as Infinifat herself, she's been an example of what it means to fight against all fat oppression and marginalization, but especially as they're experienced by those on the fattest end of the spectrum (Superfats and Infinifats).

In this interview, Angel Austin (she/her) speaks with Ash about what life has been like for her, feelings she has about maneuvering online given the elusiveness of "safety" as an infinifat person, and her thoughts on the current state of the fat liberation movement.

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Guest Posts, Fatt Chat, HistoryDarliene Howellash.fatlip, sacredspaceforfatbodies, infinifat, fatcommunity, fatliberation, NAAFA, EqualityAtEverySize
SELF CARE FOR FAT BODIES - COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOURCES
SELF CARE FOR FAT BODIES - COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOURCES

During #fatliberationmonth, NAAFA invited Anna Chapman (@iamannachapman) as a guest on the NAAFA Webinar Series. During Anna’s episode, Self Care for Fat Bodies (From Practical to Pampering), we promised to create a blog post compiling the resources, suggestions, and information crowd-sourced from Anna and webinar participants. This is that post!

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Fat Liberation Month, Healthcare, Resource Guides, Travel, VideosDarliene HowellEqualityAtEverySize, fatselfcare, fatcommunity, FatLiberationMonth, fatvisibility, unapologeticallyFat
Asexuality for Pride Month
Asexuality for Pride Month

According to Meriam Webster, Asexuality (Ace) is: not having sexual feelings toward others : not experiencing sexual desire or attraction. Basically, it is an inborn absence of sexual desire.

Fat Liberation or Body Positivity can be hard spaces for Asexual people to navigate sometimes because for many, body liberation also includes sexual/sensual aspects of their lives. For myself personally, talk of fat sex/pleasure or images of those things makes me uncomfortable.

Finding safety in Queer spaces can be hard for Asexual people. When you are Fat and Asexual, it also comes with all the Fat bias, weight stigma, Fat hate too.

Asexual people are not wrong or broken or looking for attention. We are here and we are valid.

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Activism, Guest Posts, LGBT+NAAFA Admin2LGBTQIA+, Asexual, PrideMonth, fatliberation, fatcommunity
Black History Month And Black History Always
Black History Month And Black History Always

A personal reflection on Black History Month and a look at today’s questions surrounding Black leadership in NAAFA and fat liberation spaces from NAAFA’s Board Chair, Tigress Osborn.

“We see fat Black leadership in other social justice movements at the time of NAAFA’s founding. What does whiteness have to do with why we don’t see Black leadership, or even much Black participation, in early NAAFA? What does anti-Blackness have to do with it? Is there simply more urgency of other issues for Black folx (then? now?), or is there discomfort in these spaces for Black people (then? now?), or are Black people simply not interested in NAAFA (then? now?). The questions feel rhetorical, but they’re not.

If you’re wondering how we got from my first grade memory of Black History Month to the difficult questions NAAFA and other fat lib spaces have to answer about lack of intersectionality in the history of fat community, here’s how…”

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Antiracism, BIPOC, From the Newsletter, NAAFA OrganizationTigress Osbornblackhistorymonth, fatcommunity, NAAFAHistory, naafa, TigressOsborn