4th Annual Fat Liberation Month Trivia Challenge with Quizmaster Pat
Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 10:00am PT - 2 hours
Join us for NAAFA’s 4th Annual Fat Liberation Month Trivia Game. This event will be hosted by Quizmaster Pat, a fat activist, former Jeopardy contestant, and trivia geek extraordinaire! Whether you're a trivia pro or this is your first online trivia challenge ever, all levels of experience are welcome!
Think you don't know enough trivia to play? If you've been attending our events and following our social media posts this month, you've heard a lot of these facts along the way!
Just want to watch the fun? We’re happy to have you come and hang out even if you’re not going to play, but you’ll have to join us live because this event is not recorded for YouTube.
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Easy Magick for Fat Liberation with Bree
Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 2:00pm PT - 60 minutes
Inspired by the 4th annual Fat Liberation Month, Bree will share how to easily incorporate the 4 elements in our everyday lives with magical intention. Earth, air, water, and fire are super accessible and powerful elements that can be utilized on a daily basis to manifest our goals for fat liberation and more. The group will then collaborate on a candle spell, as candles are a simple tool that represents all 4 elements. With the remaining time, Bree will offer one-card tarot readings to anyone who would like one.
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Fat Fridays Virtual Social Club - August 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024 at 5:30pm PT - 2 hours
The Fat Fridays Social Club is held via Zoom and is an affinity space only for folx who identify as fat. (Ages 18+)
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Fat Lib Partytime featuring Griefcat
Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 5:30pm PT - 60 minutes
Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, the masterminds behind Griefcat, are a duo that you can’t easily categorize or file into a neat little genre. They are mutually perpetuating forces in matching outfits who together create beautifully blended harmonies and brilliant lyrics with an unpredictable twist. In this special Fat Liberation Month virtual event, Griefcat will share favorite songs and stories of their adventures on the internet and in the music industry as unapologetically fat performers.
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Fat Liberation Month Gen-Z Affinity Space
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 4:00pm PT - 60 minutes
If you're fat and Gen-Z, come hang out with us at the Gen-Z Affinity Space on hosted by @jordallenhall (Jordan Underwood - they/he) and @fatfabfeminist (Victoria Abraham - she/they). We'll be talking about social media, dating, and what it means to create fat community in your own life. We'll see you there!
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NAAFA Webinar Series: Fat Car Talk with Chaya M. Milchtein
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 10:00am PT - 60 minutes
In this episode of the NAAFA Webinar Series, host Tigress Osborn is joined by automotive educator and author Chaya M. Milchtein (she/her). We’ll discuss Chaya’s new book, Mechanic Shop Femme's Guide to Car Ownership, as well as specific tips for larger-bodied car shoppers, drivers, and passengers. We’ll also discuss life on the internet as a fat, queer creator.
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Fat Liberation Month Virtual Brunch featuring Drag Story Hour
Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 11:00am PT - 60 minutes
Drag Story Hour was created to use the art of drag to read books to kids in libraries, schools, and bookstores, capturing the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and giving kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. This Fat Liberation Month, join NAAFA’s Virtual Brunch Team for our 3rd Annual Body Positive Storytime featuring Drag Story Hour. Hosted by Matt Simko (he/him), with brunch planning tips from Danielle G (she/her). This event will include breakout room time for virtual mingling.
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Ahead of the Curve: Marcy Cruz in Conversation with Bertha Pearl of Size Queen Clothing
Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 4:00pm PT - 60 minutes
When visionary fashion designers create unique garments for fat people that not only fit our bodies, but fit our style and lives, they give us a way to express ourselves and to take up space in an area that's not always welcoming to us.
In this episode of Ahead of the Curve, host Marcy Cruz (she/her) will chat with one of those iconic visionaries, designer Bertha Pearl (she/her) of Size Queen Clothing. Bertha has been designing clothes for ALL sizes for decades and has merged her fat activism, love of fabric, and love of the dramatic to create bold, colorful, unique designs that aren't made to hide fat bodies. We’ll discuss how Bertha has built a reputation for designs that allow fat bodies to stand out in all their beauty and magic.
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NAAFA Webinar Series: Creating Community for Fat Women of Color with Ivy Felicia
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 11:00am PT - 60 minutes
In this episode of the NAAFA Webinar Series, host Tigress Osborn is joined by wellness coach and body image expert Ivy Felicia. Topics will include intersections of fat, gender, and race; cultural sensitivity in body image coaching; and why Ivy created the popular @FatWomenOfColor platform for social media. There will be time for audience Q&A at the end of the session. Please note: This educational event is not an affinity space. You do not need to identify as Fat or as a Woman of Color to attend.