naafa in the news
Links to important media featuring our work and impact:
Skinny, Inc. Part 3: Body image in the age of Ozempic - The Decibel Podcast
Southwest rolls back some changes to plus-size policy. Advocates say it's not enough. - SFGATE
Southwest is charging plus-size passengers a 'fat tax' at the airport - SFGATE
We need to talk about that Mike Tyson Super Bowl ad - Mashable
Tigress Osborn looks at fat acceptance and body size through a civil rights lens - 91.5 KJZZ Phoenix
It’ll soon be against the law in Minneapolis to discriminate against weight, joining only handful of cities - KSTP, ABC5
Tigress Osborn: Fighting weight discrimination - TIME100 Health
The Feminist Body - Feminism NOW podcast
Black voices, Black bodies: Life in the age of Ozempic - STAT
Pinterest taps AI to give bigger bodies more visibility - Axios
These Common Phrases Are Actually Fat-Shaming - HuffPost Life
Fat Acceptance as a Civil Rights Issue - The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
Advocates: Science isn’t telling the whole story - USA Today
How To Create Marketing That Positively Represents Plus-Size People - AdAge
Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat - Bloomberg/BusinessWeek
The 2023 passage of the New York City law banning size discrimination generated global headlines, hundreds of stories, and thousands of impressions. Here is a sampling:
Graphic shows a quote: "Fat people's erasure from media is dehumanizing. Visibility in marketing allows us - and the world - to see the full range of our humanity. The bottom line? We want to see ourselves represented just like everyone else does. - Tigress Osborn, NAAFA Chair. Below that on the left reads, "Creating marketing that positively represents plus-size people", Think With Google blog. On the right shows a drawing depicting a fat man/masc, a fat female/femme POC and a tall fat femme with an undercut. A blue frame is superimposed over the caricatures. At the bottom is a blue border with the NAAFA logo.
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