NAAFA NEWSLETTER ARTICLES
The NAAFA Newsletter is our monthly electronic publication updating our community on NAAFA plans, programming, and other important news. The newsletter is edited and approved by the Board of Directors Communications Committee.
Weight and Wisdom: Find Yourself in Fat History
Our executive director, Tigress Osborn, is the co-editor of the recently released book, Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation (Pearlsong Press 2025). Caleb Luna called the anthology “a soft, fleshy, warm hug from the living ancestors who have been on the frontlines of this movement for decades.” In this exclusive excerpt from the book’s afterward, Tigress discusses the book’s origin and the history of fat liberation.
Anti-Racism Resources - June 2025
Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.
This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Immigration and ICE.
FLARE’s In Our Image Database Connects Fat People with Accommodating Medical Imaging
Structural weight stigma compromises the healthcare of higher-weight people by creating a system that fails to accommodate larger bodies, with the most harm done to those at the highest weights and those with multiple marginalized identities. FLARE’s In Our Image Database is a vetted compilation of facilities and machines that accommodate higher-weight people. Read more about the launch of this important database.
Updates from Our 2024 Ernsberger Scholarship Winners
The Dr. Paul Ernsberger Scholarship (PERS) is funded by donations from those who wish to support graduate students in carrying on Dr. Ernsberger’s legacy. NAAFA granted PERS awards to three students in 2024. Each ofAll three of them recently shared about their work and how the scholarship aided them in their pursuits.
Media & Research Roundup - June 2025
The Media & Research Roundup is a series of the latest in news and research effecting fat community compiled by Bill & Terri Weitze.
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language. Websites hosting the articles linked below may allow advertisements for weight loss products and/or otherwise problematic ads.
Anti-Racism Resources - Juneteenth
In this special edition of Anti-Racism Resources, we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Juneteenth.
EveryBODY Counts: Continuing the Fight for Size Freedom in Delaware
Delaware could still become the next state to ban height and weight discrimination, but the road to a win in Delaware got longer after last week’s House Administrative Committee meeting. In this month’s feature article, our Executive Director, Tigress Osborn, gives updates on Delaware’s House Bill 115 and shares insights on how local and national organizing for fat justice builds intersectional alliances for community change no matter how long it takes to pass Size Freedom laws.
Anti-Racism Resources - May 2025
Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.
This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Media & Research Roundup - May 2025
The Media & Research Roundup is a series of the latest in news and research effecting fat community compiled by Bill & Terri Weitze.
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language. Websites hosting the articles linked below may allow advertisements for weight loss products and/or otherwise problematic ads.
Doing Better in Minneapolis and Beyond
Minneapolis is poised to become the next city in the US to pass a bill outlawing size discrimination. In this feature, our Executive Director, Tigress Osborn, discusses the importance of this civil rights win, solidarity with other groups impacted by the new law, and why we must keep advocating for Size Freedom laws even as our other rights and freedoms are under attack.
Anti-Racism Resources - April 2025
Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.
This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about the Intersections of Race and Aging.
Why Monthly Matters
NAAFA Board member, Kat Redniss, shares why being a NAAFA monthly donor is important to her. Plus get a sneak peek of an upcoming special NAAFA donor challenge that will launch on May 1st!
Media & Research Roundup - April 2025
The Media & Research Roundup is a series of the latest in news and research effecting fat community compiled by Bill & Terri Weitze.
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language. Websites hosting the articles linked below may allow advertisements for weight loss products and/or otherwise problematic ads.
Our Transgender Fat Friends Need Us More Than Ever
As our current administration tries to outlaw the existence of transgender people, NAAFA Executive Director Tigress Osborn discusses the responsibility of cisgender people in NAAFA and all fat community to show up for transgender and queer folks now and in the future.
Anti-Racism Resources - March 2025
Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.
This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Women & Gender Minorities.
Media & Research Roundup - March 2025
The Media & Research Roundup is a series of the latest in news and research effecting fat community compiled by Bill & Terri Weitze.
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language. Websites hosting the articles linked below may allow advertisements for weight loss products and/or otherwise problematic ads.
Fat Lib and DEI
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are key components of NAAFA’s work today. As the government and the business world downplay, demonize, and dismantle DEI, our core values require that we do even more to ensure that the intersectional approaches we have worked hard to incorporate into our work remain at the center of our mission to end size discrimination. Our Executive Director, Tigress Osborn, discusses what DEI truly is and how the attacks on DEI impact fat community.
Anti-Racism Resources - February 2025
Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.
This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Black History Month.
Media & Research Roundup - February 2025
The Media & Research Roundup is a series of the latest in news and research effecting fat community compiled by Bill & Terri Weitze.
CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the Media & Research Roundup may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.
Fat Resilience and Fat Resistance Part II: Intersectional Solidarity in 2025
Major shifts in the political landscape will always impact NAAFA’s work. NAAFA is a non-partisan organization. That should never be confused with NAAFA being an apolitical organization. We are political in every sense of the word. Our politics today include a deeper, more explicit intersectional commitment than we’ve ever had. NAAFA will continue to work within the system for fat justice regardless of who is in office. We do not believe that legislation is liberation, but we do believe that change to government policies can be a powerful part of improving fat people’s lives.