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Fat Spotlight: Tiana Dodson, Body Liberation Coach
Tiana Dodson, first name rhymes with Diana, (she/her) is a body liberation coach who works with fat folks to help them live their best fat lives. Read more about her here. She's currently working on holding 100 conversations on fatness. You can sign up to participate through her website. She's located in France, so the... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Caleb Luna
Caleb Luna (they/them) is a "fat, brown, queer writer, activist, teacher, performer, fat babe and scholar," as described on their page, where you can find links to their social media at the top right. I first came across their work on either The Body is Not an Apology or Everyday Feminism. A binary that implies... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Fat Girls Hiking, Sumr Valentine
Normally, I list the person, then the organization in my Fat Spotlight posts. In this case, I want to center the organization first, and I think Sumr would be okay with that. Website: Fat Girls Hiking Facebook: Fat Girls Hiking Instagram: Fat Girls Hiking Events: Fat Girls Hiking on Eventbrite Fat Girls Hiking was founded... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Nalgona Positivity Pride
As described on the Nalgona Positivity Pride website, Nalgona Positivity Pride is "a xicana-indigenous body-positive organization that provides intersectional eating disorders education and community-based support for people of color who are struggling with troubled eating and poor body-image," and it was founded by Gloria Lucas, who is "a Xicana womxn from California." NPP has been around since... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Simone Mariposa
Simone Mariposa has an eponymous website, SimoneMariposa.com, and her Instagram and twitter handles are simonemariposa. She blogs on fashion, lifestyle/self help, travel, and beauty. Her most recent post in lifestyle/self help is #5 My Relationship with the Word Fat. Also, she does a great breakdown of the term "BBW," in I am Not Your "BBW": Debunking... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Bevin, Queer Fat Femme
Bevin (she/her), also known as Queer Fat Femme, in her Fat Kid Dance Party "About," identifies "as a thought leader in the body positive, body liberation, and fat acceptance movements." Bevin blogs at The Queer Fat Femme's Guide to Life and is the founder of the aforementioned Fat Kid Dance Party, which is a reclamation of... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Sonya Renee Taylor & The Body Is Not An Apology (TBINAA)
Sonya Renee Taylor is pure magic, a force for good in this world, and an incredibly powerful speaker, poet, activist, educator, and founder of The Body Is Not An Apology, which you can read more about the name and history of here. The spoken word piece is available in a number of videos available on YouTube.... Continue Reading →
Fat Spotlight: Fat Heffalump
Kath, aka Fat Heffalump, blogged for a decade and is still a fat activist. The most recent post is from May 2018, titled "Why I Don't Blog Anymore." Here are three posts that I recommend: Internalised Fatphobia is Still Fatphobia Not Now, Not Ever Fat Activism is Not About Your Boner Kath also has a... Continue Reading →
Fat Positive Cooperative 