A question we often get at FFL is “Why do you use imagery of whales and pigs? Aren’t those terms often used in a negative connotation to describe fat people?” It’s a valid concern, aren’t we as an organization supposed to be combating anti-fat bias? At this point, you are probably imagining a thin ‘fetishist’
Executive Summary Many fat liberation groups have argued for the protection of the rights of fat people from a framework of weight immutability. Weight immutability relies on science, citing research that investigates possible genetic and environmental causes for fat and weight gain(1), and highlighting that an overwhelming majority of attempts to lose weight over the
Conflict can be scary. In western cultures that centre white supremacy, direct and assertive responses to conflict are not considered the norm, and many people are not raised in homes where conflict is addressed in healthy and meaningful ways. Current responses to harm and conflict are rooted in colonialism, white supremacy, and misogyny, and seek
