Calling All Abundant, Fat, Plus Sized, Succulent, and Thick Peoples From All Over!
This year at the Allied Media Conference we are coming back together as a network gathering to continue our conversations and expand on the work we’ve done in previous years. How can we work together to deconstruct fat stigma and other forms of marginalization while building a stronger and more inclusive fat community? How can we challenge ourselves to decenter whiteness, capitalism, ableism, cissexism, heterosexism and classism while we explore what it means to be fat? We will explore these questions and create media and practical strategies for resistance, healing and community building.
We are looking for a variety of session proposals that may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Ally building for thin folks and privileged fat folks
Body autonomy and social media
Skillshares and tools for surviving and thriving
Bodies, health and movement -
Breaking down connections between health and weight
Body movement / dance / practice for all bodies
Super-sized community members
Fatness at its intersections -
Fatness and femme identity
Sci-fi bodies as fat, queer and people of color
History of indigenous / people of color / Black / trans / dis/ability / supersize fat activism
Tools for young fat folks
Breaking down discussions about fatness through race, class, gender and other identities
Submit a proposal for the gathering here.
Everyone at the Abundant Bodies team hopes to see you there on June 15th to kick off another amazing AMC weekend.
**The deadline to submit a proposal is March 15th.