#itgetsfatter

What does body autonomy look like in a world where our bodies are under constant surveillance and control from so many different systems and social constraints? Sara Mir from the It Gets Fatter project will explore the question of body autonomy and create linkages between queerness, fatphobia and body positivity from her personal experiences *Please contact [email protected] or 613-562-5800 x3161 to request any accommodations. *ASL interpretation will be available --

Check out this amaaazing TED Talk by Jill Andrew (who we've had the pleasure to get to know through our Fat's How We Roll peer group!)!! Jill breaks down some of the ways fat bodies - especially black bodies - are impacted by discourses of fatphobia & health. 

*TW for discussion of fatphobia, self-hate and some ableist language. 

"Fat is just a description. Its not a prescription - and its certainly not an invitation for hate, for exclusion, for ridicule, for assaults against my body. And it sure as heck ain't an excuse to make judgments about my health or my morality."

We are so excited to be presenting a brand new workshop next week in Ottawa! This workshop is open to everyone, but we ask allies and white folks to be cognizant of the space they take up. If you're in the city please join us and/or help spread the word!

"Come join the It Gets Fatter Project for a workshop on body positivity and explore how fatphobia structures our vision of desirable bodies. We will look at the ways in which certain bodies are already desirable and others are not, the role of the media in shaping our desires and explore how body positivity can help reorient and shift our desire to include other and different kinds of bodies."

Hiii folks!!

This weekend Sara & Asam will be presenting two (2!) sessions of our brand new "Queer Desirability & Fatness" Workshop!! We are so so so excited to be part of this amazing conference and can't wait to take up space as fat people of color!

If you will be attending the conference we encourage you to come check out either one of our sessions (or both!). We will be presenting on Sunday, May 19th, in session 1 & 2. Here is a little blurb for our workshop:

Fat doesn’t have to be a bad word. Let’s breakdown fatphobia 101 then delve more deeply into issues of queer & fat desirability. For many of us, it doesn’t get better, it gets fatter! Instead of hating ourselves (& our bodies) or clinging to false platitudes about how much better it might get in some vague far off future, we want to celebrate ourselves and our bodies the way they are now. We will create a safe(r) space for fat queers of color and their allies to talk about the importance of rethinking queerness and desirability through the lens of fat positivity. Through various interactive activities, we will look at the different ways fat (queer) bodies of color are impacted by class, racism, sexism, ableism, transphobia & queerphobia, and how fat bodies undermine normative *and* queer modes of desire.

You can find the full conference programme here.

Thanks for all your love,

Hi Everyone!

The It Gets Fatter Project is a Toronto based body positivity project started by fat people of colour, for fat people of colour! We would really love to send Asam to represent us at the NOLOSE Conference in July that takes place in Portland.

Asam received partial funding for registration and lodging, however since flights from Canada to Portland are not cheap we need your generous support for him to be able to attend and represent our project!

Please donate ANYTHING you can! If you an ally and can afford it, this is a great way to support the project. If you donate $20 or more, you will get 3 buttons designed by us!

If we are not able to raise the total amount, your donations will go to other It Gets Fatter endeavours in the future.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

XOXO

The It Gets Fatter Project

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