As we round out the end of Black History Month, FFL thinks it is important to highlight our fellow feedist community members. These Black feedist content creators put in the work year round to provide amazing feedist content. Models and Sex Workers are a huge part of the feedist community. They are pillars – providing
Happy holidays, friends! It's been a wonderful year here at Feedists for Fat Liberation. We have had a number of successful workshops and gatherings, and it's been such a joy to share it with each of you. In November, we hosted a Virtual Fireside Holiday Hangout and encouraged those in attendance to bring their favorite
Feedists for Fat Liberation held a mutual aid hangout where discussion revolved around accessible seating for fat people. Here are the highlights! What to look for in accessible seating: Sturdy No restricting arms Not attached or permanently fixed (e.g., booths, picnic tables, school desks) Not too low Not too tall Not too squishy Be your
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’
It’s safe to say that there is a lot of pressure for things to feel celebratory during the holidays. But as many fat people know, the holidays can be a minefield of uncomfortable feelings and awkward interactions. The season may be merry, but it’s also rife with diet culture, food guilt, and anti fat bias.
On August 14, 2022, Feedists for Fat Liberation held the workshop, "Feedism & Fat Liberation: Let's Squash Fatphobia!" Designed to be an introduction to fat liberation, the workshop facilitators began by defining anti-fat bias and fat liberation. Then, participants learned a bit about the history of the fat liberation movement, including the work of the
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
Brothers! Let’s talk about what it means to be a man in the feedism community. The community can sometimes feel like a paradise just on the other side of a glass wall, an oasis of wonderful fat and growing folks all at your fingertips, but still on the other side of the world. It can
Feedists for Fat Liberation promotes the principles of risk aware consensual kink (RACK) within the feedist community. To that end, FFL held its first RACK workshop in September 2021. The goals for these workshops are: To increase awareness of the RACK framework within the feedist community; To empower feedists to identify and understand their boundaries
