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| Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 | 3:36 pm
[fattest]
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nolose date and location?
Hey, I heard a rumor that nolose is happening in Oakland June 4-6. Is it true? Did I miss the announcement somehow? What venue did you guys decide on? Do tell! | | Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | 4:50 pm
[bounce_n_jiggle]
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Fat Studies Reader Book Reading @ Re/Dress NYC Friday Dec 4th
Calling all academics - help me promote our Fat Studies Reader book reading to your school/classmates/teachers. The event is on Friday December 4th.Published by NYU Press, The Fat Studies Reader is a milestone achievement, bringing together fifty-three diverse voices to explore a wide range of topics related to body weight. From the historical construction of fatness to public health policy, from job discrimination to social class disparities, from chick-lit to airline seats, this collection covers it all. Edited by two leaders in the field, Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay, foreword by Marilyn Wann, The Fat Studies Reader is an invaluable resource that provides a historical overview of fat studies, an in-depth examination of the movement’s fundamental concerns, and an up-to-date look at its innovative research. Our reading will include 4 essays from the reader. There will be time for mingling, book signing and a Q & A. Lara Frater - Fat Heroines in Chick-Lit: The Gateway to Acceptance in the Mainstream? Kathleen LeBesco, PhD - Quest for a Cause: The Fat Gene, The Gay Gene and the New Eugenics Elena Andrea Escalera, PhD - Stigma Threat and the Fat Professor: Reducing Student Prejudice in the Classroom Heather MacAllister - Embodying Fat Liberation (Read by Kelli Dunham) We will have books on hand to purchase. Hope to see you at this event celebrating this important contribution to academia and the exploration of body liberation. Date: Friday, December 4, 2009 Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Re/Dress NYC Street: 109 Boerum Place City/Town: Brooklyn, NY Event facebook page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170087632668&ref=nf Current Mood:  chipper | | Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | 5:29 pm
[deep_shag]
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Boston? Have 2 bedroom apt, need roomie for share, Jan 1
Know anyone looking for housing in Boston? Here is my CL ad, feel free to pass on. 43 year old somewhat-butch looking for housemate in my Somerville 2 bedroom, for Jan 1. the apt: Sunny, hardwood floors, and recently renovated. Granite countertop, gas stove, and back deck. Rent is $550 per month, plus around $100 in utilities. Security deposit, but no last month's. Landlord is attentive and ethical, but not nosey. Plenty of street parking, no permits. Near Broadway, and therefore MBTA. Near park. http://www.redpm.com/homes/walnut/jay.htm#me: 43 queer, superfat, and an all around great person with an infectious laugh. I have a chill cat who hates other animals but LOVES people. Seeking someone who is also quiet, resonsible, respectful, and a good communicator. Who is also a non-smoker, non-heavy drug or alcohol user. I like things neat so that I can jump right into projects - whether it is making dinner, painting, or doing homework. I will be driving to the Back Bay almost every weekday, and am open to negotiating rides. I enjoy chilling with roomie and movie at night, or talking over coffee in the morning. Excited to hear from you! Current Mood: awake | 1:13 pm
[mermeydele]
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The Fat Studies Reader - woo-hoo!
Hi everyone, I'm not sure if it's been circulated around here lately, but tomorrow is the official release date of The Fat Studies Reader, a new semi-academic anthology that discusses many, many aspects of fat life and culture, all from a fat-positive viewpoint. It's edited by the brilliant Sandra Solvay and Esther Rothblum and has an intro by Marilyn Wann. There are about 40 chapters in it, with more than 50 authors, and they deal with politics, law, health, visual, literary, and performance arts, identity, clothing, and more. I have yet to see it in person, but my copy should be coming any day now. Susan Stinson has reviewed parts of it here. I encourage anyone interested to ask their school and public libraries to buy a copy so you can borrow it from them! Or buy it for yourself! | | Thursday, October 15th, 2009 | 3:57 pm
[chelseyl]
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CALL OUT TO FAT FEMMES!
CALL OUT FOR FAT FEMMES TRIBUTE NIGHT I AM DOING A TRIBUTE TO FAT FEMMES TO COINCIDE WITH NICKY CLICK COMING TO PERFORM AT GRANNY BOOTS ON WED OCT 28TH. Granny Boots is the free, wednesday weekly radical queer performance night at the gladstone that I (chelsey lichtawoman) host every week. THIS IS A CALL OUT FOR ALL THE FAT FEMMES OUT THERE- I WANT VIDEO, PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, SUGGESTIONS. ANYTHING! PUHHHLEEEAAAAAZE send an email to chelsey.lichtman@gmail.com
I WANT TO REALLY DO THIS RIGHT.
check out nicky click who is coming:
www.nickyclick.com
and you know the Fat Femme Mafia! | | Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | 12:31 pm
[mermeydele]
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CFP: Fat Studies Area at the Popular Culure Association
2010 PCA/ACA Conference Fat Studies Area Call for Papers Fat Studies is becoming an interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary field of study that confronts and critiques cultural constraints against notions of “fatness” and “the fat body”; explores fat bodies as they live in, are shaped by, and remake the world; and creates paradigms for the development of fat acceptance or celebration within mass culture. Fat Studies uses body size as the starting part for a wide-ranging theorization and explication of how societies and cultures, past and present, have conceptualized all bodies and the political/cultural meanings ascribed to every body. Fat Studies reminds us that all bodies are inscribed with the fears and hopes of the particular culture they reside in, and these emotions often are mislabeled as objective “facts” of health and biology. More importantly, perhaps, Fat Studies insists on the recognition that fat identity can be as fundamental and world-shaping as other identity constructs analyzed within the academy and represented in media. Proposals in the area of Fat Studies are being accepted for the 2010 PCA /ACA (Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association) National Conference in St. Louis, MO (March 31 through April 3, 2010 at the Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis). We welcome papers and performances from academics, researchers, intellectuals, activists, and artists, in any field of study, and at any stage in their career. Topics may include but are not limited to: · representations of fat people in literature, film, music, nonfiction, and the visual arts · cross-cultural or global constructions of fatness and fat bodies · cultural, historical, or philosophical meanings of fat and fat bodies · portrayals of fat individuals and groups in news, media, magazines · fatness as a social or political identity · fat acceptance, activism, and/or pride movements and tactics · approaches to fat and body image in philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology · fat children in literature, media, and/or pedagogy · fat as it intersects with race, ethnicity, class, religion, ability, gender, and/or sexuality · history and/or critique of diet books and scams · functions of fatphobia or fat oppression in economic and political systems By December 1, 2009, please send an abstract of 100 - 250 words or a completed paper to Fat Studies Area Co-Chairs Julia McCrossin ( jmccross@gwmail.gwu.edu) and Lesleigh Owen ( goddess_les@yahoo.com). Please include your complete contact information and a CV and/or 50 word bio, along with anticipated A/V needs. All submissions are welcome, but please use the information above to ensure your paper fits within the academic and political scopes of Fat Studies. Please also be mindful that Fat Studies is a political project and not merely an umbrella term for all discussions of larger bodies. Also, we encourage submitters to rethink using words like “obesity” and “overweight” in their presentations unless they are used ironically, within quotes, or accompanied by a political analysis. Presenters must become members of the Popular Culture Association. Find more information on the conference and organization at http://pcaaca.org/conference/national.php. | | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 | 4:04 pm
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| 7:18 pm
[charlottecooper]
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The Fat of the Land: A Queer Chub Harvest Festival - 3 Oct 2009, London, UK
Hi folks, It would be AMAZING to see you at this, which a bunch of us are organising in the UK with the support of NOLOSE. I've cut and pasted our press release to give you more of an idea of what it's about. Charlotte xx PRESS RELEASE: for immediate circulation Coming Soon! The Fat of the Land: A Queer Chub Harvest Festival London's fat queers and their pals are coming together to challenge the greed of the diet industry and body fascism within the gay community by producing a food festival that celebrates body diversity. The Fat of the Land: A Queer Chub Harvest Festival is a DIY food fest, synthesizing interest in slow food, recession-busting, sustainable food, 'make-and-do' and craft culture with a fat queer sensibility. It is intended as a secular fat queerifying of a traditional harvest gathering, and the organizers positively welcome multicultural interpretations of the theme. The Fat of the Land is child friendly and open to people of all sizes and sexualities. It will feature: • Activities: crafting, traditional games, competitions for best jam, best chutney, best cake, best produce, best vegetable monster and more • Stalls, refreshments, and information about Health At Every Size • Art: Allyson Mitchell's grotto will be open for visits • Evening Performance: including a group rendition of The Fat Queer Harvest Hymn, written especially for the event, and special surprise act by Chopin Gard Visitors are encouraged to bring along a tin of unwanted food to be donated to a prominent diet guru – the respondent will be chosen on the day. Co-organiser and fat queer activist Charlotte Cooper explains: "We see The Fat of the Land as a celebration of the abundance of harvest time and our connection to the rhythms of nature and creativity, albeit executed in our own idiosyncratic, outsider, warped, prankish, punk, 21st century, Wicker Man style. "It is a defiant celebration of abundance and plenty amidst a 'healthy living' agenda in the UK that is often reductionist, fatphobic and mean, and is thus health-enhancing for people of all sizes." Details The Fat of the Land: A Queer Chub Harvest Festival Saturday 3 October 2009 St Anne's, 55 Dean Street, Soho, London. This is an accessible venue. £5/£2.50 concessions. 2-5pm stalls and activities 5-6pm competition judging 6-8pm performances Notes for editors 3 October 2009 is the weekend of this year's Harvest Moon. We are seeking volunteers. The Fat of The Land is being principally organised by Charlotte Cooper, and Naz Jamal and Jason Elvis Barker of The Queer Institute. It has been made possible by a Small Projects Across the Land loan by NOLOSE, the US organisation for fat dykes and their allies. The Fat of the Land seeks to capitalise on the success of the Chubsters event at the 2009 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, which witnessed a fierce outpouring of fat-queer activism in the UK and a hunger expressed by many of the participants for more events of such a nature. Contact Charlotte Cooper mail@charlottecooper.net 07908 746931 Jason Elvis Barker, Nazmia Jamal: queerinstitute@gmail.com Blog http://queerchub.blogspot.comTwitter http://twitter.com/thebeeferFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124474688679&ref=nf | | Sunday, August 30th, 2009 | 12:23 am
[evilgenius_nnl]
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Weighty Proposition: Films about Fatness, Bodies and Food!
Weighty Propositions:
Films about bodies, fatness, and food
Saturday September 12, 7pm
$5
Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Av, Philadelphia PA
YES! There is air-conditioning at the theater.
More information here:
http://flickeringfilms.com/
| | Monday, August 10th, 2009 | 12:32 pm
[pinkprincesszoe]
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| | Thursday, August 6th, 2009 | 1:54 pm
[drinkasyoupour]
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Bay Area Fatties: FAT FLEA THIS SUNDAY in Oakland
Cupcakes and Muffintops A size-positive, gender inclusive Fat Clothing Flea and Bake Sale where only the prices are small! All proceeds to benefit Big Moves Bay Area and NOLOSE Sunday, August 9, 2009 12:00pm - 4:00pm Humanist Hall 390 27th St. Oakland, CA Clothes sizes L and up, up, up! Butch, femme, men's, women's... and tasty treats, too! Most clothes $2-$7/per item. $5 door fee (applicable toward any clothing purchase). And if you want to volunteer at the Flea, let us know! We need help with set up, clothes presentation, personal shoppers, getting the word out, security and more. Email CupcakesandMuffintops@gmail.com to volunteer. Unsold clothing will be donated to area shelters after the sale. | | Sunday, July 12th, 2009 | 7:32 pm
[evilgenius_nnl]
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NOLOSE Announces Funding for Fat Events Across the Land!
NOLOSE Announces Funding for Fat Events Across the Land! NOLOSE is thrilled to announce the recipients of the Small Projects Across the Land grants which support events promoting fat visibility, fat culture and fat fabulousness. We were overwhelmed by the response to our call for proposals and choosing only five amongst the applicants was challenging. Below is a brief description of each the funded projects that were awarded funding. $600 awarded to Fat Kid Flea Market, a fatshion flea market and performance with recycled and locally designed clothes in sizes 14+ and fat positive performances in Austin, Texas. $1,000 awarded to The Fat of the Land: A Queer Chub Harvest Festival, a London UK based Harvest Festival incorporating fat positive performance and information with slow food movement, traditional harvest time rituals, food and a general celebration of abundance. $700 awarded to a one day conference in New York, NY entitled Fat and Queer and focused on Social, Political, Health, Art, Media, Financial and Academic interests (just to name a few) of self identified Fat, Queer folks and their allies. $700 awarded to a one day conference in Boston, MA called Fat and Queer Movement: Past, Present, Future, that will focus on the history and complexity of fat and queer movements. $1,000 awarded to Flabulous!, an evening of drag, cabaret, and burlesque featuring a variety of queer performers of size and their allies in San Francisco, CA. The show will feature pieces that celebrate queer bodies in all of their sizes as well as pieces that directly address body fascism and the lived experiences of people of size. Check the NOLOSE website ( www.nolose.org/spal) soon for more information and further details. NOLOSE* is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to ending the oppression of fat people and creating vibrant fat queer culture. In the activist and empowerment work that we do, we envision a world: - that is accessible to fat people and reflective of us.
- that is without fat discrimination, hatred or prejudice.
- where fat people are empowered to create positive change in ourselves and in our communities.
- where beauty, morality, health, humor and fashion are divorced from size and shape and all bodies are celebrated.
- where fighting fat phobia is seen as integrally linked to other social justice issues such as the women's movement, anti-racist and anti-imperialist struggles of people of color at home and around the world, queer and transgender movements, class struggle, disability rights movements and more.
- where all people have a right to basic human rights as well as joy, sensuality and self-determination.
- and where the diet industry closes up shop as the world sees their products for the oppressive and ineffective scams they are.
| | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | 3:37 pm
[geeksdoitbetter]
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philly fat flea
When: Sunday, June 28th from 1 to 4 Where: A-Space, 4722 Baltimore Avenue (West Philly) What: Bring your new and gently used clothes in sizes xl-6x to swap. Accessories welcome, too! How much: $5 donation (or more if you can) gets you in to swap. All proceeds benefit NOLOSE (www.nolose.org) wee hoo! we're having our very own fat flea market this sun there's plenty to choose from: casual to business to steppin' out stop by and join the luv Current Mood: fat and happy | 11:56 am
[fattest]
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SF Bay area fat clothing needed
Big Moves Bay Area wants your used clothes! Big Moves Bay Area is hosting its first ever used clothing sale August 9th in Oakland, CA and we're asking for donations of gently used clothing in all sizes of large. Here's your chance to get rid of your cast offs, get a tax deduction and boost your fat karma by supporting the nation's only service organization dedicated to promoting size diversity in dance. If you've got clothing or want more information, contact either matilda@bigmoves.org or cindy@bigmoves.org. We will even pick up your clothes if you'd like. Yours in Flabulousness, Big Moves Bay Area http://www.bigmoves.org | | Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | 7:30 am
[drinkasyoupour]
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NOLOSE 2010 - Tell us what you think!
Hello NOLOSE-ers! The NOLOSE board has been busy planning the next conference, slated for Spring 2010, on the West Coast of the US, likely in the Bay Area. As we plan, we want to solicit the input of our community and get your opinions on different factors we have been considering in our planning process. We have created a short anonymous survey, laying out different options we are considering for venues, and also gathering input on individual priorities around certain factors. Please let us know what is important to you by completing the short survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=wqIItV_2b99cQgqt8W3v4wvA_3d_3dThanks very much! Fat Love, Kim and the NOLOSE Board PS. Become our fan on Facebook! | | Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | 10:29 am
[femmegrrlprof]
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Fat and Queer 2009 NYC
Hey everyone! We're soliciting Keynote Speaker suggestions. We are a small tiny conference- so the person should be totally awesome, but willing to do it for the cheap! Any ideas? Marisa | | Friday, June 12th, 2009 | 3:38 pm
[pinkprincesszoe]
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| | Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 | 12:23 pm
[drinkasyoupour]
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NOLOSE update from the Board!
Dear NOLOSE Community: Warm late-spring greetings to everyone! We now have a big, blossoming NOLOSE Board of eleven members and wanted to take this chance to check-in, make some announcements, and share some input and ideas. A few announcements: - We’re thrilled to announce that Robin Fradkin will be working as the NOLOSE Operations Manager and part of her role will be to help streamline our communications and help outline needed structures.
- Geleni Fontaine will be serving as our new Volunteer Coordinator, working on bringing community energy into different projects.
- Works in progress include a survey about NOLOSE and the conference that we hope will continue the great flow of input. We’ll let you know when to look for it. We value your feedback!
- The Board has a working list of several people both from the board itself and the larger community interested in working on an Arts and Entertainment Committee for the next conference. Let us know if you’re interested in joining!
- The NOLOSE blog is coming soon, with regularly updated information about Board, conference, and regional activities.
- The next NOLOSE conference is scheduled for Spring 2010 and the Conference Location Selection Committee is hard at work on the venue. They’re already starting to vet ideas and are taking all feedback into consideration. Stay tuned!
( Feedback and Considerations )With gratitude and support, The Board of Directors of NOLOSE PS. Find this letter and more information about NOLOSE online at: Website: http://www.nolose.orgFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/nolose#/group.php?gid=4230769590Livejournal: http://community.livejournal.com/nolose/Join our nolose announce email list, http://nolose.org/mailman/listinfo/nolose-announce_nolose.org | | Monday, June 1st, 2009 | 12:38 pm
[evilgenius_nnl]
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Flickering Light Film Series Call for Submissions: Weighty Proposition
Flickering Light Film Series
Call for Submissions
Weighty Proposition: Films about Fatness, Bodies and Food Filmmakers and Video Artists are invited to submit films of any length to be screened as part of “Weighty Proposition: Films about Fatness, Bodies and Food.” What is it about a fat body that is scary, beautiful, bold, invisible, revolutionary, obscene? Why do our bodies become sites for debate, confusion, angst and exaltation? How do we come to our individual and cultural understanding of that universal question: Do you eat to live, or live to eat? We are looking for films that document fat positive movement building, that challenge our conceptions of fatness, that create new paradigms for beauty, that consider relationships between size, race, class and gender, that explore food and consumption, and that (most of all) express something fresh and new about fatness, bodies, and food. Films will be juried by the film series coordinator, Sara Zia Ebrahimi, and filmmaker Naima Lowe. Films not selected for the screening may be considered for future screenings throughout the year. Go Here http://flickeringfilms.com/submission/ for more information | | Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | 11:08 pm
[femmegrrlprof]
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Fat and Queer Conference Planning
Conference Planning for Fat and Queer 2009 will start at 7:15pm at ReDress NYC on Thursday May 28th, 2009. If you would like to join the planning team, please post a comment here. |
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