Welcome to our first FAT FOLLOW FRIDAY! This is a list compiled of Fat Positive and Fat Acceptance bloggers. As this is the first one, it’s only been a matter of a few days compiling Tumblrs, but I have no doubt it will increase over time.
So anyway, I’ve decided to copy the format of the Feminist Follow Friday list, which is compiled by missworld, and have a “Brought to you by…” theme each week. I’ve decided that it’s only right given the grassroots nature and community-building sentiments of the list that the first ever list should be brought to you by the recently deceased Judy Freespirit.
Judy Freespirit was one of the very first Fat Activists. Along with Sara Fishman, Lynn McAfee and others, she founded the Fat Underground movement, which was a radical spin-off group from the NAAFA and were opposed to the growing bias againt obesity in scientific communities. Together, they came up with the phrase ““a diet is a cure that doesn’t work for a disease that doesn’t exist” and along with Aldebaran, she compiled the Fat Liberation Manifesto. She died September 10th 2010, aged 74. For further reading on Judy, try this interview with her by Charlotte Cooper at Obesity Timebomb.
THE FAT FOLLOW FRIDAY LIST (so far….)
bigboyfashion
fattiesinlove
seaponies
queerdiddlebot
icedteaandlemoncake
pluseyes
laurendarling
definatalie
fuckyeahfatpositive
heyfatchick
iamoffendedbecause
tangledupinlace
mamavh
jasievangesen
donewiththisshit
ourchangingsky
sugaredvenom
If you’re not on the list, and you’d like to be included in the next one, contact me via /ask :)
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