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How to be a fat activist in five minutes a day

How to be a fat activist in five minutes a day

At Camp Boom recently, I did a talk called How to be a fat activist in five minutes a day. I would like everyone to have access to this information,  livestreamed my talk from Camp Boom, and here's the video. If you'd rather read about it than watch it, a full transcript is below, and you can access the slides from my talk here. Transcript I'm Jo. I run the House of Boom. I created Camp Boom. I hope you know these things already - I would be quite worried if you didn't! So my talk that I decided that...

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Camp Boom 2022 in the news

The lovely Kylie Klein-Nixon, who had previously written about the fat swim, talked to me about Camp Boom  Fat babes assemble!' - Camp Boom returns to the capital ... "I was thinking about winding up House of Boom because I was just so tired, but then Cat Pausé's death reignited the spark in me of making sure her legacy fat activism, [understanding] why fat community and fat joy is so important, continues. "And to be honest I was trying to get over a broken heart and I needed another distraction for my brain, so I thought f... it, I'll bring...

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Summer pop-up: November 11-13

Summer pop-up: November 11-13

Summer is coming and wouldn't some cool new cotton clothes make summer that much better? It's time to get your Boom on. Shop at the house of The House of Boom and try on clothes in person, including a new mini season so new it hasn't been sewn yet and a rack of items on sale! Boom's gorgeous clothes come in sizes 16-30 (size 32/34 for new skirts and t-shirts) and are made ethically right here in Wellington. Almost everything is cotton, everything has pockets and there's colours galore to make your life a little brighter. As well as the House...

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Meet the Boomettes: Victoria

Meet the Boomettes: Victoria

It's important to me that House of Boom is worn by people with personality rather than walking clothes hangers. Today I'd like you to meet the newest Boomette Victoria. Bottle green CAITLIN cardigan $155, avocado PENNY ROYALE dress $165 When you're not busy being a Boomette, what do you do? I work for a government agency in policy, aka being a boss-ass bitch Victoria wears silver CAITLIN cardigan $155 and Sneakers for Sneaking TIARE skirt $160 Why did you volunteer when I put out a call saying I needed a model? My secret is that I have a huge crush...

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Camp Boom is back!

Camp Boom is back!

It is happening again. Camp Boom - a weekend of fun with fat babes like you - is taking place in Wellington on 26 & 27 November, and I think you might like to come along.  Camp Boom is for fat women & fat gender minorities, age 18+.  At Camp, you’ll be safe. You’ll be in a fun, wonderful space. We hope you’ll come away energised and maybe with a new friend or two.  We’ll celebrate you, your body and our fabulous fat community – not in a cliched “here’s a quote to post on Instagram” kind of way, but...

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