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Fat liberation is good for everyone

Fat liberation is good for everyone

 A couple of weeks ago I did two workshops at the Council of Trade Unions' Women's Conference, called Fat liberation is good for everyone.  Since the 90 minute workshop took me at least a dozen hours to write, I thought I should make the best possible use of that effort, so I've filmed it as a presentation here, as well as rounding up further resources for y'all to continue on your fat liberation journey.  The talk Download the slides as a PDF here, and get the transcript at the bottom of this page.  Further resources This is by no means...

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Join us for an online talk on being fat & chronically ill

Join us for an online talk on being fat & chronically ill
Join us for a conversation about being fat and living with chronic illness. With so much stigma and shame around health for fat folk, chronic illness can be extra difficult to live with for fat people. Join Kath for a discussion on breaking down stigma and shame, working your way through the medical minefield and sharing our experiences with living with chronic illness.

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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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