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Two events, one September!
As I try to wind up things here at the House of Boom, there's just a couple of events that I wanna get done before Camp: The very final pop-up sale ever Kaukau Mōmona Fat Swim! The very last popup ever: 13-15 September The House of Boom is closing, so this is your final chance to shop in person and try things on. Expect to see big discounts as I try to clear out all my stock! Boom's gorgeous clothes come in sizes 16-34 and are made ethically right here in Wellington. Almost everything is cotton, everything has pockets and there's...
Not with a Boom but with a whimper
Tl:dr: I’m closing the House of Boom. I hope to have everything absolutely done in November after Camp. So. It’s taken me a week to actually sit down to write this, because I don’t want to write this, but at the same time, I need to. You’ve probably heard me say before that I had been thinking of giving up on Boom when Cat died and I realised I needed to do it even more. Or that I wanted to wrap up last year but Camp was so great that I decided to keep going. But it’s time now. This...
Kaukau Mōmona Fat Swim - Pōneke 17 February
Everyone deserves the gorgeous feeling of being in water. Fat Swim exists to provide a safe, friendly space for people in marginalised bodies to float, frolic and experience fat joy. Join us at the Aquadome in Mount Victoria on 17 February 2024. Tickets are $10 each or if that's out of your budget right now, grab a free ticket thanks to our amazing community donors. We'll have the whole pool to ourselves. More info is available on the ticket page.
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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