Katie Livingston ([info]meaning_making) wrote,
@ 2009-03-22 13:15:00
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Fat Acceptance Newsletters
Hey! Someone I love had an abusive, fat phobic experience recently with a "doctor" and we're pissed off about it. Please comment below with the names of any fat-positive and fat-acceptance newsletters and information. We're going to send them to their office.

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So far, I have:
[info]meaning_making
2009-03-22 05:29 pm UTC (link)
NOLOSE Manifesta: http://nolose.org/activism/manifesta.php
International Size Acceptance Association: http://www.size-acceptance.org/
NAAFA: http://www.naafaonline.com/dev2/
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination: http://www.cswd.org/

What am I missing?

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[info]soulsmiles
2009-03-22 06:26 pm UTC (link)
About-Face:www.about-face.org

Largesse: The Network for Size Esteem - www.eskimo.com/~largesse/INDD/

Voluptuous Woman Company: www.volupwoman.com/

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[info]thisismycalmit
2009-03-23 01:06 am UTC (link)
ohh I dont know any but you go girl! I had an experience like that too.....good idea~!

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[info]stargyrrrl
2009-03-23 01:20 am UTC (link)
i'll send copies of the zine/handbook knoll and i made for the trans health conference last year

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[info]meaning_making
2009-03-23 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Cool - or I can just make a photocopy of the one I have. I'm wondering: should I send the stuff I'm going to mail all at once, or a little at a time?

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[info]craftngrrrl
2009-03-23 01:31 am UTC (link)
figure 8 zine is amazing!! with lots of great health/doctor related info. not sure where you can find it, but definitely worth tracking down.

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[info]craftngrrrl
2009-03-23 01:37 am UTC (link)
just checked and you can get it on etsy!!

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[info]meaning_making
2009-03-23 01:37 am UTC (link)
I am so there.

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[info]cacie
2009-03-23 12:42 pm UTC (link)
http://fathealth.wordpress.com is an ideal place for researching and reporting this very problem. I hope it offers you some good resources!

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[info]meaning_making
2009-03-23 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Awesome - thank you! And I read your anti-diet post and loved it, just didn't have time to formulate a coherent comment yet!

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[info]flavoredcat
2009-03-24 08:18 pm UTC (link)
this is really funny and awesome that you are doing this. thank you.

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[info]meaning_making
2009-03-29 12:04 am UTC (link)
Alright, so the following will be mailed to their office Monday:

- Dear Dr. letter from a Fat Patient, which was published in the May 1981, Issue #4, of "F.A.T. - Feminist Fat Activists Together," which I've never heard of but sounds amazing.

- Article on weight bias among health professionals specializing in obesity.

- International No Diet Day Facts and Figures

- Chubster business cards

- ISSA Size Acceptance bibliography

- Copy of Laura and Knoll's zine

- NAAFA policies on healthcare providers and healthcare rights, if I can find them online.

The only thing I can't find is what I REALLY WANT...newsletters on fat acceptance that they would get over and over...

Going to keep looking.

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