Fatness is an intersectional, social justice issue, and we need to collectively strengthen our
analysis around anti-fat bias and size discrimination. Similarly, we need to be
more inclusive of fat folks and understand their experiences in our spaces. As we
engage in a deeper, more authentic intersectional analysis, it is critical that size
diversity not be lost or made invisible in this conversation. Fat folks are some of
the most stigmatized people in America, AND their stigmatization is often
legitimized by a wider culture that sees fatness as a moral failing, which, in turn,
reinforces the idea that fat people are deserving of their ill-treatment.

This interactive workshop seeks to unpack biases around fatness and provide
tools to create more welcoming spaces for all bodies. Further, this workshop will
contextualize fatness as a difficult intersection for those with other
marginalized identities.

While this may be a space for critical healing and validation for fat folks, this is
also a learning space for folks generally who strive to be on the vanguard around
social justice issues.