stout outs!

This section is devoted to resources and activist information for the fat and (out) queer. Please check back, as our network of resources grows. Suggest other opportunities for progressive, queer, and fat activism; we'd love to help spread the word!

activism

read the NOLOSE manifesta!
International No Diet Day
Phat Camp! Youth activist retreat
Check out Largesse's list of Size-Postive Organizations and get involved!
New Providence Women's Center needs your clothes
The Fat Experience Project - oral, visual and written history project (body image activism)

 

links

bitchin fat/queer sites:
belle-noir.com - e-zine for BBWs of color
anybody.org
big fat blog
charlottecooper.net
The Chubsters
FaT GiRL - archive site for the now-defunct zine
Fat?So!
FemmeCast - The Queer Fat Femme Podcast Guide to Life
FemmeNoir - web portal for lesbians of color
International No Diet Day Resources
Largesse - the network for size esteem
Obesity Time Bomb - fat-related blog
Plus Size Yellow Pages
redpolka.org
Size Queen - the zine!
StacyBias.net
technodyke
Transgender People of Size - LiveJournal Community
Women in the Life - lesbians of color online community

arts:
Ama Menec - fat-positive sculpture, UK
AmandaPiasecki.com - fat activist, performance artist, and musician
The Beauty Curve - size-positive photography/artwork
Big Burlesque - the Original Fat Bottom Revue
Big Moves - Bi-coastal fat dance company extraordinaire
Creamy Goodness - the name says it all!
Fat Fuck - the play
Fat Girl Speaks
Goddess Songs
HanneBlank.com
Patricia Schwarz
Queer Black CinemaT
SusanStinson.net
Tampa Bay's Fat Female Film Fest
Trade Queer Things

books:
Big Big Love, Hanne Blank
Big Fat Love- an XXL calendar (2005). 16 months of treating our bodies right
Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression
Cherry, Charlotte Cooper
The Fat Girl's Guide to Life, Wendy Shanker
Fat and Proud: The Politics of Size, Charlotte Cooper
Fat Girl Dances With Rock, Susan Stinson
Large & Lovely books
Plush Cats Pinup Calendar
Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness, ed. Susan Koppelman
A Taste For Blood, Diana Lee
Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight-Based Discrimination, Sondra Solovay
Unruly Appetites, Hanne Blank
Venus of Chalk, Susan Stinson
Zaftig: Well Rounded Erotica, Hanne Blank

health:
be nourished - anti-dieting nutrition and health
fat-friendly health professionals list
weight loss may be harmful to your health [article]
USDA info on supplements

organizations:
The Audre Lord Project Inc.
Butch Voices
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
Femme Collective
hugs international - network of anti-dieting nutritionists
International Size Acceptance Assoc.
naafa
QueerNet.org
Sylvia Rivera Law Project

misc:
Abundia - annual retreat for women of size
Beyond Bias - consultation, legal services, and weight-related diversity training
bigandtallfurniture.com - the name says it all!
butch-femme.com - fat-positive online community for dykely/trans dating
dykewomon.org - site of Elana Dykewomon, activist, author, teacher
Extra Hip - "the zine for the *real* teen scene"
Large in Charge [newsletter]
MaxAirborne.com - gorgeous, fat/queer-positive mosaic
plusstuff.com - fat-positive advice, resources, and catalogue
Toys in Babeland - fat-positive sex toys, equipment, resources
womyn's ware - fat-positive Canadian site for sex toys

clothing:
alight.com
Beauty Plus Power
Big Boxers of Brooklyn / Size Queen - custom clothing up to 9X
Big on Batik
DatGurl - Funky Threads for Thick Chicks
Diesel Femme Wear - up to 8X
Fat Fancy - fat fashion revolution, located in downtown Portland (resale)
Fat Gurrl Ink - a bevy of fat-positive and genderqueer t-shirts (up to 10X!), bags, greeting cards and more
fatshionista! - LiveJournal community
fatshionista.com - editorials/blog site
jodi's list of fetishwear sources
Joyce Elizabeth Clothing - Etsy store (sizes 4x-6x)
International "large size ladies" clothing links
No Sweat - Union-Made/Sweatshop-Free, with sizes up to 4x
PlusSize.com
Re/Dress NYC - plus-sized vintage and resale, located in Brooklyn

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