While at the NAAFA Convention, I heard of a type of privilege that I hadn’t heard of before, but it makes perfect sense. Pretty privilege. I’ve often wondered why my life as a fat person was not as difficult as it is for many. This explains it, at least in part. I don’t want to…
Many years ago, in a far off place called New York, the fat acceptance movement began with the birth of NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fact Acceptance). At that time, there was no “body acceptance” movement. Just fatties. As time went on, people who were not comfortable with the word “fat” seem to have morphed…
But I still attended the Ugly Conference. And, in my opinion, none of the people in attendance were ugly; but it is not my place to tell someone how they identify. Their experience is their experience. Another person at the conference, the ever wonderful Sondra Solovay said while she did not identify as ugly, she…
Over the weekend a group of amazing people put on a small conference, in Oakland, regarding people being perceived as ugly. I am still processing all of what I experienced there. As often happens at this type of event, I felt like an imposter. All of the privilege that I have makes me feel like…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 