OPIRG, the Trent Women's Centre and Women's Events Committee present: Fat Activism 101 workshop, facilitated by the Fat Femme Mafia (Feb 16th, 2008)

Fat activism is a unique approach to talking about size acceptance; it explores how bodies exist in a continuum, how and why the media favours some bodies over others, and how that affects the way individuals feel about themselves. Fat activism attempts to unravel the reasons why it can sometimes be so difficult to feel beautiful in our own skin, and help more and more people break down the barriers to healthy self-esteem. Fat Activism seeks to educate the public by providing positive images of fat people and deconstructing the myth that fat people are necessarily lazy, stupid, ugly, unhappy, asexual and don't/can't dance.
Join members of the Fat Femme Mafia discussion that explores what Fat Activism is, why it exists and what it hopes to achieve. You will have the opportunity to engage in the discussion, ask questions and make comments.
Participants will receive a mini tool guide for doing their own body activism.

Location: Peterborough Library

Location: Sadleir House, 751 George St. N