Category: Articles / Essays

Where are all the allies, and where do we go from here? (2008)

Tara Shuai writes about racism in connection with the 1000 Fat Cranes project. 2008
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Rethinking 1000 Fat Cranes (2008)

Tara Shuai addresses racism in fat activism. 2008
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Welfare as a Women’s Issue (1972)

Johnnie Tillmon’s article from the Liberation News Service (US), 1972.
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Fat Liberation: No Losers Here (1981)

Article by Judith Stein, from Sojourner, February, 1981, and a followup letter from the subsequent issue in March, 1981.
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Trimming the Fat for Profit: an Essay on Fat Liberation (1982)

Article by Judith Stein, from WomenWise, The New Hampshire Feminist Health Center Quarterly; Winter, 1982.
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Fat, Lesbian and Proud (1981)

By Judith Stein, from Gay Community News, Boston, 1981
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Life In The Fat Underground (1998)

Sara Golda Bracha Fishman tells the story of the Fat Underground. From Radiance, 1998.
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Group Contends ‘Fat Is Beautiful’ (1973)

A article from the Hartford Courant in 1973.
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More Women are on Diets than in Jail (1974)

A series of short rants by members of the Fat Underground, published in SISTER in 1974.
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Venice newspaper clipping (1976)

An article about a fat underground action, from an unknown newspaper.
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Fat Underground Throws Weight Into Obesity War (1976)

An article about The Fat Underground from the Los Angeles Times. Jan. 8, 1976.
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Fat is Fine (1976?)

An article about a Fat Underground presentation, from an unknown newspaper.
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Fat Liberation – A Luxury? (1977)

Aldebaran’s letter to radical therapists about fat liberation. (State and Mind, vol. No.6, June-July 1977, pp. 34-38)
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Fat Times in New Haven (1978)

A New York Times article about the New Haven Fat Liberation Front. 1978

Fat Oppression and Fat Liberation: Some Basic Ideas (1980)

By Judith Stein. 1980.
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