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davis_squareTHE BOSTON AVENGERS CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO A DAY AT THE BEACH...
Sunday -- July 28th -- 1 p.m.
Walden Pond
Join the Boston Avengers as we take over a small plot of beach at Walden Pond and declare it a BODY ACCEPTANCE ZONE! Everyone is welcome -- people of all sizes, we especially welcome our anti-fatphobia allies to come and show support.
There will be snacks, frisbee, swimming and the beauty of being outside of the city. To find us just look for the happy body-positive signs, we'll be pretty obvious.
Any questions, please e-mail me: activistprincess@rcn.com
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Why are we doing this?
Because fat people are still made to feel ashamed of ourselves on a daily basis, because the New England Medical Journal admits that despite the media hype they still cannot link weight to health problems yet when we go to doctors they chalk up any medical problem to our size and tell us to lose weight, because in fact many fat people are made to feel so ashamed at the doctor that we avoid going and we don't get the proper medical care, because PETA uses fatphobia to promote vegetarianism discounting the voices of fat vegetarians, because Southwest among other airlines expect us to buy two tickets, because we pay more for our clothes even though retailers don't discount smaller sizes, because employers discriminate against fat people in hiring, because on average we're aid $7,000 less per year compared to our non-fat co-workers, because we're assumed to be lazy, unfit and weak, because the world is still hostile to fat people everywhere ... I AM A PART OF THE FAT POSITIVE MOVEMENT!
Sunday -- July 28th -- 1 p.m.
Walden Pond
Join the Boston Avengers as we take over a small plot of beach at Walden Pond and declare it a BODY ACCEPTANCE ZONE! Everyone is welcome -- people of all sizes, we especially welcome our anti-fatphobia allies to come and show support.
There will be snacks, frisbee, swimming and the beauty of being outside of the city. To find us just look for the happy body-positive signs, we'll be pretty obvious.
Any questions, please e-mail me: activistprincess@rcn.com
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Why are we doing this?
Because fat people are still made to feel ashamed of ourselves on a daily basis, because the New England Medical Journal admits that despite the media hype they still cannot link weight to health problems yet when we go to doctors they chalk up any medical problem to our size and tell us to lose weight, because in fact many fat people are made to feel so ashamed at the doctor that we avoid going and we don't get the proper medical care, because PETA uses fatphobia to promote vegetarianism discounting the voices of fat vegetarians, because Southwest among other airlines expect us to buy two tickets, because we pay more for our clothes even though retailers don't discount smaller sizes, because employers discriminate against fat people in hiring, because on average we're aid $7,000 less per year compared to our non-fat co-workers, because we're assumed to be lazy, unfit and weak, because the world is still hostile to fat people everywhere ... I AM A PART OF THE FAT POSITIVE MOVEMENT!
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Re: wow
Date: 2002-07-27 12:30 pm (UTC)wow
Date: 2002-07-26 12:17 pm (UTC)one of my closest friends in the world is a big girl, and she is so beautiful. you dont have to be thin to be beautiful and i think people need to learn to love themselves no matter how they look. i think this is a great thing you're doing (or whoever is responsible for it.)
Xrock onX
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