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davis_squareSunday -- August 11th -- 1 p.m.
Cochituate State Park
Our last action at Walden Pond was a GREAT success! So much so, that
we're taking it to a new venue to expose a whole 'nother group to a gaggle of fat positive folks enjoying ourselves at the beach.
This time we'll be publicly decorating ourselves with fat-positive
slogans on our body. Come with something clever to scrawl on yourself or someone else. Join in the fun of writing on yourself, someone else or just watching the public display of art!
Join the Boston Avengers as we take over a small plot of beach Cohituate State Park and declare it a BODY ACCEPTANCE ZONE! Everyone is welcome -- people of all sizes, we especially welcome our non-fat, 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 very decorated people, 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 expects 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 paid $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!
Cochituate State Park
Our last action at Walden Pond was a GREAT success! So much so, that
we're taking it to a new venue to expose a whole 'nother group to a gaggle of fat positive folks enjoying ourselves at the beach.
This time we'll be publicly decorating ourselves with fat-positive
slogans on our body. Come with something clever to scrawl on yourself or someone else. Join in the fun of writing on yourself, someone else or just watching the public display of art!
Join the Boston Avengers as we take over a small plot of beach Cohituate State Park and declare it a BODY ACCEPTANCE ZONE! Everyone is welcome -- people of all sizes, we especially welcome our non-fat, 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 very decorated people, we'll be pretty obvious.
**** Any questions, please e-mail me: activistprincess@rcn.com ***
---------------------------------------------------------
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 expects 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 paid $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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