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Bigger and better

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 27, 2008 - 2:19pm; tagged body image, body positivity, fat activism, fat positivity, photography.

adipositivity

Thanks to the wonderful Adele Nieves at A Book Without a Cover for sharing the news about the Adipositivity Project.

The Adipositivity Project aims to promote size acceptance, not by listing the merits of big people, or detailing examples of excellence (these things are easily seen all around us), but rather, through a visual display of fat physicality. The sort that's normally unseen.

The hope is to widen definitions of physical beauty. Literally.

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Ad interventions

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, August 18, 2008 - 12:44pm; tagged body positivity, eating disorders, fat acceptance, fat activism, glossy magazines, offensive advertising, women's magazines.

ads

“Basically, I just want people to see what it would be like if plus-size models were represented similarly to slim models." -- Kristin Lou Herout.

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And now for a sexy conference

Bitch on Wheels blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, June 11, 2008 - 11:28am; tagged body positivity, conferences, events, gender, genderqueer, kink, queer, relationships, sex, sex play, sex positivity, sexuality, Sexy Spring, STI, transgender.

This weekend, June 13th to June 15th is Sexy Spring, Minneapolis's radical, sex/body positive, sex education skill-share and conference.

The event is focused on exploring the ways sex, sexuality, relationships, our bodies, and our choices affect our lives. It's a weekend full of workshops, discussions, play, demonstrations, crafting, art shows, communal meals, telling stories, and sex/body performances and dancing.

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