Fat Activism: Home

Welcome to the topic guide for the Fat Activism display at the Campus Library. The goal of the display and this topic guide is to center the voices and experiences of fat people.

We'll continue contributing to and editing this guide through May and June 2023.

Starting Places

We hope you enjoy these items you can find via the Campus Library-- the Fattitude film (available in e-video and DVD formats) and the journal Fat Studies.

Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society
Publication Date: 2012 -
From the publisher, Taylor & Francis: "[T]he first academic journal in the field of scholarship that critically examines theory, research, practices, and programs related to body weight and appearance."
FATTITUDE
Publication Date: 2017
From the film's producers at Women Make Movies: "A body positive documentary intent on inspiring change, FATTITUDE offers alternative ideas that embrace body acceptance at all sizes, explores examples of fat positive representations being produced today by activists and the media, and focuses on real life solutions for moving forward and changing the national conversation about body image."