Framing Fat
Rethinking Fat Studies and Activism in Women’s and Gender Studies Textbooks
Kristin Rodier
Fat Liberation Manifesto, November 1973
Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran
Squeezing Size and Weight into Human Rights Law
Megan Szczurko
Experience
“Your Momma’s So Fat”: an Exploration of Fat Pregnancy and Early Motherhood
Kelsey Ioannoni
Fatphobia throughout a Lifetime
Renée Tiller
Enby Experiences of Weight and Weight Stigma
Jen Rinaldi and May Friedman
Practice
Where Are All the Other Fat Folks? Fat Liberation in Food Justice Work
Leigh Potvin
Transgressing Professional Boundaries through Fat and Disabled Embodiments
Carla Rice, Meredith Bessey, Kaley Roosen, and Andrea Kirkham
Disrupting Normative Femininity: Diagnoses of Eating Disorders as Tools of Control
Madeleine De Welles
A Round Body into a Square Hole
Jenn Clark
The Slim Friend
Diane Bracuk
Poetry
Wandering in Wonderland by Kat Cameron
Return of the Nobodies by Elizabeth Greene
Trümmerfrauen (Rubble Women) by Ilona Martonfi
A is for Appetite by L.A.R.K.
To Go to Donaustauf by Ilona Martonfi
Weapons of a Warrior by Kat Cameron
Fattened by Kat Cameron
When Friends Introduced Me by Penn Kemp
Her Body an Island by Kat Cameron
Weighted by Claudia Costa
Betrayal by Yvonne Trainer
Giacometti’s Woman of Venice by lona Martonfi
Prism by L.A.R.K.
Gift for Granted by Penn Kemp
Book Reviews
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk about Fat reviewed by Lakay Cornell
Being Fat: Women, Weight And Feminist Activism in Canada reviewed by Angela Stanley
Fat Studies in Canada: (Re)Mapping the Field reviewed by Andrea Lamarre
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia reviewed by Kristen A. Hardy
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space reviewed by Jessica Doberstein
You Have the Right to Remain Fat reviewed by Jenny Ellison, PhD
Disrupting Breast Cancer Narratives: Stories of Rage and Repair reviewed by Diane Driedger
The Missing List: A Memoir reviewed by Irene Gammel and Jaclyn Marcus
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, Second Edition reviewed by Mackenzie Edwards
Climate Chaos: Ecofeminism and the Land Question reviewed by Klaire Gain
In the Shadow of the Eighth: My Forty Years Working for Women’s Health in Ireland and It’s a Yes! How Together for Yes Repealed the Eighth and Transformed Irish Society reviewed by Katherine Side
Front Cover: Photography by Jennifer McCready, Lady Luck Photography Studio – “Bee Wilder,” Model: Ivory
Back Cover: Photography by Jennifer McCready, Lady Luck Photography Studio, Model: Ivory
Jennifer McCready is the owner and photographer for Lady Luck Photography Studio, in Ridgeway, Ontario. Since 2011, her mission has been to use her studio, and her passion for photography, to help EVERYBODY—no matter what age, size or shape—feel amazing about themselves. With a variety of options, including pinup, boudoir, glamour and most recently a special focus on mental health awareness, as well as her emphasis on self-love, self-acceptance, and self-confidence, Jennifer has helped hundreds of women and men feel like a superstar for the day—and every day after.
Ivory (Steff Ivory Conover) is a multi discipline performer known best for her booty shakin’, shenanigan making, and a voice that just won’t quit. A singer/model/actor/dancer/body positive advocate and graduate of Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, this former Miss Canada Plus has graced stages across North America, into the UK and the Caribbean, appeared in print media such as the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Globe & Mail and National Post, and across numerous TV networks. An archer, equestrian, axe thrower and firebreather, Ivory boasts a spectacular bag of tricks, which are sure to wow any crowd! Founder of the Succulent Six, Canada’s team of curvy superSHEroes (check out their TV show on CBC.CA and YOUTUBE!), guest chair on CTV’s The Social, panelist on 1 Queen 5 Queers (now streaming on CRAVE) and a proud member of Les Femmes Fatales, Canada’s FIRST burlesque troupe for Women of Colour, you can follow her antics on Instagram and twitter @pureivorydotca or online at www.pureivory.ca