A Deep Dive on Fat Liberation with Tigress Osborn

In this episode, DB chats with Tigress Osborn about her involvement with the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) and their mission to combat size discrimination. Tigress shares her personal journey into fat acceptance and explains the distinction between body positivity and fat liberation. They discuss NAAFA's advocacy work and important legislative efforts on the horizon. Tune in for practical ways to support NAAFA's cause and champion fat liberation!

Find more from Tigress Osborn: Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and the Executive Director of NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. NAAFA has worked for over five decades to change perceptions of fat and to end size discrimination. In 2023, Tigress co-launched the Campaign for Size Freedom alongside colleagues at NAAFA and the Fat Legal Rights Advocacy and Education Project (FLARE). Tigress is an intersectional feminist teacher and writer whose fat liberation work has been featured in USA Today and Newsweek, and heard on BBC AntiSocial and ABC News, and seen on Everyday Feminism and NewsNation network. Follow NAAFA @naafaofficial and Tigress @iofthetigress.

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