Archive for June, 2008
What We’re Looking For!
We know that, with such a vague topic, it can be hard to come up with a place to start. So here are some excellent places to begin. Feel free to wander anywhere you choose. These are very loose examples and there are countless more avenues to be explored than we could ever list here!
History [...]
Send Us Your Stories!
The Fat Experience Project® is all about you, your life and your experiences. This project will only be successful if you are a part of it.
We invite you to share your stories with us, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, ability, class or sexual orientation. We want to hear what living large has been like for [...]
How You Can Help!
Submit a non-fiction, first person, autobiographical story, video, photograph, audio file or visual representation of artwork you’ve created that involves sharing a personal truth about living in the world as a person of size.
We welcome childhood stories, stories of celebration, stories of trial and tribulation, stories of love, loss, self-exploration, empowerment, and everything else that [...]
Share Your Ideas!
This project is brand spankin’ new.
We have a pretty clear idea of our mission, but we want to hear your suggestions! In these beginning days, we are primed and eager to hear your ideas about how this site can be the best possible resource for you.
We ask for your kindness and compassion in [...]
What is The Fat Experience Project?
The Fat Experience Project® is an oral, visual and written history project which seeks to be a humanizing force in body image activism.
By collecting and sharing the many and varied stories of individuals of size, the Fat Experience Project® seeks to engage with, educate, empower and enrich the lives of people of size, our allies [...]
Austin is Over Weight
A little more than a year ago, my good friend Val Garrison and I hit the road and spent just under two months interviewing women of size all along the east coast. 16 states in 6.5 weeks — 41 interviews in 42 days! Along the way, we bunked with Austin and hir partner in Northampton, [...]
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