{"id":181,"date":"2017-04-30T15:28:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queerink.gr\/publication\/en-fatties\/"},"modified":"2019-07-15T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:40:06","slug":"en-fatties","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/queerink.gr\/en\/publication\/en-fatties\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Fatties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>| Political Fatties: Aspects of Fatness as a Political Identity |<\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political Fatties <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an assembly of four fatties, four fat female presenting persons who talk to each other for fatness as an experience and as a political identity, both in Greece and Netherlands. <\/p>\n<p> The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatties <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">met and introduced to each other in early 2016 during a skype meeting where they ate cupcakes and decided to organize the first-time-ever-in-Greece event concerning fatphobia and fat politics. They rolled up their sleeves, travelled to Athens and curated a carte blanche hosted by Outview Film Festival, including a program of short films talking about fatness and also a panel talk and Q&amp;A with the following description:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is time to address the elephant in the room: Fatness is NEITHER funny NOR a sign of failure, and it is definitely NOT disgusting. Fatphobia is what is disgusting, and everyone\u2019s apparent to negatively comment on fat bodies. \u00a0This panel is a conversation between four feminine-presenting fat people about the politics of fatness in Greece and the Netherlands. Through sharing personal experiences we will explore the political, social and emotional consequences of being fat in a fat phobic world. We will discuss questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How does fatness impact sexuality and how does it intersect with sexism, ableism and racism?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What does fat phobia in the medical establishment look like and why is everyone so concerned with our health?<\/li>\n<li>Why do perfect strangers feel they have the right to tell us that we would be <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beautiful if we would just lose 5 kilos?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>What if fatties stopped \u00a0apologising for their existence and linked arms in a fatty chain, promising to DEVOUR fatphobes alive?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This cute book\u00a0 it is a bilingual publication from Queer Ink, which includes the<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fatty talks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as performed on April of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonapp<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tit!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political Fatties<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Contributors: Sofia Apostolidou, Hodan Warsame, Foteini Kakari, Vassiliki Lazaridou<\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-275\" src=\"http:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18581676_679942248875756_4218436832737159911_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18581676_679942248875756_4218436832737159911_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18581676_679942248875756_4218436832737159911_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18581676_679942248875756_4218436832737159911_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18581676_679942248875756_4218436832737159911_n-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/18581676_679942248875756_4218436832737159911_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-554\" src=\"http:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18698050_679942222209092_2680721711182714332_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18698050_679942222209092_2680721711182714332_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18698050_679942222209092_2680721711182714332_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18698050_679942222209092_2680721711182714332_n-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18698050_679942222209092_2680721711182714332_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/queerink.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/18698050_679942222209092_2680721711182714332_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| Political Fatties: Aspects of Fatness as a Political Identity | Political Fatties is an assembly of four fatties, four fat female presenting persons who talk to each other for fatness as an experience and as a political identity, both in Greece and Netherlands. 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