The movement advocating for the dismantling of systemic anti-fatness and societal oppression of fat people.
Legal and social rights aimed at protecting fat individuals from discrimination.
Advocacy work aimed at challenging anti-fatness and promoting fat liberation.
Supportive actions by non-fat individuals to challenge fatphobia and uplift fat voices.
Embracing oneself entirely, rejecting societal pressures to conform to beauty standards.
Efforts to ensure fat people are represented authentically in media, workplaces, and public spaces.
Prejudice or unequal treatment based on a person’s body weight or size.
Prejudice, discrimination, and systemic oppression against fat people.
Fear, hatred, or bias against fat bodies, often manifesting as personal, institutional, or cultural discrimination.
When fat individuals adopt anti-fat beliefs and attitudes about their own bodies due to societal messaging.
Prejudice and discrimination directed at individuals based on their weight, particularly in healthcare settings.
Emotional or psychological harm caused by experiences of anti-fatness or fatphobia.
The societal devaluation of fat people, leading to discrimination and marginalization.
A social movement advocating for the normalization and celebration of fat bodies.
Embracing and respecting one’s body as it is, regardless of size or appearance.
A focus on the body’s function and abilities rather than its appearance.
A movement emphasizing love and appreciation for all body types, with roots in fat liberation.
Recognizing and valuing oneself, including one’s physical appearance, without judgment.
Actively cultivating a positive and compassionate relationship with oneself.
Feeling self-assured and comfortable in one’s body, often tied to self-esteem.
Anti-fat bias within the healthcare system that leads to misdiagnosis, neglect, or harm to fat patients.
Medical practices that respect and accommodate fat patients without focusing on weight loss as a default treatment.
An approach to health that does not center weight as a measure of health or success.
A framework promoting health and well-being without focusing on weight as a primary indicator.
Medical tools and facilities designed to accommodate people in larger bodies.
The societal advantages afforded to people in smaller bodies, such as easier access to healthcare, clothing, and respect.
Sexualizing fat bodies in a way that reduces individuals to their size.
The societal hierarchy that dictates which bodies are deemed attractive or worthy of love.
Harmful assumptions about fat individuals, such as being lazy or unhealthy.
A societal system that equates thinness with health, morality, and worth, often to the detriment of fat people.
The way various forms of oppression (e.g., racism, sexism, and anti-fatness) intersect and affect fat people differently.
The intersection of sexism and fatphobia, where fat women face unique forms of oppression.
The experiences and challenges of being both fat and part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Anti-fat attitudes and beliefs passed down through families and cultures.
The influence of colonialism on societal ideals, including thinness as the norm.
A term used by individuals who identify as being between straight size and plus size.
A term for individuals who are fat but still benefit from some aspects of thin privilege. Typically, a size 1x to 2x size 18 or lower.
A term for individuals who are fat but still benefit from some aspects of thin privilege. Typically, a size 2x to 3x or between U.S. sizes 20 and 24.
A term for individuals who fall somewhere between “small fat” and “infinifat” on the fat spectrum. Typically, a size 4x to 5x or between U.S. sizes 26 and 32.
A term for individuals who are at the largest end of the fat spectrum, facing unique challenges. Typically, a size 6x or higher or a size 34 and higher.
A reclaimed term used humorously or defiantly by some fat activists to describe very large bodies.
A 1970s radical fat liberation group that laid the foundation for modern fat activism.
An organization dedicated to fat rights and advocacy, founded in 1969.
A foundational text calling for the end of anti-fat oppression and the celebration of fat bodies.
A mental health condition involving obsessive focus on perceived flaws in one’s appearance.
Mourning societal expectations of how one’s body “should” look or function.
Treating oneself with kindness and understanding, especially during struggles.
The ability to recognize and resist internalizing shame related to societal standards.
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