Explore Body Liberation: Names & Faces
Meet the model and body activist challenging beauty norms, bullies, and online trolls. Modeland motivational speaker, Haarnam Kaur reveals How her Beard is a Blessing.
When we talk about discrimination, we usually consider race, gender, and age. But what about size? Does your weight impact your ability to get a job or get proper treatment in the doctor’s office? Join Madison A. Krall for an in-depth look at the last accepted prejudice: fat.
- I'm Fat And I Just Wore My First Bathing Suit In 3 Decades"As a fat person, even if I had access to swimwear that fit me, I didn’t think I deserved it. I didn’t think I could swim in public ever again." A personal essay by Juliet James.
Sonya Renee Taylor is an author, poet, activist, and founder of The Body is Not an Apology movement, an international movement and organization committed to radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation.
Touted as one of the modern voices of the body positive movement, Jessmyn Stanley’s account attracted attention when she started frequently posting photos of her yoga practice. But Jessamyn, self-described as fat, Black, and queer, is after body acceptance as a means for body liberation, which is where we all should want to be.
- Lauren ‘Lolo’ Spencer’s Book Is A Master Class In Finding Joy As A Young Disabled PersonNo one debunks the outdated, sad-disabled-person trope quite like Lolo Spencer. Her entire career, stemming from her YouTube channel, Sitting Pretty, has been dedicated to showing people “all the positive, fun, dope things” she does in life to show that disability lifestyle can be “fun, fly, and sexy, just like anything else.”
Stand-up comedian Sofie Hagen tells the story of her own relationship with her body, recounting her journey from shame to defiance to joy in her body.