Weight For It Live with Tigress Osborn
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Nov 14, 2024 Join Tigress Osborn, Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, as she shares her inspiring journey as a fat activist. Tigress reveals her roots in promoting BBW nightlife, emphasizing the importance of centering Black and brown voices. She discusses the origins of NAFA and the challenges of intersectionality in fat politics. Tigress also critiques societal attitudes towards body size, the implications of weight-loss drugs, and the nuanced dynamics within fat communities—advocating for true liberation over mere acceptance.
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Origins Shaped Organizational Culture
- Early NAFA history reflected a narrow demographic because it originated in a predominantly white, cisgender leadership.
- That origin shaped organizational culture and left many people of color feeling only partially represented.
'Last Prejudice' Ignores Intersectionality
- The phrase 'last acceptable prejudice' ignores intersecting oppressions and requires racial and social privilege to claim.
- Tigress argues many fat activists misapplied a single-issue Venn diagram that erased other identities.
A Classmate's Minimizing Comment
- Tigress recalled a grad-school classmate claiming white women have it harder regarding body image.
- The comment revealed assumptions that erased the complex racialized experiences of fat Black women.