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Why are Online Communities like Dimensions Magazine bad for Fat Acceptance

Posted by shryve at 06:41 PM on July 28, 2009


From the start of my involvement with Fat Acceptance I have often visited Communities like Dimensions Magazine or the old NAAFA that was closely related to Dimensions. Asa Fat Guy I always felt that their Fat Acceptance was warped or skewed in regards to  Fat and Gender.

 

When you look at the big picture there is a logical reason, Dimensions and the old NAAFA had foundations that were built with the liberal input from men who were extreme Fat Admirers and men with serious Fat Fetishes. These supporters who viewed Fat in a warped Fantasy world that includes a lot of manipulation of Fat Acceptance and Gender to fit their needs.

 

They intensified the Fat Acceptance focus on the bias experienced by Fat Women because it made their Fetish and/or Attraction to Fat Women seem noble. A result of this is that Fat Men for years found zero benefit from Fat Acceptance. Bias against Fat Men in Fat Acceptance drastically decrease once Organizations like NAAFA came more under the control of Fat People and the Blog-a-sphere created a  medium for Freethinking Fat People to spread their ideas and ideology without the input of fetish ideology.

 

William       

 


Categories: Fat Acceptance, Gender, NAAFA

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Reply Mulberry
07:31 PM on November 08, 2009
I was a member of NAAFA many years ago for a year or two. I also felt like a bit of a misfit, even though there were many women about my size (midsize at the time). The FAs were mainly interested in the fattest of the fat. That wasn't what I was looking for. I wanted to see more activism. I still do - people spend lots of time splitting hairs in internet arguments and not enough taking to the streets. Now I'm aware that some people need "safe havens" to get a break from the daily negativity, but eventually, we have to get out there and fight - is there another choice?
So I quit NAAFA, feeling that any potential beau could damn well see that I was fat without me having to join an organization for that purpose. I'd be better off joining some group to showcase my less obvious qualities.
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