Please join the Love Your Body Action Team, Gender Justice Action Team, Women of Color Action Team, Feminists for Environmental Justice, and the Bi-Feminist Alliance in welcoming Cory Lira in a discussion of fat liberation. 

The event will focus on the often-ignored experiences and discourse of size, fatness, and fatidentity. In looking at the myths and beliefs surrounding fat people and the feared obesity crisis we will also explore how the pathologizing of fatness has prevented fat discrimination from being included in social justice work. By centering the conversation on the intersectional & decolonial identity/body politics that this identity holds for many queer and trans people of color, we will explore the ways in which fatness plays out in our privilege/oppression. The goal of this workshop is to break down stereotypes on fatness, develop an intersectional & decolonial approach and understanding of fat identity, and to create visibility for fat oppression and fat liberation.

Cory Lira is a fat femme of color xicana speaker, educator, and writer based in Portland, OR. In addition to body & fat liberation work, she is an organizer for Critical Resistance Portland, and helps run and write for the blog Fat People of Color.

The Women's Resource Center is accessible by elevator via Montgomery Hall. Please e-mail lybat@pdx.edu for any questions or concerns.