Your Fat Friend is creating essays about fatness.
146
patrons
$472
per monthWe talk about fat all the time. How to lose it. Why we fear it. Judgments about people who have a lot of it.
Too often, that conversation happens in a vacuum. It doesn't ask us to reckon with the impacts of how we talk about fatness. And it doesn't call on us to remember that two thirds of us are fat. When we talk about fatness, we're talking about our neighbors, friends, family, partners--even ourselves.
That's where Your Fat Friend comes in. I write about what it feels like to be on the receiving end of such an intense conversation about fatness, and about bodies like mine. About how that conversation shows up in our relationships, the impacts it creates, and whether or not that conversation reflects our values. And about what kind of world we want to create for the fat people we know & love.
With your support, I can keep producing original content about what it's like to be the fat person on the plane, what people are really saying when they say "you're not that fat!", and more. Your support helps elevate a conversation that's all around us and puts it back in the hands of those who it impacts most--fat people.
Too often, that conversation happens in a vacuum. It doesn't ask us to reckon with the impacts of how we talk about fatness. And it doesn't call on us to remember that two thirds of us are fat. When we talk about fatness, we're talking about our neighbors, friends, family, partners--even ourselves.
That's where Your Fat Friend comes in. I write about what it feels like to be on the receiving end of such an intense conversation about fatness, and about bodies like mine. About how that conversation shows up in our relationships, the impacts it creates, and whether or not that conversation reflects our values. And about what kind of world we want to create for the fat people we know & love.
With your support, I can keep producing original content about what it's like to be the fat person on the plane, what people are really saying when they say "you're not that fat!", and more. Your support helps elevate a conversation that's all around us and puts it back in the hands of those who it impacts most--fat people.
Tiers
Exclusive content!
$3 or more per month ∙ 51 patrons
Pledge $3 or more per month, and get access to limited patron-only content!
Exclusive facebook group for friends of YFF!
$5 or more per month ∙ 33 patrons
You'll have access to a members-only facebook group for YFF patrons to connect. Plus the exclusive content!
Personalized email!
$10 or more per month ∙ 6 patrons
I'll write you a personalized email, thanking you for your incredible support. Plus the exclusive content & facebook group access!
Commissioned twitter thread/essay!
$20 or more per month ∙ 3 patrons
As a thanks for your extraordinary generosity, you'll commission one new piece to appear either as a Medium essay or on Twitter. Just name a topic related to fatness, and I'll write about it.
Goals
146 of 150 patrons
Write two new essays each month. With your help, I can keep producing original essays each and every month! Upcoming topics include fat anger, diet talk, cultural responses to trolling, and more.
1 of 2We talk about fat all the time. How to lose it. Why we fear it. Judgments about people who have a lot of it.
Too often, that conversation happens in a vacuum. It doesn't ask us to reckon with the impacts of how we talk about fatness. And it doesn't call on us to remember that two thirds of us are fat. When we talk about fatness, we're talking about our neighbors, friends, family, partners--even ourselves.
That's where Your Fat Friend comes in. I write about what it feels like to be on the receiving end of such an intense conversation about fatness, and about bodies like mine. About how that conversation shows up in our relationships, the impacts it creates, and whether or not that conversation reflects our values. And about what kind of world we want to create for the fat people we know & love.
With your support, I can keep producing original content about what it's like to be the fat person on the plane, what people are really saying when they say "you're not that fat!", and more. Your support helps elevate a conversation that's all around us and puts it back in the hands of those who it impacts most--fat people.
Too often, that conversation happens in a vacuum. It doesn't ask us to reckon with the impacts of how we talk about fatness. And it doesn't call on us to remember that two thirds of us are fat. When we talk about fatness, we're talking about our neighbors, friends, family, partners--even ourselves.
That's where Your Fat Friend comes in. I write about what it feels like to be on the receiving end of such an intense conversation about fatness, and about bodies like mine. About how that conversation shows up in our relationships, the impacts it creates, and whether or not that conversation reflects our values. And about what kind of world we want to create for the fat people we know & love.
With your support, I can keep producing original content about what it's like to be the fat person on the plane, what people are really saying when they say "you're not that fat!", and more. Your support helps elevate a conversation that's all around us and puts it back in the hands of those who it impacts most--fat people.
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Tiers
Exclusive content!
$3 or more per month ∙ 51 patrons
Pledge $3 or more per month, and get access to limited patron-only content!
Exclusive facebook group for friends of YFF!
$5 or more per month ∙ 33 patrons
You'll have access to a members-only facebook group for YFF patrons to connect. Plus the exclusive content!
Personalized email!
$10 or more per month ∙ 6 patrons
I'll write you a personalized email, thanking you for your incredible support. Plus the exclusive content & facebook group access!
Commissioned twitter thread/essay!
$20 or more per month ∙ 3 patrons
As a thanks for your extraordinary generosity, you'll commission one new piece to appear either as a Medium essay or on Twitter. Just name a topic related to fatness, and I'll write about it.