Breaking Down the Roots of Anti-Fat Bias
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This blog is the last of our series of blogs on the experience of fatness in urban India, and is written by Vallari Shivkumar. Content warning: mentions of bullying, anti fat discrimination, sexual abuse When people discriminate against fat people, they often chalk it up to preference, concern, or advice. Fat people experience hostile environments, […]
Read MoreThe Performance Of Fatness
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This blog is the third of our series of blogs on the experience of fatness in urban India, and is written by Deeksha Tiwari. Content warning: mention of disordered eating, anti-fat bias Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity, i.e., that gender is a social role performed by individuals and validated and approved by society, provided […]
Read MoreThe Joy of Movement – Conditions Applied
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This blog is the second of our series of blogs on the experience of fatness in urban India, and is written by Vallari Shivkumar. I want you to close your eyes and picture someone dancing, someone on a jog, someone on a stage, and lastly someone moving through grocery aisles. What do these people look […]
Read MoreFatness in Urban India: Desiring and Being Desired
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This blog is the first of our series of blogs on the experience of fatness in urban India, and is written by Deeksha Tiwari. Desires come and go within us, as they are constantly replaced by new ones. We are motivated by our desires, which give our lives meaning and purpose. We are so accustomed […]
Read MorePublic spaces of education: The complicated nexus of shame, agency and resistance
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For most of my life, public domains have not felt like a space I had any say or ownership in. They have always made me feel like a fidgety traveller. They were just places that I was existing in, in their liminal corners and not a place where I could express myself fully or that […]
Read More16 days of Activism, 2022 at One Future Collective
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Started by the Centre for Women’s Leadership in 1991, 16 days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV) is used as an organizing strategy by individuals and organizations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. Each year, One Future Collective participates (OFC) in this campaign under the […]
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