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Links to recent articles about our work and impact:
A push is on to ban body size discrimination in Massachusetts - The Berkshire Eagle
Southwest Praised for Giving Free Extra Seats: How U.S. Airlines Handle Plus-Sized Passengers - TIME
The passage of the New York City law banning size discrimination has generated global headlines and hundreds of stories and thousands of impressions. Here is a sampling:
Travel isn’t plus-size. These advocates aren’t letting it stop them. - The Washington Post
Pinterest taps AI to give bigger bodies more visibility - Axios
These Common Phrases Are Actually Fat-Shaming - HuffPost Life
Fat Acceptance as a Civil Rights Issue - The Takeaway | WNYC Studios
Lizzo Defended by Fat Acceptance Activists After Kanye West's Remarks - Newsweek
Advocates: Science isn’t telling the whole story - USA Today
Creating marketing that positively represents plus-size people - Think with Google
How To Create Marketing That Positively Represents Plus-Size People - AdAge
Yes, You Can Still Be Fired for Being Fat - Bloomberg/BusinessWeek
Graphic shows a quote: "Fat people's erasure from media is dehumanizing. Visibility in marketing allows us - and the world - to see the full range of our humanity. The bottom line? We want to see ourselves represented just like everyone else does. - Tigress Osborn, NAAFA Chair. Below that on the left reads, "Creating marketing that positively represents plus-size people", Think With Google blog. On the right shows a drawing depicting a fat man/masc, a fat female/femme POC and a tall fat femme with an undercut. A blue frame is superimposed over the caricatures. At the bottom is a blue border with the NAAFA logo.
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