Hi friend,

 

There are a couple of updates to the Blanket Fort this week that I’m really excited about!

 

 

Here’s Sage’s introduction to the channel: Hello friends! I asked if we could have a channel for conversations about how fatphobia interacts with men, maleness, and masculinity. There have been some great discussions I’ve seen in trans spaces that I wanted to bring over here. I thought that having a channel would keep everything in one place, and would also make it easier for people who don’t want to participate in these discussions to avoid them. 

 

I’d like to open by saying that when I work on men’s issues, I do so from the following stances:

 

 

» For when things feel overwhelming: a mini course (see)

 

» Storytelling Through A Fat Liberationist Lens, May (online)

 

» 5 Questions with Jessica Jones, RD, CDE (read)

 

» Working with Perfectionism: An Overview of Shame and Perfectionism from an Anti-Racist Therapist (read)

 

» Nia Patterson's debut book, “What’s The Story?” Is LIVE today!!! (see)

 

» Ari’s story highlights how damaging fatphobia can be, especially when it comes from one’s own family during childhood. (see)

 

» The Live Your Best Fat Life Podcast (listen)

 

» Remember the MOVE bombing. (read)

 

» "hey, convince me not to hate you... but do it nicely" (read)

 

🦄 Unicorn chaser: 10 minutes of fascinating deep-sea animals (watch)

 

 

Since maleness and masculinity are pretty far out of my wheelhouse, I’m grateful to have a place for these conversations run by someone who’s a good fit. The channel is currently open to everyone; we may change it to be role-limited later if needed. This is our first member-moderated channel, so give Sage lots of enthusiasm and support!

 

 

If you’ve been hanging out in the Fort for a while, you’ve probably seen the automated questions of the day that pop up in the general channel. Those “decks” of question cards have previously been generic, but now have our own custom deck of questions. There are over 55 thoughtful, fun, serious and silly questions, all created by Fort members.

 

You should see them start popping up in the General chat channel. Feel free to suggest your own questions to be added any time.

 

 

The Body Liberation Blanket Fort is my diet-talk-free, fat-centered and thriving community for people of all sizes. We do 24/7 text chat as well as regular events like movie nights and hangouts (and a book club and D&D group coming soon). 

 

With over 200 members from across the U.S., Europe and Australia, it’s a thriving and lively space.

 

Blanket Fort membership is managed through Patreon. Once you join the Patreon, you’ll get instructions for accessing the Fort as well as all the other supporter rewards, including my Body Liberation Library.

 

The Fort isn’t free so that all the labor that goes into it can be supported, but it’s very inexpensive, and sliding scale pricing starts at $1/month.

 

Unapologetically fat,