The Hotter than July Bellydance Extravaganza is a celebration of the Girls Raks Bellydance and Body Image Summer Program.  The event will be held July 9, 2011 at 1:00pm at the La Peña Cultural Center at 3105 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley.  Now in its second year and led by Raks Africa, Girls Raks is a fun and engaging summer program for girls ages ( Read more... )

hmm i don't know if anyone reads this anymore, but i recently started a fat-posi blog!

www.fataintbad.blogspot.com

hi everyone! i've started a project to help women learn to embrace their body's (myself included) i'd really like a range of all shapes and sizes included. i thought this community would help represent some of the ideas behind riotsnotdiets - to speak out about your body.
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Woo Hoo, it's actually happening!

I'm a plus-sized Professional Dancer based out of Austin Texas and I'll be teaching these classes every Saturday starting on January 10th in a completely private studio in Central Austin.

Beginner Class at 2pm.
Intermediate Class at 3pm.

Please rsvp to danceswithfat@yahoo.com so ( Read more... )

A post that was inspired by devi42 :

I have seen cases in the Fat Acceptance Community where someone feels like they have pushed their body over it's ideal natural weight.  Typically the person in question is talking about using healthy behaviors to change this situation.  I have seen these people get pummelled by members of the Fat Acceptance Community ( Read more... )

This is just a personal experience I had recently that I'd like to share, because I found it really positive ( Read more... )

You may have seen my earlier post about dance classes for bigger bodies in Austin, Texas.  If you are interested, it would be completely awesome if you could take this quick survey to help me get things organized and figure out what everyone wants.

Just click here (if you can't click for some reason, just copy and paste the url):
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Look at this shit!


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FIGURE 8 #5 is out now! This issue in an Activity Book! Yep, body-positive puzzles, fat-lovin' coloring pages and other fun things! This issue focuses on self-love.


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