Chalklin, Victoria. 2016. Obstinate Fatties: fat activism, queer negativity, and the celebration of ‘obesity’. Subjectivity, 9(2), pp. 107-125. ISSN 1755-6341 [Article]

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In the face of current ‘obesity epidemic’ rhetoric that pathologises and ridicules fat bodies, much activist work around fat acceptance is focused on humanising and redemptive efforts to reduce stigma and prejudice. However, amongst these earnest attempts to change public opinion there is a realm of decidedly queer fat activist activity that indulges in unabashed revelry in fatness, highlighting ways in which fat subjectivities are constructed through narratives of trauma, shame and ill-health. This article uses the lens of negativity emerging from queer theory to examine these queer acts of impudence and argue that there is something radically, queerly liberating at play in the audacious refusal to be a ‘good fatty’.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2016.3
Keywords:	fat studies, activism, queer negativity, affect, shame, trauma
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Art
Dates:	Date Event July 2016 Published 24 March 2016 Published Online
Item ID:	24806
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2018 16:56
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2019 14:01
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/24806

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