Fattitude

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
The Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library - University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB
Admission by Donation | FREE for Students w/ ID

Did you know that fat people are paid $1.25 less an hour than their thin counterparts? Or that a fat person who excels can still legally lose a job just because s/he’s fat? How about the reality that 1 in 3 doctors associates fat bodies with hostility, dishonesty and poor hygiene?

Fat people are subject to discrimination everywhere they look. In children’s books and stories fat people are villains and bad guys. On our television screens and in the advertising world the fat body is a joke. Magazines and entertainment news shows fixate on the “fatness” of celebrities’ bodies and there are very few films that feature fat leads, despite the fact that 60%+ of Americans are – or at the very least consider themselves – fat.

It is our goal to inform people about the harsh and very real realities of fat shaming and fat hatred – to expose how fat hatred permeates our popular culture, spreading the message that fat is bad and in turn forwarding the idea that being cruel, unkind or downright unjust to a fat person is acceptable behavior. AND THEN, TO INSPIRE CHANGE.

Fattitude is a body positive documentary, but it is also an activist movement.

A film by Lindsey Averill and Viridiana Lieberman.

30 minutes of Q&A via Skype with director Lindsey Averill to follow the screening.

All seating is first come, first served. Please arrive early.

Free for students with ID and community by donation non-perishables or cash ($5.00 – $10.00 suggested)

All proceeds go towards the Campus Food Bank.

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