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TIGRESS OSBORN & DR. JONATHAN P. HIGGINS at Books Inc. Alameda
To celebrate Fat Liberation Month Books Inc. Alameda is proud to present Tigress Osborn the Executive Director of NAAFA, (National Association of Advance Fat Acceptance) and co-author of the book, Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation.
Joining Tigress in conversation is Dr. Jonathan P. Higgins author of Black, Fat, Femme. Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself.
Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D., is an award-winning educator, professor, national speaker, freelance journalist, and media critic who focuses on the intersections of identity, gender, and race in entertainment. They are the creator, executive producer, and host of the Black Fat Femme Podcast and have worked on inclusion projects with Fox, the NFL, Apple, Disney, Instagram, BuzzFeed, and GLAAD.
Tigress Osborn, B.A., MFA, is a fat rights advocate and executive director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. She is cofounder of and spokesperson for The Campaign for Size Freedom, which supports adding height and weight to protected classes under the law. Osborn is an intersectional feminist teacher and writer whose fat liberation work has been featured in USA Today and Newsweek, heard on BBC AntiSocial and ABC News, and seen on Everyday Feminism and NewsNation. She was named to the 2024 Time100 Health list of most influential leaders in recognition of her work to fight size discrimination.
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