So…I GOT ACCEPTED INTO SEWSA!
SEWSA is the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association Conference. I will be presenting a paper on FAT POLITICS! Basically, I’m going to talk about how fat people deserve to live our lives to the fuckin’ FULLEST but people try to stop us from being our best selves by always telling us that we’re going to die sooner because we’re fat (which just isn’t true.)
This paper (and trip, if I can go) are a way of me honoring my dad after his death. He would be so proud of me for getting into this conference, and the whole reason I’m writing this paper is because of him. Together we faced incredible amounts of fatphobia from his doctors, nurses, and loved ones, and this paper is a way for me to honor his memory, his passing, and his life.
He deserved better. All fat people deserve better. This paper is a tiny way for me to give better back to us.
My dad may not be able to see me graduate from grad school, but he will be with me as I take on these final projects. I just need your help to get me where I need to go so I can share my ideas.
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Cost of the Trip (March 22-25)
Conference Registration – $60
Conference Membership – $16
Hotel Costs – $150 x night – $450
Food Costs – $40 x day – $160
Train Tickets – $230
total = $916The goal is set higher than the total needed because gofundme takes out a portion of the donations, and I want to be sure that there is enough left over after the fact!
But I also have a paypal here: https://www.paypal.me/shakethecobwebs
If you can help me, please do!
We’ve raised $415 which is AMAZING, but I still need your help!!
If you want to buy a poor, fat girl a christmas/birthday present or support fat politics work, please consider donating and sharing this.
https://www.paypal.me/shakethecobwebs
We’re almost halfway there!! Please consider donating and sharing!
I’ll post the paper publicly when I meet my goal! Until then, here’s an excerpt from the paper:
“In some ways, this paper is a love letter to my dad. It is also a reminder to myself, to all the fat people who I have met and loved, and to all the fat people who I may never meet, that our lives are worth living. In other ways, this paper is a distress signal. It is a way for me to cry out to the communities I find myself in (and those I do not or cannot find myself in) and to plead with them to see fat people as lovable, as desirable, as vulnerable yet resilient, and worthy of protection.“
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