The three women behind Philly’s first-of-its-kind fat-focused convention are bringing more than buzzwords like “body positivity” and “body neutrality” to Temple University in October: They want everyone to celebrate being unapologetically themselves.
Donnelle Jageman, Adrienne Ray, and Kenyetta Harris want you to know there are a ton of fat people in Philly who are perfectly fine with who they are.
“We’re not into the buzzwords because we’ve seen how it affects and impacts people — it makes people feel either included or excluded,” said Ray, who runs an online plus-size shop called“That phrase [body positivity] has become bogged down with relating to body image,” she said.
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