They don't make plus size spacesuits
By Ali Thompson
Genre: Sci-fi short stories
About the Book
“They don’t make plus size spacesuits” is a sci-fi short story
collection, featuring an introductory essay. It is written by long-time fat
activist, Ali Thompson of Ok2BeFat.
This book is a incandescent cry from the heart, a radical turn
away from utopian daydreaming of future body perfection to center a fat
perspective instead.
Ali invites people to experience a fictional version of a few of
the many ways that fatphobia can manifest in a life. The ways that the people
closest to fat people can subject them to tiny betrayals on a near
constant basis. The disdain that piles up over the years, until it all becomes
too large to bear.
And while some of the fatphobic tech in these stories may seem
outrageous and downright unbelievable, it is all based on extrapolations of
so-called “advances” by the diet industry, as they search for ever more
efficient ways to starve people.
The modern day worship of Health promises a future peopled only
by the thin, a world where the War on Fatness is won and only visually
acceptable bodies remain.
What will that future mean for the fat people who will
inevitably still continue to exist?
Nothing good.
About the Author
Ali Thompson is the Bill Nye of fat girls.
She is the creator of Ok2BeFat, which by an amazing coincidence,
is the name of her YouTube channel.
She's a fat activist, writer, YouTuber, and collage artist. She
is a bisexual queer who lives in Philadelphia with her husband Josh and their
many cats.
You can find her on Twitter at @Artists_Ali, where she probably
just said something weird.
Find out more at alithompson.net
Find out more at alithompson.net
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