Join us for the first in our IRL panel series, Fat Lib Live: Voices of Fat Resistance, an evening of celebration, community, and thinking about the future with fat activists from across the spectrum.
This powerful panel brings together a cross-section of the UK’s fat liberation movement to reflect on where we’ve come from, where we are now—and where we need to go next. As anti-fat discrimination intensifies in the wake of the overuse and endorsement of GLP1 medications, this event is a rallying point: a space to gather, reflect, and build momentum.
Featuring:
Carlie Pendleton – fat historian and activist. In the final year of their PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, researching histories of fat queer activism in modern Britain. They previously obtained their MA Queer History from Goldsmiths in 2020 and an MSt in British and European History from the University of Oxford in 2017. They are an Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society and a Co-Convenor for the IHR History of Sexuality Seminar.
Hannah Ogilvie-Young – fat influencer & podcaster. Hannah Ogilvie-Young is a plus size fashion content creator by the name Queenbeastsays who shares her style and body peace journey. Hannah also hosts the podcast Fats on Film exploring fat representation in film, tv and wider media.
Jade Elouise – fat liberation advocate and poet. Jade Elouise is a fat, Black, queer, neurodivergent fat liberationist and mental health practitioner, who explores body image through their art, writing and poetry and co-founded Fat Liberation London.
Laurel Dean – grassroots activist. Laurel Dean is a fat activist and community organiser. They are a founding member of Fat Club Brighton.
Hosted by Simran Kaur Sandhu – co-founder of Fat Liberation London.
Together, we’ll explore how the fat lib movement has mobilised in the past and how it’s changing through scholarship, artistry, social media, influencer culture, and grassroots community organising—and share tangible actions we can all take to support and protect one another during this hostile time.
Expect thoughtful discussion, solidarity, laughter, rage, and real talk. You'll leave feeling connected, informed, and ready to take up space and take action.
The panel will be about an hour, with time for questions afterwards, and we’ll hold drinks in the same space afterwards so we can all meet some fat-positive friends!
TICKET PRICES
Fats to the front – but ALLIES ARE WELCOME.
Whether you're deep in the movement or just beginning to unlearn, this is your chance to be part of the conversation.
Tickets are £7 for fats, £10 for allies – and we mean it when we say: bring a friend.
This is the flagship event of Fat Liberation Month — don’t miss it.
ABOUT
Welcome to Fat Liberation London!
We are a friendly, inclusive group of fat people who wanted to find a safe space and loving IRL community who feel the same way we do about body image and fat liberation - so we started this group!
This is all about connecting with people who have shared lived experience existing in a fat body, whether you are a small or mid-size fat person, or a large, super or infinifat. We have monthly coffee meet ups in an accessible, fat-friendly cozy space, and also throw a range of events like board games nights, casual drinks, book clubs focussing on fat writings, picnics, group tickets to fat-focussed events and more as we grow.
Community is so important and it can be so healing to find people who understand your experience and celebrate the unique complexities it brings to who we are. This is not a space focussed on changing who we are or our bodies, and with this in mind, we’ve got some guidelines for our space to help everyone feel safe!
Community Guidelines
In this group, we are:
Fat-First. Fat Liberation London was created for fat people, by fat people. Our community therefore centres large fat+ bodies first. We use self-identifying terms that are common in fat spaces (i.e. midsize, small fat, large fat, superfat and infinifat), and ask community members in smaller bodies to be considerate of the fact that our community prioritises the most marginalised bodies.
Rooted in community. We want to bring people with shared experience together to have fun and build relationships in a friendly, accessible and non-judgemental space. We will always do our best to make our new and existing community feel welcome, and we also want members to feel comfortable organising their own meet-ups and events with others in our community.
A safe space for intersectional identities and marginalised bodies. We aim to champion anti-racism, LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, accessibility for disabled and neurodivergent people, and anti-discrimination of all kinds. While it is an unlikely occurrence, please be aware that anyone creating unnecessary conflict or displaying malicious, prejudiced or discriminatory behaviour will be asked to leave our events. This is not a singles group! We're creating a safe space for fat people to come together in joyful friendship.
Mindful of individual differences. We know that everyone will be in different places in their fat liberation journey, and recognise that some discussion topics, events and venues may be more accessible to some than others. We ask our community to utilise content warnings for potentially triggering conversations that may come up in events. We also aim to provide as much information as possible about event space accessibility.
