New sentence is a partnership between PEITA and the doctor in Fatphobia Malu Jimenez Jimenez.
Imagine what it's like to live with your right to come and go violated at every bus turnstile where your body doesn't pass, restaurant chair that doesn't fit your hip, cramped public restrooms that were not designed with your comfort in mind. Bringing the militancy of corporalities to the forefront, PEITA in partnership with the feminist philosopher, youtuber, podcaster and doctor in Gordophobia, Malu Jimenez Jimenez , launch the phrase Lute como uma gordo .
“Fighting like a fat woman for me has been facing fatphobia every day of my life, in spaces that I believed to be safe, with people who loved me and didn't stop being fatphobic. It's facing looks of disgust and disapproval, it's being intellectually devalued for being fat. It means socially denying happiness and humanity and transforming all of this into militancy”, emphasizes Malu.
The protest brand took advantage of the partnership with the fatphobia doctor to review its modeling . “For some time now, we felt the need to adjust the format of our T-shirts, maintaining the agender concept that would suit all bodies. Receiving the feedback and demand from the incredible people who relate to us at PEITA, we realized that the change should happen soon and that we would not be able to do it alone (this is not the place of speech for the women who are involved in our production), comments Karina Gallon , creator of the protest brand.
From then on, Jimenez was called and says that he shared his trauma with T-shirts with Karina:
“how difficult it is to wear one that is comfortable and carries a message that I identify as fat.
Ka proposed that we do the remodel together. This construction was done with great care, we researched brands that have large T-shirts, we thought together even which size would be comfortable and at the same time beautiful”. Now all CHEST pieces go from size XS to G6.
Karina reinforces the combative and provocative character of the brand, which seeks to generate dialogue about the intersectional oppressions that we experience daily: “we don't launch new phrases and variations without a fight, a project or a cause behind it. It has to have content and generate engagement from those who feel represented. Thus, with this partnership, we reaffirm once again that we are not just a T-shirt. We started with it, but we reached spaces and clashes that we would not be without these alliances”.
In times of the coronavirus pandemic, the feminist philosopher warns that the oppression of fat bodies has been even more intense in the media and social networks. “Fatphobia is cruel and invisible because it is always disguised as a concern for health. This psychologically affects everyone, but especially fat people and allows people to humiliate, hurt and exclude even more. malu still alert
“a greater concern than dying or taking care of the people you love is not getting fat”, warns Malu.
The new model and phrase Fight like a fat woman. are now available at www.peita.me .
( • ) About Malu Jimenez Jimenez
PhD in Contemporary Cultural Studies at the Federal University of Mato Grosso with the thesis "Fight like a fat woman: gordophobia, resistance and activism" , teaches the online course "Introduction to Fat Body Studies". The program “Pesquisa Gorda” has just premiered on Youtube with Agnes Arruda from @tamanhogrande, also a doctor in fat body research. She is one of the curators of the online festival about the fat universe "GORDOSFERA", alongside Jessica Balbino ( columnist of the PEITA blog ) and Fernanda Silvestre. She is also a contributor to Toda Fridas .
( • ) About PEITA
Peita was born on March 8, 2017 with the phrase “ Fight like a girl .” invading the streets of Curitiba in the manifestations of the International Women's Day - March 8M. The protest brand fulfills the mission of bringing controversial sayings from the context of demonstrations to everyday life, providing a discussion on the anti-racist feminist movement. PEITA is a tool for coping with oppression that provides dialogue and each person who uses it, reframes it in their struggle context. Today, PEITA has more than 35 phrases, of which 70% are partnerships with movements, institutions and social projects, women who are in militancy and/or companies that are committed to the fight against oppression. In these cases, the profit or part of the production is donated to fund causes.
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Illustration by the wonderful Eva Uviedo
Photo of Malu by Salomon Moralescano
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