Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement

Fat Beach Day events are springing up across the US in an effort to fight back against fat-phobia, reclaim safe spaces for the community and honor plus-size culture. Today, one of these celebrations is being held to coincide with Pride month at Jacob Riis Beach in New York, a location deeply ensconced in the city’s activism space.

    • Flying Squid
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      816 months ago

      “I was going to vote for Democrats this year, but then I heard that one of the eight public beaches in New York City had one day a year for fat people and now I’m MAGA all the way!”

      • @[email protected]
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        106 months ago

        Don’t tell idaho, their bars will have a “Super awesome straight skinny guy beach days” every Saturday…

    • Matengor
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      246 months ago

      Oh come on, stop it with this perpetual culture war.