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WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MARILYN WANN WILL BE SPEAKING AT THIS YEAR'S RETREAT! Marilyn Wann started being a free-range fat rebel in the mid-90s, when, on the same day, a guy told her he was embarrassed to introduce her to some of his friends because she is fat and Blue Cross told her they wouldn't sell her health insurance due to her "morbid obesity," alone. She immediately decided to speak out against needless and harmful barriers to fat people's equal participation in society. She started a 'zine called FAT!SO?, wrote a book also called FAT!SO?. She has performed with Big Moves as part of the Phat Fly Girls and Mass Movement, with the Padded Lilies synchronized swimming troupe, and with the Bod Squad cheerleaders. Marilyn serves on the NAAFA board and enjoys working on passing height/weight anti-discrimination legislation in places like San Francisco and Massachusetts. She gives weight diversity talks around the U.S. |
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