Interested in supporting body diversity in Brisbane?
Tiara The Merch Girl
GRRRL) Natalie Perkins has a request:
One of the outcomes of the Fat Studies conference I just attended is
this overwhelming desire and motivation I now have to bring some of
the beautiful fat activism I witnessed over the last 2 days from
Sydney to Brisbane. I want to start a Brisbane chapter of Aquaporko,
the fat sycnronised swimming team and I want to hold Bodies Abound
events here too. Cleo Gardiner offered her support in helping me
organise a Brisbane event and Kelli Jean Drinkwater is SO keen for us
to bring Aquaporko to other Australian cities! We have support and
encouragement, we just need to recruit BNE folks!
The Sydney fat activism we connected with has been born out of the
queer community and the hugely performance based culture down there.
Not being part of the Brisbane queer OR performance communities, I
have no idea if it’s even possible to do that up here. Do I have
enough friends and connections up here to fill an audience? To put on
a show? It feels very much like I have to build a community in this
city, and I’m not sure how well I can do that because I am an
introvert and I don’t go out much.
So - this is a call out for Brisbane folks.
If you identify as fat and you want to join a synchronised swimming
team, even if you have no idea what it entails (the Aquaporko girls
taught themselves moves from youtube!!) please get in touch with me.
(Melbourne peeps should get in contact with Jackie from fatuosity.net
for more info on joining their chapter!)
If you are a performer, writer, artist; if you are passionate about
body diversity and questioning the cultural messages we are subjected
to that make us feel bad about ourselves, our bodies; if you want to
speak out against body and fashion policing, shame, minimising and
reducing culture… yes, please get in touch with me.
I AM GOING TO SHOW THIS TOWN THAT IT IS FULL OF BEAUTIFUL BODIES THAT
REFUSE TO BE INVISIBLE.
Here’s my email address: natalie (at) axisoffat.com
if you're interested, get in touch!
Tiara the Merch Girl
Interdisciplinary Iconoclast and Creatrix of Awesome
http://themerchgirl.net