Philadelphia holding first-ever FATCON



Temple University in Philadelphia is set to host the first ever "FatCon," which is described as a judgment-free, fat-centered event — and Lauren Chen couldn’t be more amused.

“Did you know that in the year of our internet 2023, there are actually conventions for fat people?” Chen asks.

The Philly “FatCon” aims to be a judgment-free event focused on creating community for fat people, by fat people.

According to one of the organizers, the idea is to help others navigate a fatphobic world and society in a different way and provide clothing for people who need it.

“Despite how terrible I think the obesity epidemic is for this country, if FatCon were simply a place where plus-size people could find clothing that actually fits them as well as participate in fat-friendly fitness class in the hopes of getting into better shape, then this is something that I wouldn’t have a problem with,” Chen says.

However, that’s not what FatCon is.

“The problem I have with FatCon is it’s far-left intersectional leanings. Because, would you believe it, turns out that the people are behind this FatCon, this fat convention, they are just, by the sounds of it, radical leftists.”

One of the event’s keynote speakers is Sonalee Rashatwar, who calls himself a “fat sex therapist” and uses he/they pronouns.

“Now, whether she is a sex therapist who is fat or a therapist for fat sex, I do not know,” Chen jokes.

While the fat positivity movement focuses on overweight and obese people as if they are a minority group, Chen is here to point out that they are not minorities.

“For some reason, they view themselves as this like minority or protected group even though in America, officially now, most people are overweight. The average American is overweight,” Chen explains.

“So, they like to claim we’re in a fatphobic society, but I don’t know, it looks like we’re just living in a fat (period) society where the average person is like a good 30 pounds too heavy,” she adds.


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Lizzo's FAT victimhood



According to the CDC, the U.S. obesity rate was 41.9% from 2017 to 2020 and growing. However, the rise in obesity doesn’t seem to correlate with a rise in worry for fat activists.

One of those activists is Lizzo, who recently took to Twitter to fight back against users questioning the singer's larger size.

Twitter user Layah Heilpern recently posted a video of Lizzo dancing in a barely-there outfit, writing, “How is Lizzo still THIS fat when she’s constantly moving this much on stage?! I wonder what she must be eating.”

Lizzo responded that those kinds of tweets are really starting to make her “hate the world.”

The singer also claimed that she had stopped eating fast food years ago, despite numerous recent selfie videos of her eating large portions of what appears to be fast food.

Lauren Chen of "Pseudo-Intellectual" says Lizzo “definitely has not given up fast food” if “she’s operating under the same definition of fast food as everyone else.”

While Chen admits some of the comments on Lizzo’s appearance are slightly mean-spirited, she also believes that “none of the controversy she’s in would exist without her own actions.”

The actions she’s referring to include Lizzo’s very loud stance on fat positivity, which again ignores all health problems associated with obesity.

The singer even has a show called "Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls," where the singer scouts for oversized or plus-sized dancers.

Chen believes people like Lizzo are to blame for the rise in obesity.

“I know this may surprise some people. Our actions do contribute to our weight and our overall health. It matters what you eat. It matters how much you exercise, and people like Lizzo out here spreading frankly lies about how she eats clean without fast food but is just naturally ... 350 pounds. It’s actually doing damage to public health,” Chen says.

“Honestly, if we care about someone we should want them to be healthy and we shouldn’t lie to them about what the health outcomes they are inflicting upon themselves,” she continues.

According to the CDC, those obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer.

“So,” Chen continues, “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that yeah, Lizzo is literally putting people’s lives, including her own, at risk with her fat acceptance nonsense.”


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Lizzo's ENTITLEMENT: I AM the beauty standard!



Has the fat-acceptance movement gone too far? After what Lizzo recently tweeted, Lauren Chen of "Pseudo-Intellectual" definitely thinks so.

The tweet in question was a video of herself “glamor modeling” accompanied by the message “Introducing…. THE BEAUTY STANDARD. If you mad, stay mad hoes.”

“I don’t care who you are or what you look like. Declaring that you are the beauty standard — it’s a bold move. But I think it is especially bold if you weigh, gosh, I gotta say at least 300 pounds like Lizzo does.”

However, this isn’t the first time Lizzo has declared herself “the beauty standard.”

She has also already posted a selfie video to her millions of Instagram followers saying, “I am f***in' gorgeous, I am the beauty standard.”

Chen realizes that many people will see this as Lizzo “just practicing self-love and acceptance,” but Chen doesn’t think that’s a good thing.

“We don’t need more self-love and self-acceptance. In fact, I would say we have way too much of it, and you know what we need to bring back? We actually need to bring back a little bit of shame and, for goodness sakes, some humility.”

This isn’t just an issue of self-image, Chen alleges, but rather one of health.

“Obesity is not healthy, and I think at a certain point, our acceptance of obesity — trying to normalize obesity — it has ultimately hurt the American public when it comes to their health.”

Chen says that “around 70% of Americans are overweight.”

“Most of the leading causes of death in America have to do with obesity. This is an epidemic. This is a health crisis. And honestly, people, like Lizzo, who are trying to glamorize and normalize clinical, morbid obesity, they are not helping the issue.”


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