Marilyn Wann

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Marilyn Wann is one of the key players in the current fat activism movement. With her magazine Fat!So?, created in 1993, and the publication of a book of the same name in 1998, she has played a role in trying to convince the public that fat people deserve to be respected, regardless of size. She is also the Activism Chair of NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.

“I’m not interested in people accepting my fat, but in fat people’s rights." Marilyn Wann

The thesis of her book Fat!So? is that fat people should not have to apologize for their size. She then writes of inequalities suffered by fat people in health care and health insurance, earning potential, and antifat sentimentality by some companies.

Wann is a vocal and effective advocate of fat rights and a promoter of "Health at Every Size." She is also a member of the Bod Squad Cheerleaders, a fat-activist group that is aimed at gaining wider acceptance for fat people.