Time & Location
Apr 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
All She Wrote Books, 75 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143, USA
About the Event
Join us this Saturday, April 18th at 7:00pm as we welcome author and Executive Director of NAAFA, Tigress Osborn, to discuss her book "Weight and Wisdom"! This event is free to attend, but does require RSVP. Masks are also required to attend this event. Don't miss out!
About the Book
Over the last 50 years in the United States, the medical establishment, the beauty industry, and the mainstream media have relentlessly forwarded the belief that fat is unattractive and unhealthy. While many believe that anti-fat ideas went unchallenged until the rise of body positivity, there have always been resistors. In the worlds of eating disorders treatment, Health at Every Size® advocacy, and fat activism, challengers to our cultural narratives have championed another way for decades.
In this collection, 34 of those trailblazing rebels against body oppression voice the history of challenging the status quo and working to create a world…