Plus Sighs

Sarah Wood, a queer, fat, Michigan-based illustrator and writer, tackles stigma against larger bodies from many different angles. Wood writes about everything from the experience of growing up in a culture rife with anti-fat bias, to dating while queer and fat, to institutionalized discrimination against fat people. She also discusses portrayals of fatness in the media, and the ways in which fat characters are constantly made to be the butt of the joke, or are denied dignity in many narratives. The zine includes several of Wood’s illustrations, such as a Plus Size Fashion bingo, an infographic debunking the myths surrounding the “obesity epidemic”, and a chart comparing the body positivity movement to the fat liberation movement. Plus Sighs ends with a list of fat-positive podcasts, books, and TV shows. —Alekhya