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Malaysia Fat Squad is a brave space for fat affirming stories from 🇲🇾& beyond
No hateful language and attitudes allowed
🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 and BIPOC

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As scenes of massive human sufferrings fill our screens, its become more important than ever to understand how US imperialism, militarism & genocide impacts the lives of those marginalized, especially women. For decades, narratives such as self-defence, sovereignty, war on terrorism, combined with feminism, women's rights and peace through market economies are used in turns to support US imperialism while in actuality, the objective is to control, oppress and exploit. But this appropriation of feminism and promotion of imperialist feminism has not only been the domain of white elites in the US & global North; many feminist of the middle & ruling class in the global South have always played an active and productive role to the articulation of new forms and new agents of imperialist feminism. But even they have learnt the hard way that support for women’s rights germinated within an imperialist power are both fragile and contingent. Because of this, its more important that feminists reject imperialist feminism and look to a feminism which stands with all women—trans+, Indigenous, Dalits, refugees, Congolese and Palestinian. This weekend, Trump and some other terrible people are coming to town, under the much repeated trope of diplomacy, trade/economic negotiations, etc. There is anticipated massive KL city-wide roadblocks, closures & shutdown, removal of the homeless people, along with veiled intimidation against any assemblies/protests happening. Already one is left to wonder who does this city even belongs to? But this here-at-home instance is evidentiary; that empire does not liberate, it subjugates. It does come to negotiate or do "peace deals", it expects capitulation. It expects the smothering of outrage and silencing of resistance. But they will not get that.So they can block all the roads, but we will still take to the streets.Sunday, 26 Oct5pmAmpang Park by @myfatsquad

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My Fat Squad proudly presents: The Do Nothing Workshop 💫A gentle space for fat folks to pause, breathe, and just be. No pressure to perform, fix, or change—just community, rest, and quiet joy. 🧸 Rest is resistance. Doing nothing is radical.💖 Come take up space, as you are.📍Brickfields (actual venue will be shared with participants)🗓 16 August 2025, 4-6pm🎟 RM 35/person – https://shorturl.at/n1zHM sign up here This workshop will be facilitated by Dr Vizla Kumaresan, a clinical psychologist who is also a gender and community advocate.Come join us in your comfiest clothes! by @myfatsquad

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10 months ago

💦 MYFAT SQUAD POOL PARTY 💦Hey fat friends!We would like to invite your fabulous self to My Fat Squad’s pool party!Date: 10 August 2025 - this Sunday!Time: 10:30AM Venue: Mont Kiara Come swim, laugh, and serve body-ody-ody with the baddest squad around. No pressure, no stress — just good vibes, relaxing in the water and fat joy in full effect. 💅🏽🫧This is a BYOF or potluck event so bring some snacks for yourself or to share 💖The exact location will be shared later. We have not seen you in a minute so we cannot wait to see you shine under the sunlight! 🌊☀️💋#fat #fatcommunity #fatliberationmonth #fatkinis by @myfatsquad

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💫 My Fat Squad proudly presents: The Do Nothing Workshop 💫A gentle space for fat folks to pause, breathe, and just be. No pressure to perform, fix, or change—just community, rest, and quiet joy. 🧸 Rest is resistance. Doing nothing is radical.💖 Come take up space, as you are.📍Brickfields (actual venue will be shared with participants)🗓 16 August 2025, 4-6pm🎟 RM 35/person – click on the link in our bio to sign up!This workshop will be facilitated by Dr Vizla Kumaresan, a clinical psychologist who is also a gender and community advocate.Come join us in your comfiest clothes! by @myfatsquad

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10 months ago

VERSI BAHASA MELAYU DI SLIDE 8 >>>Happy Fat Liberation Month! When we speak about fat liberation we are often told that the biggest issues we face is being told we are unattractive when held against conventional beauty standards. In reality anti fat bias harms fat people systemically by denying that access to living a full life. One of these areas is access to dignified medical care, queer fat people often face even more stigmatisation when attempting to access these services.One of the ways My Fat Squad is trying to support our community is through sharing fat and queer friendly service providers!Share with us your experiences good and bad when dealing with healthcare services in the comments. by @myfatsquad

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VERSI BAHASA MELAYU DI SLIDE 7 >>>What is life like at the intersections of fatness and queerness? How does this complicate fat peoples’ existence in this world? Is being fat inherently a queer experience? These are some of the questions we at Myfatsquad have had when we think about how we are perceived by the world.This Myfatsquad x Justice for Sisters @justice4sisters collaboration aims to highlight the intersection of fatness and queerness.Share with us what this experience with fatness and queerness has been for you in the comments! Written by : @fatcatfar Creative design by : RatnaArtwork by : Farid NadExcellent song choice by : @nasiberlemak #fatpositive #fatliberation #intersectionality #queerliberation by @myfatsquad

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a year ago

Semasa Covid-19, internet dipenuhi dengan banyak perbincangan tentang cara untuk kekal fit atau sihat, menurunkan berat badan dan lain-lain, di mana banyak daripada perbincangan ini bersifat “fat-phobic.” Melalui platform My Fat Squad, Ratna mula mengadakan perbincangan secara langsung untuk menangani naratif negatif mengenai orang gemuk dan kesannya terhadap mereka.Mencari komuniti semasa tempoh bersendirian adalah sukar, terutamanya apabila internet dipenuhi dengan negativiti, tetapi ia juga boleh menjadi saluran untuk memperjuangkan apa yang anda percaya dan berjumpa dengan komuniti anda.My Fat Squad kini telah berkembang menjadi sebuah komuniti yang memberi ruang yang selamat kepada orang gemuk, dan baru-baru ini menganjurkan “Fat Empowerment Day” dengan pelbagai aktiviti.Macam mana anda menemui komuniti di internet?Kongsikan di bawah!_________________When the world was hit with Covid-19, the internet was flooded with talks about staying fit, losing weight and other similar conversations, where many of these conversations were fat-phobic. Using her platform, My Fat Squad, Ratna started hosting live online conversations to tackle these harmful narratives around fat people and their impact on fat people.Finding community during isolation period can be hard, especially when the internet was constantly filled with negativity, but it can also be just the right channel to advocate for what you believe in and finding your own community along the way.My Fat Squad now has grown into a community and recently hosted a Fat Empowerment Day where various activities were hosted surrounding the topic fatness!How did you find your community on the internet?Share below!#RightToExpressionAndParticipation #Internet #TalianInternet #InternetConnection #Malaysia by @myfatsquad

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2 years ago

Jom kita ikuti kisah Magesh, Lianna dan Miko dan perjalanan mereka dalam mengenali dan menerima diri masing-masing. Walaupun pengalaman mereka adalah perjalanan peribadi mereka, kita sebagai masyarakat mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk memastikan mereka juga boleh mengambil bahagian dalam kehidupan seharian dengan bermakna.Bagaimana caranya? Dengan mengubahsuai dan mengadaptasikan persekitaran berlandaskan keperluan mereka.Farizah, daripada @myfatsquad telah kongsikan pendapat berkait isu ini!Sebelum melabuhkan tirai bagi bulan #FatLiberation, kami ajukan soalan kepada anda:-Bagaimana pula anda? Apakah peranan yang kita semua boleh mainkan agar kawan-kawan kita yang berbagai rupa, warna kulit, saiz dan lain-lain boleh terlibat dalam masyarakat secara bermakna?Kongsikan pandangan korang di bahagian komen dibawah!Rakan kerjasama: @canainckt @myfatsquad Terima kasih kepada rakan sekerja atas sokongan yang diberikan dalam menghasilkan perkongsian ini untuk kempen #MyBodyMyRules. Banyak ilmu dan added perspective yang MAU peroleh, thanks to korang! 🫰🏽Special mention kepada SIUMAN Collective juga yang telah memurnikan lensa kami dalam menengahkan isu inklusiviti dan diversiti. #cflimy by @myfatsquad

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2 years ago

Snippets of our #FatLiberationDay event. Thank you to our location sponsor @colabs.coworking for an accessible, comfortable and cosy space. We had suddenly gone from an open mic session to an open karaoke session, and a special poem performance from @devarshney. Fat people are talented, intelligent, creative, kind, passionate, and can be anything and everything. All we need are spaces that allow us to be ourselves and for that talent to be encouraged and given the space to be ourselves authentically. So grateful to be surrounded by this 💕 . #fatliberation #fatliberationmonth #fatlib #fatliberationforall by @myfatsquad

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We are still reeling from the happiness of being in community with all our participants! A big shoutout to our venue sponsor @colabs.coworking for making sure it was both comfortable and accessible for all of us! @hidellearts brought out all the artists in us and @devarshney even serenaded us with a poem that goes us all in our feels. Everyone went home with something they loved with the clothing swap by @joyfuljiggle We even ended in an impromptu open mic session. That I’m sure no one had enough mic time! 😂 So much 🤩 ❤️ 🫂 the question is should we gather again! #fatlib #fatliberationmonth #fatliberation #fatliberationforall #bodypositivity #bodypositive #fatliberationmovement by @myfatsquad

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Celebrating #FatLiberationMonth with @myfatsquad and their lovely community to create a safe space for fat empowerment. Event highlights include clay making, body positive art painting, creative writing, clothes swap, as well as open discussions on weight bias and #SizeAcceptance. #FatPositiveMalaysia #BodyPositivity #FatLiberation by @myfatsquad

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Happy Fat Liberation Month! 🎉 This month, we celebrate the beauty, resilience, and strength of all fat people! Let’s continue to uplift each other, break down barriers, and spread love, respect, and dignity. Everyone deserves access to spaces that celebrate our bodies and our worth. #FatLiberationMonth #SizeAcceptance #RespectAndDignity #fatliberation #fatpositivity by @myfatsquad

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