2×4:
A Size-ism Workshop Series for Every Body!
YES! Every BODY is invited! The 2110 Concordia Centre for Gender
Advocacy is proud to present “2×4: A Size-ism Workshop Series for Every Body!” Together we’ll pound out fat phobia and put the squeeze on size-ism in this workshop series where every BODY is invited and celebrated!
“2×4” workshops will explore, challenge and remix size-ism to create a world that embraces everybodies’ body and everybodies’ size! Each themed evening will include a collaborative art project to arouse action and a facilitated discussion to challenge, imagine and create a community where every body fits. Join us!
2×4 workshops will be held every six Mondays, on these dates Monday,
December 1, 2008, and in 2009: January 12, February 23, April 20th, May 18 and June 29. 7:00 – 9:30 PM
Facilitated by Aaron Miechkota, emailaaronm@msn.com.
Programming info available at genderadvocacy.org or email
“emailaaronm@msn.com”
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2×4 Workshops in 2009:
* Health Care Advocacy for Every Size *
S.O.S.! Where in the world can you find a size-friendly doctor?
Tonight we’ll sit with size-sensitive health care professionals to
learn useful insight into managing within the health care system.
We’ll fork up on nutrition and food politics, with a critical discussion of the so-called “Obesity Epidemic” and the treatment of largeness as disability by society. Guest speakers.
* Collaging Identities: Moving from fat to “FAT!” *
How does sizeism relate to other movements of social and economic
justice? How can we build community and define roles for our allies as
we create a world that embraces all? Using the technique of collage, we, along with our allies, will create a large-scale collaborative artwork that represents the merging of our identies of gender, colour, economics, ability, and more; and explore initiations for those journeying from “fat” to “FAT!” identities. Guest speakers.
* Fat-shionistas: Remix Your Clothes to Fit Your Style and Your Size! *
Dress me up, dress me down! You are invited to an all-sizes (and
fattie-focused) clothing swap, followed by a workshop on remixing your clothes to fit your body and your style! To follow: let’s discuss, imagine and challenging current fat aesthetics, sizeism in fashion and the media, differing perspectives on size around the world, and what it means to be “fat beautiful”.
* Move! And Other Tools for Releasing Sizephobia *
Slide, slide, dip, shake and move it all around! This workshop will begin
with guided meditation to centre the body, mind and spirit through gentle movement and stillness. Next we will explore adapted yoga, especially designed to accentuate the abilities of all sizes. Followed by a mini circle massage. In hour two, we will pump up the volume with a forty-five minute dance masterclass. Can anyone say “Dance-Off”?!!
Guest artist: dance instructor and yoga instructors. Suggestion: Wear comfy clothes to move in!
* Big Time Sensuality! *
This workshop will arouse your sensual curiosity with your body through touch and creative art. Tonight we will create artistic representations of our beautiful selves in a clay modeling workshop, and enjoy the playful boundary-pushing tickle of body painting. Stay on for a discussion on sex at any size, dealing with body shame in the bedroom and more. Guest artists: Melanie Harvey, ceramic artist.
Note: all workshop topics and dates to be confirmed and may change
according to guest speaker availability. Please contact us at
emailaaronm@msn.com or visit genderadvocacy.org for more details.
Mark your calendars:
When: Monday, April 20th from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Where: 2110 Centre For Gender Advocacy located at 2110 Rue Mackay (between Sherbrooke and Maisonneuve) in Montreal, Quebec on the Concordia University Campus. We are near the Guy-Concordia metro station on the green line.
Welcome: All are welcome. Free. Child-care provided with 48-hours notice. Wheelchair accessible venue.