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NYC holds ‘Fat Beach Day’ to create accepting environment for plus-size community: ‘A space for people to be themselves’
New York Post ^
| June 22, 2024
| Social Links forMary K. Jacob
Posted on 06/22/2024 7:15:05 PM PDT by Vendome
“Fat Beach Day” events are appearing across the United States, aiming to create spaces for the plus-size community to gather — including one Saturday in Far Rockaway.
“We’re going through something culturally that is impacting us every day on an individual level and a systemic level,” Jordan Underwood, the event organizer told the Guardian. “We’re really trying to open up a space for people to be themselves.”
“I’m so self-conscious at the beach, and I’m never around people that look like me,” Emma Zack, who started Berriez in 2018, told the outlet. “I’m excited we’ve created this space for folks with bigger bodies to have a good time.”
“It’s a really sh–ty time, not just on the internet but in society, to be fat, and it feels really violent in a lot of ways,” Zack said. “You’d think it wouldn’t be such a thing because New York is so open, and you dress however you want. I always say I never realized how much people hate fat people until I got TikTok.”
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dont; fat; fatbeachday; look; nyc; save; yourself
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Save, Yourself, Don't, Look
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:15:05 PM PDT
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Vendome
To: Vendome
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:16:41 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:17:36 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
To: Vendome
I think I saw a picture of this in a National Geographic article about coastal life in the Arctic…..
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:18:13 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
To: Vendome
5
posted on
06/22/2024 7:18:30 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
Fat Beach Day?
![Chris Christie's just digging himself in deeper](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/07/chris-christie-beach.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024)
In first with this photo...
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:18:53 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: Vendome
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:19:52 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
Good Lord. That is something terrible.
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:20:04 PM PDT
by
dforest
( )
To: Vendome
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:23:02 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
To: Vendome
Hey! I want a second opinion!
To: Vendome
Fat Beach Day?
It could be worse. It could be Nude Fat Beach Day.
Clothes Optional.
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:23:43 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
To: Vendome
“METRO NYC holds ‘Fat Beach Day’ “
I remember Santa Monica Beach, it was like 1000 feet of sand to get to the water. Probably the fattest beach I ever dealt with. Not sure about NYC, but I suspect they’ll be lucky if the winner is over 100 feet.
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:25:00 PM PDT
by
BobL
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:25:21 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
A beach to see whales?
Beached Whales?
Do people need to try to roll them back into the water?
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:26:59 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Vendome
Call in a “mass beaching event” into the local police.
CC
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:27:00 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: BobL
Mays Landing beach in New Jersey is easily the most unashamedly gross beach , with every shoppers from Walmart feeling no Shane in their husky outfits and wife beater shirts
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:27:39 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:29:40 PM PDT
by
taterjay
To: Responsibility2nd
Gonna need a salvage barge to pull him back into the water....
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:32:00 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:32:53 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:33:29 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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