Plus Sighs
By: Sarah Wood
Publisher: Sarah Wood
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Overweight women; Sexual minorities; Obesity; Political aspects; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Description: 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
Notes: Cover title.

This zine was made during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is not explicitly about the virus.

Freedoms and restrictions are not stated. Assume copyright.

Trade; Wood, Sarah; 2022.