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Fa(t)shionista!
Round and happy through life
A body-positive evening with Magda Albrecht
On Saturday, July 14, 2018, we warmly invite you to the reading and subsequent discussion with the author Magda Albrecht at our store.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Start: 6 PM
Location: Les Soeurs Shop
Magda Albrecht is an author, blogger, musician, and does political education work.
She gives lectures and workshops on the topics of body norms (especially fat discrimination), strategies for self-empowerment, and queer-feminist activism.
In January 2018, her book "Fa(t)shionista - Round and Happy Through Life" was published by Ullstein Verlag.
Already at six years old, Magda Albrecht was upset by the comments of those around her who spoke disparagingly about her fat body. Today, she wants to change the beauty ideal, or better: expand it, because not the many pounds but the prejudices are more persistent than expected: Those who are fat have failed, are lazy and uneducated. Why, actually? the author asks herself after many years of insecurity and since then has stopped using diet shakes and instead prescribed herself a double portion of self-confidence. Because she has learned to counter the thinness ideal: proud fatshionistas and the realization that diets bring nothing—except bad moods.
“… the author illustrates in the best feminist tradition the connection between beauty regimens, discourses of self-responsibility, health policy, and science criticism.” – Der Standard
“Her writing style is casual, funny, and smart. And along the way, readers learn everything necessary to see through the obsession with thinness, support those who are fat, and free themselves from body images that only serve an entire diet industry and medical field.” – AVIVA Berlin
On this evening, she will read and comment on passages from her book in a relaxed atmosphere with drinks & snacks in our store. Afterwards, there will be time for exchange and discussion.
And of course, you can also purchase your personally signed copy on site!
The event is free; only registration via the following link is required:
Registration for the reading with Magda Albrecht
We look forward to many registrations and an exciting evening with you!
Your Les Soeurs Shop Team
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