Fat Lib Live: Voices of Fat Resistance

Join us for the first in our IRL panel series, Fat Lib Live. Voices of Fat Resistance, an evening of celebration, community, and thinking about the future with fat activists from across the spectrum.

📅 Thursday, August 15th
🕢 7:30 PM
📍 The Garden Cinema, London
🎟️ Tickets: £7 for fats / £10 for allies
👉 Book now via the Garden Cinema website

This powerful panel brings together a cross-section of the UK’s fat liberation movement to reflect on where we’ve come from, where we are now—and where we need to go next. As anti-fat discrimination intensifies in the wake of the overuse and endorsement of GLP1 medications, this event is a rallying point: a space to gather, reflect, and build momentum.

### 💥Featuring:

• Carlie Pendleton – fat historian and activist. In the final year of their PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, researching histories of fat queer activism in modern Britain. They previously obtained their MA Queer History from Goldsmiths in 2020 and an MSt in British and European History from the University of Oxford in 2017. They are an Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society and a Co-Convenor for the IHR History of Sexuality Seminar.
• Hannah Ogilvie-Young – fat influencer & podcaster. Hannah Ogilvie-Young is a plus size fashion content creator by the name Queenbeastsays who shares her style and body peace journey. Hannah also hosts the podcast Fats on Film exploring fat representation in film, tv and wider media.
• Jade Elouise – fat liberation advocate and poet. Jade Elouise is a fat, Black, queer, neurodivergent fat liberationist and mental health practitioner, who explores body image through their art, writing and poetry and co-founded Fat Liberation London.
• Laurel Dean – grassroots activist. Laurel Dean is a fat activist and community organiser. They are a founding member of Fat Club Brighton.
• Hosted by Simran Kaur Sandhu – co-founder of Fat Liberation London.

Together, we’ll explore how the fat lib movement has mobilised in the past and how it’s changing through scholarship, artistry, social media and influencer culture, and grassroots organising—and share tangible actions we can all take to support and protect one another during this hostile time.

Expect thoughtful discussion, solidarity, laughter, rage, and real talk. You'll leave feeling connected, informed, and ready to take up space and take action.

The panel will be about an hour, with time for questions afterwards, and we’ll hold drinks in the same space afterwards so we can all meet some fat-positive friends!

💥 Fats to the front – but ALLIES ARE WELCOME.
Whether you're deep in the movement or just beginning to unlearn, this is your chance to be part of the conversation.
🎟️ Tickets are £7 for fats, £10 for allies – and we mean it when we say: bring a friend.
This is the flagship event of Fat Liberation Month — don’t miss it.
🔗 Book your tickets now at the Garden Cinema website