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fat activism

A movement based around the idea that people can be healthy and beautiful at any size. The movement is generally accepted as having started in 1969 with the founding of NAAFA by Bill Fabrey.

Noteable groups in the movement's history include the New Haven Fat Liberation Front and the Fat Underground in Los Angeles, both of which were active in the seventies. More recently, NOLOSE (formerly the National Organization for Lesbians of SizE), NAAFA and the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination have been in the vanguard of the fat activism movement.

Some important figures in the history of the fat lib movement include Bill Fabrey, Karen Scott-Jones (now Karen Stimson), Aldebaran (now Sara Fishman) and Lynn McAfee.

More recent figures in the movement include Marilyn Wann, author of the zine Fat!So?, Nomy Lamm, author of the zine I'm So Fucking Beautiful, and Stacy Bias, founder of FatGirl Speaks, a grassroots fat empowerment conference held in Portland every year.
We're going to NOLOSE's fat activism conference this July - are you coming?

My ideas about body image and self worth changed when I became involved in fat activism.
by Somegirl May 10, 2005
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paranoial activity

from the book of senses.

This refers to the general feeling of being high on marijuana.meaning when a person gets really high they start to get paranoid but still keep it inside them and continue their activities.
god:" how you feeling my child"

Nik:" just some paranoial activity,you know smoking the stuff you gave me."
by Nik Armi January 28, 2010
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active voice

This is a grammar term that pseudo-intellectuals claim needs to be adhered to in all circumstances. Yet, there are a multitude of circumstances in which the passive voice would be clearer to the listen/reader and would make more sense to use.
active voice: Jon stabbed Alan.

passive voice: Alan was stabbed by Jon.
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[textually active]

people who are active texters or otherwise engaged in textual relationships on a daily or even hourly basis.
Ashley is textually active - she converses with friends via texts more than in person.
by Kelsey Nordal June 15, 2008
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pitchfork activism

Someone who reads an article and feels as if they know both sides of the story and want to crucify somebody they don’t know by posting personal identifiable information or going on a crusade to ruin their life. fuck you people.
"i'm an emotionally unstable person who is suddenly passionate about an event or situation that's never mattered to me. Time to get my rusty pitchfork out of my shed and display some pitchfork activism."
by whoreallygaf July 26, 2017
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midnight activities

Sorry bro, I couldn't come out last night because I had some midnight activities with my girl
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economic activity

Any action that relates to making, buying, and selling of goods.
Trading is a great example of economic activity.
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