Join us for community building, laughter, venting and zero diet talk! We are creating a safe space for people in all bodies to connect as we actively deconstruct and unlearn the pervasive messages of diet culture. This doesn't have to be a lonely journey - come talk all things anti-diet & intuitive eating with people who share your values.

This fall we’re meeting up at Commongrounds Cooperative on 8th St from 6-7:30pm on Thursdays Sept 14, Oct 19 and Nov 16. We’ll be discussing topics from a “common read” each month - whether you read or listen to the book or not, you are welcome!

November Common Read: Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture : Kids learn, as we’ve all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being thin, but even more about the consequences if they aren’t. And multibillion-dollar industries thrive on this fear of fatness. We’ve fought the “war on obesity” for over forty years and Americans aren’t thinner or happier with their bodies. But it’s not our kids―or their weight―who need fixing.

In this illuminating narrative, journalist Virginia Sole-Smith exposes the daily onslaught of fatphobia and body shaming that kids face from school, sports, doctors, diet culture, and parents themselves―and offers strategies for how families can change the conversation around weight, health, and self-worth.

Fat Talk is a stirring, deeply researched, and groundbreaking book that will help parents learn to reckon with their own body biases, identify diet culture, and empower their kids to navigate this challenging landscape. Sole-Smith draws on her extensive reporting and interviews with dozens of parents and kids to offer a provocative new approach for thinking about food and bodies, and a way for us all to work toward a more weight-inclusive world.