The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival includes, among its documentary offerings, filmmaker Jeanie Finlay’s Your Fat Friend, a look at the formerly anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon. Since February 2016, the 350 lb. writer has discussed the realities of life as a fat person in a world built for the thin.
“Just say fat,” demands Gordon to a crowd at Portland’s legendary Powell’s Books, reeling off a list of unacceptable euphemisms—everything from fluffy to morbidly obese. But don’t rush to correct how people describe themselves, she says. And while self-love is great, it’s a crazy idea to think you can love yourself out of oppression.
Winnie McCroy 