Palmerston North lecturer and fat activist Cat Pause is hosting a global fat studies conference in the city. Before arriving in Palmerston North, Jones was travelling the country photographing 30 overweight nude New Zealanders. The two-day conference will kick off with a spoken word event, Fat Out Loud, on Tuesday from 6pm at the Palmerston North City Library. The conference has two key-note speakers; photo activist and fat activist Substantia​ Jones and Marymount Manhattan College associate dean for academic affairs Kathleen Lebesco. "I liken it to be quite like women's studies, Maori studies or queer studies," she said.

Source: Stuff June 27, 2016 04:51 UTC