Woopa!! That's one high kick move for the fat girls. As many of you have probably heard by now, Heather was a smash hit as the guest lecturer at NYU's Department of Sexuality and Gender. The room was packed to the gills with people sitting on the floor even. There were a small number of people representative of the Fat Acceptance community but it was mostly made up of students and alumni of the school. The whole time that Heather spoke no one made a sound. No creaking chairs, no rustling papers, coughs, yawns, etc. You could hear a pin drop as her presentation was interesting, informative and engaging. People who already knew about it were even glued to what she had to say.
I took a few pictures but not many. I didn't want to be a nuisance with my camera since I knew how nervous Heather was and I didn't want to go nuts with the flash to distract from what was happening so some of my photos are a little blurred. But here they come anyway.
Okay, I know nobody cares about my travel route to get to NY but it started out with me going off to meet AnnMarie in Newton so that I could bum a ride with her in her silver beetle. I went to meet her via the Green Line at Park Street Station in Boston and here's a random photo of the platform, the passengers and the wall set aside for the corporate whores who constantly try to sell us stuff during the commute.
Here's Heather and Professor Don Kulick, the guy who runs the department for gender and sexuality studies at NYU. Kudos go to him for making this possible.
This is a photo of Heather and AnnMarie fighting with the computer. It seems there was some media issue before the start of the program and it was tough trying to get the system to cooperate. Things eventually got straightened out and we started somewhat on schedule but it was a bit tense for a while. The next few photos you will see in this line are just random shots taken of Heather, AnnMarie and some of the folks/staff at NYU introducing themselves and trying to solve the media problems.
One last glance in the mirror before we start. You can't give a good lecture without lipgloss.
This is just into the beginning of Heather's presentation. It was very thorough though Heather kvetched a little about not getting in all the things she wanted. EVERYONE thinks that after they do something but in my opinion it was just fine. She really did us proud dispelling a lot of stigma and wives tales about fatness and sexuality. She made some interesting points in the beginning and supplied some picture demonstrations of the different aspects of FA desire. The pictures featured Cheesecake, AnnMarie, BigCutieCaroline, BigCutieSkye, BigCutieSable and many others. She talked through the points of visual desire and even gave the weights of each of the models to gasps of awe and wonder.
And this is the end of her presentation. I'm sorry folks, I didn't want to be a distraction for Heather and the people there to listen to the lecture so I kept my movements and activities to a minimum. So this is all I really have to show for the presentation itself.
This is the mob scene that engulfed Heather after the lecture's conclusion. There was a line of people waiting to shake her hand, ask questions and just meet her in person. I spoke with several of the attendees during this time. The mood was almost giddy as some of the chubby women I spoke with felt this great sense of relief, liberation and joy at finally feeling acknowledged as a vital, beautiful and sexual being. They were finding it difficult to leave. At the end invitations were handed out to let people know we were gathering later for drinks and snacks.
This guy is a professional photographer who gave Heather his card. During the question and answer portion of the lecture he raised some questions about the format of the photos from the site and the presentation. He was feeling that the photos were not exploitive of artistry and such as he could not see it clearly in what he had viewed. Heather asked him if he was an FA. After a brief nervous pause the man said no and then Heather said, "Well, that's why you can't see it," and the crowd erupted into cheers and applause. This guy seems nice enough and sincere. He has some concepts in his mind of things he would like to explore as a photographer so this may not be the last we hear of him whoever he is.
I took a few pictures but not many. I didn't want to be a nuisance with my camera since I knew how nervous Heather was and I didn't want to go nuts with the flash to distract from what was happening so some of my photos are a little blurred. But here they come anyway.
Okay, I know nobody cares about my travel route to get to NY but it started out with me going off to meet AnnMarie in Newton so that I could bum a ride with her in her silver beetle. I went to meet her via the Green Line at Park Street Station in Boston and here's a random photo of the platform, the passengers and the wall set aside for the corporate whores who constantly try to sell us stuff during the commute.
Here's Heather and Professor Don Kulick, the guy who runs the department for gender and sexuality studies at NYU. Kudos go to him for making this possible.
This is a photo of Heather and AnnMarie fighting with the computer. It seems there was some media issue before the start of the program and it was tough trying to get the system to cooperate. Things eventually got straightened out and we started somewhat on schedule but it was a bit tense for a while. The next few photos you will see in this line are just random shots taken of Heather, AnnMarie and some of the folks/staff at NYU introducing themselves and trying to solve the media problems.
One last glance in the mirror before we start. You can't give a good lecture without lipgloss.
This is just into the beginning of Heather's presentation. It was very thorough though Heather kvetched a little about not getting in all the things she wanted. EVERYONE thinks that after they do something but in my opinion it was just fine. She really did us proud dispelling a lot of stigma and wives tales about fatness and sexuality. She made some interesting points in the beginning and supplied some picture demonstrations of the different aspects of FA desire. The pictures featured Cheesecake, AnnMarie, BigCutieCaroline, BigCutieSkye, BigCutieSable and many others. She talked through the points of visual desire and even gave the weights of each of the models to gasps of awe and wonder.
And this is the end of her presentation. I'm sorry folks, I didn't want to be a distraction for Heather and the people there to listen to the lecture so I kept my movements and activities to a minimum. So this is all I really have to show for the presentation itself.
This is the mob scene that engulfed Heather after the lecture's conclusion. There was a line of people waiting to shake her hand, ask questions and just meet her in person. I spoke with several of the attendees during this time. The mood was almost giddy as some of the chubby women I spoke with felt this great sense of relief, liberation and joy at finally feeling acknowledged as a vital, beautiful and sexual being. They were finding it difficult to leave. At the end invitations were handed out to let people know we were gathering later for drinks and snacks.
This guy is a professional photographer who gave Heather his card. During the question and answer portion of the lecture he raised some questions about the format of the photos from the site and the presentation. He was feeling that the photos were not exploitive of artistry and such as he could not see it clearly in what he had viewed. Heather asked him if he was an FA. After a brief nervous pause the man said no and then Heather said, "Well, that's why you can't see it," and the crowd erupted into cheers and applause. This guy seems nice enough and sincere. He has some concepts in his mind of things he would like to explore as a photographer so this may not be the last we hear of him whoever he is.
to be continued...........
