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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.96,0:00:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here today to talk to you\Nabout a very powerful little word,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.52,0:00:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that people will do almost anything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.08,0:00:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid becoming.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.28,0:00:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Billion-dollar industries thrive
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.56,0:00:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the fear of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.36,0:00:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those of us who undeniably are it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.56,0:00:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are left to navigate a relentless storm
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounding it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure if any of you have noticed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.88,0:00:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm fat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.60,0:00:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the lowercase,\Nmuttered-behind-my-back kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.60,0:00:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the seemingly harmless\Nchubby or cuddly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.00,0:00:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not even the more sophisticated\Nvoluptuous or curvaceous kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.72,0:00:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's not sugarcoat it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.72,0:00:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the capital F-A-T kind of fat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.60,0:00:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am the elephant in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.04,0:00:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I walked out on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.60,0:00:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you may have been thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.32,0:00:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Aww, this is going to be hilarious,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.76,0:00:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody knows\Nthat fat people are funny."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.40,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.44,0:01:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you may have been thinking,\N"Where does she get her confidence from?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.60,0:01:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because a confident fat woman\Nis almost unthinkable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.80,0:01:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fashion-conscious\Nmembers of the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.04,0:01:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may have been thinking how fabulous I look
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.72,0:01:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this Beth Ditto dress --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.32,0:01:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.56,0:01:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.48,0:01:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas some of you might have thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.40,0:01:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hmm, black would have been\Nso much more slimming."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.08,0:01:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.36,0:01:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may have wondered, consciously or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.88,0:01:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I have diabetes, or a partner,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.84,0:01:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if I eat carbs after 7pm.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.08,0:01:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.36,0:01:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may have worried\Nthat you ate carbs after 7pm last night,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.32,0:01:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you really should renew\Nyour gym membership.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.32,0:01:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These judgments are insidious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.60,0:01:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can be directed\Nat individuals and groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.20,0:01:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can also\Nbe directed at ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.36,0:01:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this way of thinking\Nis known as fatphobia.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.80,0:01:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like any form of systematic oppression,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.24,0:01:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fatphobia is deeply rooted\Nin complex structures
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like capitalism, patriarchy and racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that can make it\Nreally difficult to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.80,0:02:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a culture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.28,0:02:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where being fat\Nis seen as being a bad person --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.28,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lazy, greedy, unhealthy, irresponsible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.12,0:02:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and morally suspect.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.44,0:02:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we tend to see thinness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being universally good --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.04,0:02:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsible, successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.08,0:02:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in control of our appetites,\Nbodies and lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.24,0:02:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see these ideas again and again
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.60,0:02:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the media, in public health policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.56,0:02:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctors' offices,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.20,0:02:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everyday conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.40,0:02:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in our own attitudes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.88,0:02:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may even blame fat people themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.88,0:02:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the discrimination they face
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.48,0:02:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, after all, if we don't like it,\Nwe should just lose weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.20,0:02:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.36,0:02:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This antifat bias has become\Nso integral, so ingrained
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.88,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how we value ourselves and each other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we rarely question why\Nwe have such contempt for people of size
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.20,0:03:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where that disdain comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.96,0:03:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must question it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.92,0:03:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the enormous value\Nwe place on how we look
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.12,0:03:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affects every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do we really want to live in a society
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.56,0:03:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people are denied\Ntheir basic humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.52,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they don't subscribe\Nto some arbitrary form of acceptable?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.20,0:03:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was six years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.96,0:03:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sister used to teach ballet\Nto a bunch of little girls in our garage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.52,0:03:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was about a foot taller and a foot wider\Nthan most of the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.40,0:03:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it came to doing\Nour first performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.56,0:03:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so excited\Nabout wearing a pretty pink tutu.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to sparkle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.80,0:03:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the other girls slipped easily\Ninto their Lycra and tulle creations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.96,0:03:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not one of the tutus\Nwas big enough to fit me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.72,0:04:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was determined not to be\Nexcluded from the performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.88,0:04:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I turned to my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.72,0:04:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loud enough for everyone to hear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.68,0:04:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said, "Mom, I don't need a tutu.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.32,0:04:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need a fourfour."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.52,0:04:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.76,0:04:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks, Mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.00,0:04:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.56,0:04:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although I didn't\Nrecognize it at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.00,0:04:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claiming space for myself\Nin that glorious fourfour
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.28,0:04:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the first step towards becoming\Na radical fat activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.08,0:04:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not saying\Nthat this whole body-love thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.72,0:04:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been an easy skip along\Na glittering path of self-acceptance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since that day in class.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.92,0:04:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Far from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.76,0:04:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I soon learned that living outside\Nwhat the mainstream considers normal
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be a frustrating and isolating place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.64,0:04:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent the last 20 years unpacking\Nand deprogramming these messages,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.36,0:05:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been quite the roller coaster.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.88,0:05:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been openly laughed at,\Nabused from passing cars
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.92,0:05:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and been told that I'm delusional.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.40,0:05:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also receive smiles from strangers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.88,0:05:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who recognize what it takes\Nto walk down the street
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.72,0:05:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a spring in your step\Nand your head held high.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.32,0:05:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheer)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.68,0:05:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.04,0:05:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through it all, that fierce\Nlittle six-year-old has stayed with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.12,0:05:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has helped me\Nstand before you today
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an unapologetic fat person,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.04,0:05:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person that simply refuses to subscribe
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.16,0:05:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the dominant narrative
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.60,0:05:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how I should move\Nthrough the world in this body of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.32,0:05:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.24,0:05:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.44,0:05:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am part of an international\Ncommunity of people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.60,0:05:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who choose to, rather\Nthan passively accepting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.24,0:05:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our bodies are\Nand probably always will be big,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.20,0:06:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actively choose to flourish\Nin these bodies as they are today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.28,0:06:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who honor our strength\Nand work with, not against,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.08,0:06:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our perceived limitations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.48,0:06:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who value health
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.32,0:06:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as something much more holistic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.80,0:06:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a number on an outdated BMI chart.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we value mental health,\Nself-worth and how we feel in our bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.12,0:06:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as vital aspects\Nto our overall well-being.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.56,0:06:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who refuse to believe\Nthat living in these fat bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.80,0:06:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a barrier to anything, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.40,0:06:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are doctors, academics and bloggers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.68,0:06:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have written countless volumes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.88,0:06:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the many facets\Nof this complex subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.72,0:06:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are fatshionistas\Nwho reclaim their bodies and their beauty
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.64,0:06:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by wearing fatkinis and crop tops,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.60,0:06:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exposing the flesh\Nthat we're all taught to hide.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.20,0:06:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are fat athletes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.80,0:06:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who run marathons,\Nteach yoga or do kickboxing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.80,0:07:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all done with a middle finger\Nfirmly held up to the status quo.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.56,0:07:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these people have taught me\Nthat radical body politics
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.08,0:07:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the antidote\Nto our body-shaming culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.76,0:07:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to be clear, I'm not saying\Nthat people shouldn't change their bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.48,0:07:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that's what they want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.60,0:07:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reclaiming yourself can be one\Nof the most gorgeous acts of self-love
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.60,0:07:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can look like\Na million different things,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.92,0:07:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from hairstyles to tattoos\Nto body contouring
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.72,0:07:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hormones to surgery\Nand yes, even weight loss.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.32,0:07:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's simple: it's your body,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.64,0:07:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you decide what's best to do with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.92,0:07:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My way of engaging in activism
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.84,0:07:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by doing all the things\Nthat we fatties aren't supposed to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.96,0:07:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a lot of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.52,0:07:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inviting other people to join me\Nand then making art about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.72,0:07:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The common thread\Nthrough most of this work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.80,0:08:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been reclaiming spaces that are\Noften prohibitive to bigger bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.48,0:08:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the catwalk to club shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.44,0:08:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from public swimming pools\Nto prominent dance stages.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.28,0:08:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And reclaiming spaces en masse\Nis not only a powerful artistic statement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.44,0:08:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a radical community-building approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.12,0:08:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was so true of "AQUAPORKO!" --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.96,0:08:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.92,0:08:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fat fem synchronized swim team
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.56,0:08:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started with a group\Nof friends in Sydney.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.40,0:08:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The impact of seeing\Na bunch of defiant fat women
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.80,0:08:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in flowery swimming caps and bathers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.04,0:08:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throwing their legs in the air\Nwithout a care
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.88,0:08:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should not be underestimated.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.40,0:08:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.44,0:08:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout my career, I have learned\Nthat fat bodies are inherently political,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.04,0:08:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unapologetic fat bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.16,0:08:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can blow people's minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.36,0:08:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When director Kate Champion,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.76,0:09:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of acclaimed dance theater\Ncompany Force Majeure,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.76,0:09:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked me to be the artistic associate
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.24,0:09:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a work featuring all fat dancers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.56,0:09:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I literally jumped at the opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.64,0:09:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I mean literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.72,0:09:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nothing to Lose" is a work made\Nin collaboration with performers of size
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.92,0:09:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who drew from their lived experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.52,0:09:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a work as varied\Nand authentic as we all are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.08,0:09:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was as far from ballet\Nas you could imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.12,0:09:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very idea of a fat dance work\Nby such a prestigious company
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.96,0:09:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was, to put it mildly, controversial,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.08,0:09:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because nothing like it had ever been done\Non mainstream dance stages before
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.12,0:09:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anywhere in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.20,0:09:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were skeptical.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.80,0:09:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you mean, 'fat dancers?'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.40,0:09:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, size 10, size 12 kind of fat?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.84,0:10:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did they do their dance training?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.92,0:10:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they going to have the stamina\Nfor a full-length production?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.76,0:10:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But despite the skepticism,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.72,0:10:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nothing to Lose" became\Na sellout hit of Sydney Festival.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.84,0:10:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We received rave reviews, toured,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.20,0:10:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won awards and were written about\Nin over 27 languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.76,0:10:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These incredible images of our cast\Nwere seen worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.44,0:10:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've lost count of how many times\Npeople of all sizes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.00,0:10:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have told me that the show\Nhas changed their lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.12,0:10:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it helped them\Nshift their relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.16,0:10:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their own and other people's bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.52,0:10:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it made them confront\Ntheir own bias.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.44,0:10:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But of course, work\Nthat pushes people's buttons
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.80,0:10:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not without its detractors.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.96,0:10:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been told\Nthat I'm glorifying obesity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.32,0:10:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have received violent death threats
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.84,0:10:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abuse for daring to make work\Nthat centers fat people's bodies and lives
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.32,0:11:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and treats us as worthwhile human beings\Nwith valuable stories to tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.04,0:11:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've even been called
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.64,0:11:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the ISIS of the obesity epidemic" --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.60,0:11:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.32,0:11:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a comment so absurd that it is funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.00,0:11:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it also speaks to the panic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.80,0:11:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the literal terror,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.80,0:11:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the fear of fat can evoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.60,0:11:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this fear that's feeding\Nthe diet industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.00,0:11:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is keeping so many of us\Nfrom making peace with our own bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.80,0:11:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for waiting to be the after-photo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.12,0:11:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we truly start to live our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.40,0:11:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the real elephant\Nin the room here is fatphobia.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.48,0:11:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fat activism refuses to indulge this fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.56,0:11:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By advocating for self-determination\Nand respect for all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.88,0:11:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can shift society's reluctance\Nto embrace diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.84,0:11:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start to celebrate the myriad ways\Nthere are to have a body.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.48,0:12:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.76,0:12:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)