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People Are Mad Online About "FatCon", A New Fat Liberation Conference Held Annually In Seattle

Let me be the first to say I absolutely love this convention. I'm a big believer in letting people do whatever they want, especially if it doesn't impact my life whatsoever. My content AI brain immediately set my calendar for January 5th, 2025 because we HAVE to get our fats at this convention. Imagine one of the panels is just that pen of fat we had at the Barstool Anniversary Awards? Pure scenes (and I'm pretty sure we're not allowed to use the word scenes anymore but what else could describe this).

I weigh like 170 soaking wet so I'm not sure I would get the invite to this, because it's "just for us fats" according to the video. I'm hoping this blog gets me the invite because I need to see this in person. You can't tell me you didn't laugh at "the plus bus" panel talking about 101 Ways to Lose Fat Hate. Fat Liberation 101 sounds like one of those liberal education classes you had to take to get a few more credits on the resume in college. I remember I had a class exclusively on the World Cup and all we did in class everyday was just watch highlights from a different tournament. Good times.

Is Seattle generally known as a town of fats? I thought all they ate on the west coast was quinoa and green juice. In true Journalist form, I wanted to find out where Seattle ranked in obesity, and turns out they didn't even crack the top 25:

SOURCE: The 25 Fattest Cities: 1. Houston 2. Detroit 3. Cleveland 4. Memphis 5. Tampa 6. Las Vegas 7. El Paso 8. Baltimore 9. Los Angeles 10. Louisville 11. Tulsa 12. Miami 13. Indianapolis 14. Philadelphia 15. Arlington 16. Columbus 17. Charlotte 18. Phoenix 19. New Orleans 20. Atlanta 21. Raleigh 22. Kansas City 23. St. Louis 24. Chicago 25. Dallas

You know what they did crack the top 10 in? Fittest cities..

The 25 Fittest Cities: 1. Portland 2. San Francisco 3. Albuquerque 4. Oakland 5. Boston 6. Seattle 7. Denver 8. San Diego 9. Minneapolis 10. Honolulu 11. Tucson 12. Austin 13. Colorado Springs 14. San Jose 15. Omaha 16. Washington 17. Milwaukee 18. Virginia Beach 19. Sacramento 20. Jacksonville 21. New York 22. Wichita 23. Oklahoma City 24. Nashville 25. San Antonio

Fat liberation indeed. See you in Seattle.