In Fatventure Mag, Issue 2: Home, we want to know how you define home as a fat woman or non-binary person who is into being active, but not into toxic weight-loss culture. Pitches open July 1, 2018 through September 1, 2018.... More ➝
Long time, no see!
First of all, thank y'all for being so patient with us post-Kickstarter! It's been almost a month since we successfully funded our first iss... More ➝
With four (4) days left in our Kickstarter campaign, we are SO FREAKING EXCITED to report that the Fatventure Mag Kickstarter is more than fully funded!... More ➝
We've raised over $10k on the Fatventure Mag Kickstarter, which means we are SUPER CLOSE to reaching our $12k goal! It also means it's time for us to announce a super special perk for donors who pledge at least $15! NICE.... More ➝
We added two new rewards tiers to the Fatventure Mag crowdfunding campaign! If you've got something fat-positive to promote and want to purchase ad space, these tiers are meant for you. But they're limited, so get 'em before they're gone!... More ➝
We promised we'd do a Fatventure Mag cover art reveal when we surpassed the $6k mark on our crowdsourcing campaign and WE DID IT, all thanks to you! So here's our cover, illustrated by Rose "Honeyboy" Morris!... More ➝
In addition to featuring interviews with Jessamyn Stanley and Vanessa Friedman in the first issue of Fatventure Mag, we'll also be featuring an interview with Jesse Amesmith, a.k.a. Good Witch Yoga!... More ➝
In this excerpt of her interview for Fatventure Mag, Jessamyn Stanley discusses how society looks at fat people in active spaces — and how to fight back against the negativity.... More ➝
The first five days of the Fatventure Mag Kickstarter campaign have been absolutely unreal! Here's an update on where we stand, where we want to be by the end of the week, and how awesome people have been to us on social media.... More ➝
Get a sneak peek at some of the Fatventure Mag Kickstarter perks before the campaign goes live on May 4, 2018. Follow us on Twitter for more!... More ➝
We finally chose our Fatventure Mag contributors, and we are so excited! We're super proud to work with each of these talented individuals and we can't wait to see the work they produce for our first volume. ... More ➝
Samantha Puc is an essayist and culture critic whose work has been featured on Bustle, The Mary Sue, SheKnows, The Tempest, Rogues Portal, and elsewhere. She mostly writes intersectional pop culture analysis with a particular focus on representation of LGBTQ and fat characters in fiction. Samantha is also the co-creator of Fatventure Mag. She lives in Rhode Island with her spouse and cats.