Paris to stage first anti-fatist event to raise awareness

PARIS is to host its first “anti-sizeism” day, including an extra-large fashion show, as part of a week against all forms of discrimination.

Tomorrow’s event at the city hall is dedicated to the fight against “grossophobia” (fatphobia) and comes after Gabrielle Deydier sparked a national debate on the issue with the book You’re Not Born Fat, in which she wrote about being fat in France, recalling how she lost her job and ended up homeless thanks to discrimination.

Ms Deydier, 38, who weighs 23.5 stone, says that being fat in France is considered to be a grotesque self-inflicted disability.

Activists, bloggers, academics, health practitioners, education professionals, fashion and garment industry representatives will take part in two panel discussions.