Kelli Jean Drinkwater: Enough with the fear of fat
كيلي جين درنكواتر: يكفيكم خوف من السمنة
Kelli Jean Drinkwater is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist recognized for her creative practice and voice in radical body politics. Full bio
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about a very powerful little word,
صغيرة وقوية جدا
muttered-behind-my-back kind,
chubby or cuddly.
ممتلئة أومحبوبة
voluptuous or curvaceous kind.
مثيرة للشهوة أو ذات انحناءات
that fat people are funny."
"Where does she get her confidence from?"
" من أين لها بهذه الثقة ؟"
is almost unthinkable.
أمر من غير الممكن خطوره على الفكر
members of the audience
والأناقة ضمن الحضور
عن مدى روعة إطلالتي
so much more slimming."
سيجعلها تبدو أكثر نحافة"
السكر أو إن كان لدي شريك
بعد السابعة .
that you ate carbs after 7pm last night,
كربوهيدرات بعد السابعة الليلة الماضية،
your gym membership.
at individuals and groups,
be directed at ourselves.
is known as fatphobia.
هو ما يسمى رهاب السمنة.
in complex structures
أعماق الأنظمة المعقدة
والتمييز العنصري،
really difficult to see,
is seen as being a bad person --
على إنه شخص سيء
bodies and lives.
الأشخاص البدينين أنفسهم
we should just lose weight.
فكل ما علينا فعله هو خسارة الوزن.
so integral, so ingrained
متكاملا جدا ومتأصل جدا
we have such contempt for people of size
عن سبب احنقارنا للأشخاص ذو الأحجام الكبيرة
we place on how we look
their basic humanity
to some arbitrary form of acceptable?
اعتباطية لما هو مقبول؟
to a bunch of little girls in our garage.
فتيات صغيرات في كراج منزلنا
than most of the group.
من معظم الفتيات في المجموعة
our first performance,
about wearing a pretty pink tutu.
القصيرة الزهرية الجميلة
into their Lycra and tulle creations,
المصنوعة من الليكرا والتول بسهولة
was big enough to fit me.
excluded from the performance,
للاستثناء من العرض
recognize it at the time,
in that glorious fourfour
تلك التنورة الفورفور المتألقة
a radical fat activist.
إلى ناشطة سمنة ثائرة
that this whole body-love thing
حب أجسادكم هذا
a glittering path of self-acceptance
تقبل الذات المتلألئ
what the mainstream considers normal
عن ما يعتبره الغالبية طبيعيا
and deprogramming these messages,
تلك الرسائل والتخلص من برمجتها في العقول
abused from passing cars
من السيارات المارة
to walk down the street
and your head held high.
little six-year-old has stayed with me,
أعوام القوية تلك معي
stand before you today
through the world in this body of mine.
بهذا العالم بجسم كهذا.
community of people
than passively accepting
ليس مجرد قبولا سلبيا
and probably always will be big,
كذلك دائما على الأرجح
in these bodies as they are today.
الأجساد كما هي اليوم
and work with, not against,
مع لا ضد،
self-worth and how we feel in our bodies
العقلية والقيمة الذاتية وكيف نشعر بأجسامنا
to our overall well-being.
that living in these fat bodies
عيشنا بهذه الأجساد الممتلئة
على فعل أي شيء، حقاً
of this complex subject.
who reclaim their bodies and their beauty
يحسننون مظهر أجسادهم وجمالهم
المخصصة للسمان والقمصان التي تغطي الخصر
that we're all taught to hide.
teach yoga or do kickboxing,
أو يمارسون الملاكمة الحرة
firmly held up to the status quo.
الوسطى بقوة في وجه الوضع الراهن
that radical body politics
فيما يتعلق بالأجساد
to our body-shaming culture.
that people shouldn't change their bodies
الناس تغيير أجسادهم
of the most gorgeous acts of self-love
مظاهر حب الذات
a million different things,
تندرج تحت ذلك
to body contouring
and yes, even weight loss.
حتى خسارة الوزن
that we fatties aren't supposed to do,
علينا نحن السمان القيام بها
and then making art about it.
وصنع من الأمر فناً
through most of this work
often prohibitive to bigger bodies,
to prominent dance stages.
is not only a powerful artistic statement
ليست تصريحا فنيا فحسب
of friends in Sydney.
a bunch of defiant fat women
without a care
that fat bodies are inherently political,
الأجساد السمينة سياسية بالفطرة
company Force Majeure,
in collaboration with performers of size
بالتعاون مع راقصات كبيرات الحجم
and authentic as we all are.
as you could imagine.
تخيله عن الباليه.
by such a prestigious company
لأشخاص سمان من قبل شركة مرموقة كهذه
on mainstream dance stages before
على منصة رقص معروفة من قبل
for a full-length production?"
على إتمام عرض طويل؟
a sellout hit of Sydney Festival.
رواجا ومبيعا في مهرجان سيدني
in over 27 languages.
were seen worldwide.
في مختلف أنحاء العالم.
people of all sizes
التي أخبرني بها
has changed their lives,
هذا العرض لحياتهم
shift their relationship
their own bias.
that pushes people's buttons
that I'm glorifying obesity.
that centers fat people's bodies and lives
وأجساد السمان محطاً للأنظار
with valuable stories to tell.
قصصا ثمينة لتروى
the diet industry,
from making peace with our own bodies,
بعد التحول
in the room here is fatphobia.
هو رهاب السمنة
and respect for all of us,
والمطالبة بالاحترام لنا كلنا
to embrace diversity
there are to have a body.
لاحصر لها من الأجساد
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kelli Jean Drinkwater - Artist, activistKelli Jean Drinkwater is a multi-disciplinary artist and activist recognized for her creative practice and voice in radical body politics.
Why you should listen
Kelli Jean Drinkwater uses the fat body as a site to investigate the complex relationship we all have with our bodies and how that defines the world we live in.
Recurring themes in Drinkwater's work are notions of taking up space, queering fat embodiment and how this reclamation can transform and reimagine the potential of self and community. Her work is motivated by how these ideas intersect with gender, race, class and ability.
Drinkwater's work has featured in major international galleries, festivals and magazines. Now based in Sydney, Australia, her recent performances in include Force Majeure's "Nothing to Lose" for Sydney Festival, "NightCraft" for the Museum of Contemporary Art, "Tableau Vivant" for Underbelly Arts Festival, and "MonstaGras" at The Red Rattler Theatre.
Drinkwater's film Aquaporko! won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Mardi Gras Film Festival 2013. Drinkwater is currently in production on a documentary feature that follows the making of the "Nothing to Lose" live show.
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