Fatima Jamal On Life As A Body Of Work

A multi-hyphenate in every sense of the word, 28-year-old Jamal is an artist, a dancer, a model, a filmmaker, a writer, and an activist, although she is probably best known for her work as “FatFemme,” her handle on Instagram and in viral circles of the Internet that originated with her ongoing documentary, No Fats No Femmes. In the documentary, the Brooklyn-based artist uses her life and experiences as a black queer femme as both performance art and the platform to explore what it means to not only survive but thrive in a world that others you.

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Fatima Jamal Empowers Us To Be Our Best Queer Selves

We at them. not only believe that queer people are heroes, but that we are heroic precisely because we live in a world that doesn’t consider us valuable, yet still find ways to prosper and care for each other in that world every day. These are our 2018 queer heroes — Queeroes — outstanding LGBTQ+ people who make our community stronger. Queero Fatima Jamal talks about cultivating power from within, and embracing ourselves as we are.

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