Marilyn Wann is a fat activist,author, and weight diversityspeaker. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in linguistics from Stanford University. In 1994, she started the print zineFAT!SO?, which was nominated for an Utne Reader zine award.She later publishedtheFAT!SO?book, which was named an American Library AssociationQuick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers. Wann has been giving weight diversity talks since 1995 and hasbeen invited tospeakall over the US and in Canada, Mexico, and Iceland. In 2005 she received theHarvey Milk LGBT Democratic ClubIndividual Service Award. Wann has been a board member of theNational Association to Advance Fat Acceptanceand an advisory board member for theHealth at Every Sizejournal. Sheis currently an editorial board member for theFat Studies Journal.