Wellness Won’t Save Us: Dismantling Fatphobia & Building Radical Care

​YouthTheGap and The Archives, in conversation with SelfLoveNai, YogaWithOlive & as a part of Brighton Wellness Festival ❤️‍🔥

​Join YouthTheGap & The Archives in conversation with SelfLoveNai and YogaWithOlive for an immersive and vital discussion embedded in the broader mission of Brighton Wellness Festival—a radical, inclusive redefinition of what it means to be well in our bodies and communities.

​In this interactive dialogue, we will explore:

• ​📖 Root Causes in History: Unpack how fatphobia is entangled with colonialism and misogyny/noir, and how these power structures continue to shape our understandings of bodies and worth.

• ​🧘‍♀️ Embodiment and Liberation: Through movement, dialogue, and reflection, confront harmful norms and reclaim wellness as a space where Fat bodies, racialised bodies, and all bodies are seen and respected.

• ​💸 Capitalism & Wellness: Exposing how the wellness industry profits from fatphobia, diet culture, and body shame—turning exclusion into a business model while erasing collective, accessible, and culturally rooted practices of care.

• ​🫂 Reimagining Collective Care: Forge new pathways toward inclusive wellbeing—centred around rest, joy, radical self‑love, and community.

​All proceeds contribute to equitable pay for our panelists, supporting a queer, neurodivergent-led venue and to making a social impact in the education sector.