{"id":2388280,"date":"2025-01-09T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-sponsored-by-mcdonalds-plans-operation-fat-liberation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:32:07","slug":"activist-sponsored-by-mcdonalds-plans-operation-fat-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-sponsored-by-mcdonalds-plans-operation-fat-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist Sponsored By McDonald&#8217;s Plans &#8216;Operation Fat Liberation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivist-sponsored-by-mcdonalds-plans-operation-fat-liberation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jae\u2019lynn Chaney, a prominent fat liberation \u2063activist known \u2063as \u200dJae\u200b Bae, is \u2064set to \u200claunch a new initiative \u2062called\u200b \u201c#OperationFatLiberation2025\u201d on January 13. With nearly 100,000 followers \u200con Instagram, Chaney highlights the \u2062movement&#8217;s\u200b aim to\u200b advocate for \u200d\u201cfat equality\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">disrupt harmful narratives surrounding fat individuals<\/a>. This proclamation follows a recent \u200dconference she attended \u2064in\u200b Portland focused on fat \u2062liberation.<\/p>\n<p>chaney&#8217;s campaign will be \u2064a comprehensive advocacy initiative that seeks to challenge societal norms surrounding fatness\u200b through various media, including blogs, videos, and articles that \u2064target\u200d issues like \u200dfatphobia and representation. She seeks\u200c to promote &#8220;fat \u2064joy&#8221; \u2063and resilience among \u2064individuals who are fat.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her collaborations with \u2063corporate\u2062 giants like Walmart and McDonald\u2019s, Chaney did\u200b not \u2062disclose\u200d her total earnings from these partnerships but indicated she \u200btypically earns\u2064 between $2,000 to\u2062 $10,000 per\u200d post. \u200cShe has gained attention for her activism,\u2062 including\u2064 a petition\u2064 for the Federal Aviation Governance (FAA)\u2062 to require airlines to provide larger seats for plus-size travelers, which has garnered nearly 40,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Chaney&#8217;s message\u200c conveys\u2063 that health is not solely persistent by\u2063 weight, advocating\u2062 for a broader understanding\u200c of well-being that emphasizes emotional, mental, and physical alignment\u200c rather than restrictive dieting. She asserts in her manifesto \u200cthat being fat should not be viewed as a flaw or problem, promoting acceptance and dignity for\u2063 fat individuals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A self-described &ldquo;fat liberation activist&rdquo; whose corporate <a href=\"https:\/\/jaebaeproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">partnerships<\/a> include Walmart and McDonald&rsquo;s announced plans to launch a new movement for &ldquo;fat equality&rdquo; next week.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Jae&rsquo;lynn Chaney, who also goes by &ldquo;Jae Bae,&rdquo; unveiled plans to kick off &ldquo;#OperationFatLiberation2025&rdquo; on Jan. 13 to her nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is about more than my personal fight for fat equality,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;What you&rsquo;re about to witness is just the start.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The post featured Chaney holding up a sign in an airport that demands &ldquo;#BODYEQUALITY&rdquo; and blames the &ldquo;system&rdquo; following what she told The Federalist was a three-day conference in Portland, Oregon, for &ldquo;fat liberation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>A plus-size influencer whose partnerships include Walmart and McDonald&rsquo;s announced plans to launch &ldquo;OperationFatLiberation2025&rdquo; after a conference in Portland. <\/p>\n<p>Jae&rsquo;Lynn Chaney, who also has a petition to demand the FAA mandate bigger seats to accommodate overweight passengers,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qJrKIoqQc8\">pic.twitter.com\/qJrKIoqQc8<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Tristan Justice (@JusticeTristan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusticeTristan\/status\/1877379970097467765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chaney did not include any details of the upcoming &ldquo;operation&rdquo; on Instagram but characterized the campaign in an email to The Federalist as &ldquo;a long-term, multifaceted advocacy initiative that&rsquo;s designed to disrupt harmful narratives about fat individuals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Operation Fat Liberation series will unfold through continuous content, including blogs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-executive-insists-company-does-not-give-user-information-to-communist-china\/\" title=\"TikTok Executive Insists Company Does Not Give User Information to Communist China\">short-form videos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-will-smith-blew-up-30-years-of-goodwill-in-30-seconds\/\" title=\"Nolte: Will Smith Blew Up 30 Years of Goodwill in 30 Seconds\">long-form articles<\/a>, interviews, and vlogs,&rdquo; Chaney told The Federalist. &ldquo;These pieces will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-slam-biden-democrats-for-high-cost-of-thanksgiving-dinner\/\" title=\"GOP senators slam Biden, Democrats for high cost of Thanksgiving dinner\">address key issues<\/a> such as fatphobia, representation, and reclaiming space, while celebrating the strength and resilience of fat individuals.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The project is focused on shifting societal standards and creating space for fat joy through stories, challenges, and triumphs,&rdquo; she added. <\/p>\n<p>Chaney did not say how much money she has made from food corporations such as Walmart and McDonald&rsquo;s listed on her page as corporate partners, and neither company responded to The Federalist&rsquo;s inquiries. She did, however, tell The Federalist she was typically paid &ldquo;anywhere from $2,000 to $10,000 per post, with potential for more.&rdquo; Chaney did not say whether she had also worked with any other food or pharmaceutical companies, both of which regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/19\/pharmaceutical-industry-is-bankrolling-obesity-group-that-promotes-body-positivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sponsor <\/a>online influencers promoting obesity under the banner of &ldquo;body positivity,&rdquo; as chronicled in my recent book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fat-Unhappy-Positivity-Killing-Yourself\/dp\/B0DNJZLVZ5\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=925KIBZCC5F3&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.u_gMME28cHAPUsj1hYJVsw.QjuXLAKRureyUwzJvLJBR_rGA4uF8dGvUnMYbi_TTjY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=fat+and+unhappy+how+%27body+positivity%27+is+killing+us&amp;qid=1736382876&amp;sprefix=fat+and+unhappy%2Caps%2C117&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fat And Unhappy: How &ldquo;Body Positivity&rdquo; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself)<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to YouTube about her latest project last week, Chaney condemns popular targets of similar influencers such as &ldquo;fatphobia,&rdquo; &ldquo;thinness,&rdquo; and &ldquo;diet culture.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Health is more than a number on the scale,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about how we feel mentally, emotionally, and physically by doing things that make you feel good and aligned with who you truly are, not by punishing yourself with extreme measures.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chaney has an entire <a href=\"https:\/\/jaebaeproductions.com\/fat-liberation-manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a> dedicated to &ldquo;fat liberation&rdquo; on her website, featuring the original &ldquo;fat liberation manifesto&rdquo; from 1973 she says, &ldquo;stands as a powerful reminder that being fat is not a flaw&rdquo; or, more critically, &ldquo;something to be fixed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We, the fat people of the world, declare that we are not sick, we are not a problem, and we are not to be shamed,&rdquo; her own re-written &ldquo;manifesto&rdquo; reads.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity, however, is a major risk factor for nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-28920-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">every chronic illness<\/a> and at least <a href=\"https:\/\/stop.publichealth.gwu.edu\/fast-facts\/obesity-related-chronic-disease#:~:text=Obesity%20is%20the%20leading%20risk,risk%20among%20persons%20with%20obesity.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13<\/a> different cancers.<\/p>\n<p>In December, a clip of Chaney demanding airplanes be redesigned to include larger seats for overweight passengers went viral because &ldquo;airlines make their product smaller every year.&rdquo; Chaney launched an online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/demand-for-the-faa-to-protect-plus-size-travelers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a> for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandate changes &ldquo;to protect plus-size travelers&rdquo; which has already gathered nearly 40,000 signatures. In 2021, the FAA <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/11\/too-fat-to-fly-faa-updates-guidelines-as-american-obesity-crisis-grows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">required<\/a> airlines to recalibrate safety guidelines for aircraft weight to adapt for larger passengers carrying heavier luggage in the 21st century. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>According to a 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/clark-county\/2022\/06\/vancouver-travel-blogger-jaelynn-chaney-we-dont-have-to-shrink-ourselves-society-has-to-expand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">profile<\/a> of Chaney in The Oregonian, Chaney has also worked with the soap brand Dove, a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the largest processed food companies in the world and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zippia.com\/advice\/largest-ice-cream-companies\/#:~:text=The%20largest%20ice%20cream%20company,2022%20sales%20of%20%24910.68%20million.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading<\/a> ice cream manufacturer in the United States. Unilever did not respond to a Federalist inquiry about the partnership. <\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:&nbsp;[READ:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/americans-want-to-stop-being-fat-and-unhappy-but-dont-know-how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Americans Want To Stop Being&nbsp;<em>Fat And Unhappy<\/em>&nbsp;But Don&rsquo;t Know How<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In December, another one of Dove&rsquo;s plus-sized brand promoters named Virgie Tovar, the author of a book titled, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/You-Have-Right-Remain-Fat\/dp\/1936932318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You Have The Right to Remain Fat<\/a>, <\/em>similarly went viral for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3267058\/san-franciscos-new-weight-stigma-czar-propped-up-by-ice-cream-manufacturer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> as San Francisco&rsquo;s new consultant on &ldquo;weight stigma.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m UNBELIEVABLY proud to serve the city I&rsquo;ve called home for almost 20 years in this way!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDqUdszPGrz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> Tovar to her nearly 85,000 Instagram followers. Tovar will earn $12,000 through June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/sf-health-department-hires-consultant-to-help-with-weight-stigma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>In March last year, Tovar was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/wEBAr\/https:\/\/x.com\/Dove\/status\/1633855371356905472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featured<\/a> in Dove&rsquo;s &ldquo;Campaign for Size Freedom,&rdquo; a collaboration with other influencers launched roughly 20 years after the company&rsquo;s infamous &ldquo;Campaign for Real Beauty&rdquo; in 2004. The latest initiative is <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/wEBAr\/https:\/\/www.dove.com\/us\/en\/stories\/about-dove\/ending-body-size-discrimination.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">characterized<\/a> as a &ldquo;movement to end body discrimination&rdquo; and lists the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance as a partner.<\/p>\n<p>Both Chaney and Tovar maintain personal websites filled with the kind of jargon popular among those who embrace far-left identity politics. Similar activists behind the same movement for &ldquo;body positivity&rdquo; often co-opt the victimized language to characterize obesity on the hierarchy of marginalized groups under the lexicon of social justice. As outlined in <em>Fat and Unhappy, <\/em>several states and cities have begun to consider laws similar to one <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/27\/new-york-city-mayor-makes-obesity-a-protected-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> in New York City in 2023 to declare obesity a legally protected class. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is a national correspondent for The Federalist and the co-author of &#8220;Fat and Unhappy: How &#8216;Body Positivity&#8217; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself).&#8221; He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>. Buy &#8220;Fat and Unhappy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz7EDAJI1c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;fat liberation activist&#8221; plans to launch &#8220;#OperationFatLiberation2025&#8221; for fat equality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2388281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jae-Bae.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14436,11237,48206],"class_list":["post-2388280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-activism","tag-mcdonalds","tag-operation-fat-liberation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jae-Bae.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388284,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388280\/revisions\/2388284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}