Fat is a Feminist Issue

Susie Orbach's 'Fat is a Feminist Issue' was published in 1978, this groundbreaking book provoked many discussions about women's experiences with food.

Spare Tyre founder Clair Chapwell was inspired to adapt the work into a play, she put an advertisement in Time Out magazine asking for women who wanted to be involved to get in touch in what became our first play, Baring the Weight (1979).