Charlotte Cooper (born 1968) is a London-based British writer and outspoken advocate for gay rights and fat acceptance.
[3] She is a prolific author of zines and performs in the queercore band Homosexual Death Drive.
It does not answer to biomedical discourse, it is something else entirely that is built on the creativity and sheer badassery of fat people.
[5] Cooper's 2002 novel, Cherry, about a young woman's experience and discovery of lesbianism, attracted controversy when copies were impounded by Canadian Customs officers.
[7] In 2007, Cooper coined the term "headless fatty" to describe negative media representations of fat people.