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I wish this was a welcome back but I've done the next best thing! I had a wonderful podcast chat with Kate of the Peach Please! podcast and she was kind enough to allow me to share it with you on my feed. Enjoy this bonus episode and make sure to show Kate some love on Tik Tok or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katieiswinnen/).
If you want to be a part of Season 2 of the Fat Girl Book Club podcast reach out:
https://www.instagram.com/fatgirlbookclubpod/
Keep Reading Everyone!
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TRIGGER WARNING: Event dieting, weight gain, sexual trauma, sex and graphic sexual acts, exercise
Lala's sex and body positive journeyA discussion of the male gaze and sexualityHow Lala became a sexual educatorAll about Lala's podcast and IG accountThe stories in the book and how Lala related to themMindful sex.Self-esteem and confidence as an attractorDo men like women in larger bodies?How can women get over body image hang ups in the bedroom?Porn - fat porn, regular porn, everything pornIs fatness a fetish?The components of mind blowing sexWomen and orgasmingSexual communicationHow can we make adjustments to sex when dealing with chronic illness or disability?Dating sites and dating app tips
I cannot believe we have reached episode 80! After almost three years, a plethora of guests and experiences, and tons of books, we are at the end. Well, not the end end, just the end for now. I don't know why I am going on and on about this because I do hope to come back in the new year with a new look and possibly a new format, but for now I just want all of you to know how much it means to me that you listened to and (hopefully) enjoyed this show. You guys are the best!
My last guest is going to knock your socks off so get ready for a really great discussion all around being fat and having sex. I will admit I'm pretty sexually-inhibited and so I had a hard time getting out what I wanted to say when I was talking to Lala but that did not stop Lala from digging in and giving some great information and really relevant tips. We talked about a book called (appropriately) Fat Sex so we had a lot of material to work with. Here are some of the topics we covered:Keep Reading Everyone!
Lala's Links
Lala's website
Lala's Instagram
Lala's Bedtime Tales Podcast
Fat Girl Book Club Podcast Links
Fat Girl Book Club Instagram
Fat Girl Book Club Email: [email protected]
Plus Size Lingerie
Torrid
Shien
Amazon
Fredericks of Hollywood
Love Honey
Episode Links
Sex with Emily Podcast
Sex with Emily Instagram
Lala's article about positions for larger bodies
Dipsea
Lala's Book Recommendations
Your Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Pussy: A reclamation by Regina Thomashauer
Girl Boner by August McLaughlin
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
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TRIGGER WARNING: Use of the O-words
All good things must come to an end my friends. This podcast has saved me in a multitude of ways. The books I've read for the show, the people I've met have changed my life. I am a different, a better person because I did this show. I am also a more confident speaker and connector to others because I had a podcast. I just feel so grateful for the opportunity to run a show about something I love and connect to you, the listeners. I am so, so grateful you listened, subscribed and enjoyed.
Amanda's journey to activismBaby steps for baby activistsWhy Amanda picked this bookThe research in this book and how that compares to fat liberation classic readsThe concept of biocitizenshipWas there a difference between the Obese and the Overweight chapters in terms of experiences and Greenhalgh's analysisHow the War on Obesity's capitalist agenda affects Ivy League universities and their researchDiscussing the thin experienceHave there been changes since this book?Some medical devices for weight loss that you've never heard of! 🤯
But life has taken me in a different direction and so (at least for now) after episode 80 (stick around for that one!) the show will be on a break. I really do hope to come back in the new year but until then, maybe you wan't to check out my guest's podcast! Amanda Levitt is the host of a podcast called Fat Theory Book Club so not only does she read body liberation books but she also talks to readers and authors alike about the ideas in them. It is worth your time to check it out BUT FIRST (lol), check out my chat with Amanda where we talk about Fat-Talk Nation by Susan Greenhalgh. We cover:Keep Reading Everyone!
Amanda's Links
Fat Theory Book Club Podcast
Whimsical Femme on IG
Fat Body Politics on Twitter
Fat Body Politics on Tik Tok
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Discord group
Instagram
Amanda's Book Recommendations
Unbearable Weight by Susan Bordo
The Embodiment of Disobedience by Andrea Elizabeth Shaw
Can't Buy My Love by Jean Kilbourne
Episode Links
Big Fat Blog
Fat Body Politics Blog
Abundant Bodies
Maintenance Phase Podcast
Fat Activism by Charlotte Cooper
Killer Fat by Natalie Boero
NHANES Survey
Katherine Flegal Study
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Fat in the Fire Article
This is Thin Privilege Blog
Body of Truth by Harriet Brown
All About Love by bell hooks
In Transit by Dianna E. Anderson
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List of a few of the podcasts I really like for you to check out during the break:
Friend recommendations
Going Beyond the Food Show
Skate Date
Fat Like Me
More Than Tracy Turnbald
Fat Chicks on Top
Fat Girl Book Club Guests and Podcasters
Fat Theory Book Club
Fierce Fattie
Embodiment for the Rest of Us
Therapy Homework
Fat. So?
Peach Please
Radlove Radio
Motivation Made Easy
Tough Cookie Talks
Body Liberation for All
The Gaslit Fattie
Lala's Bedtime Tales
Popular Podcasts to Check Out
Maintenance Phase
Rebel Eaters Club
Swipe Fat
The Fat Doctor Podcast
The Fat Lip
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I've had a lot of chats on this podcast with people who've become friends after the show but rarely do I get to chat to a friend I had before getting them on the show (see my chat with Chavonne about Fierce Fattie or with Pascale about The Fat Lady Sings to see a couple I have done), but this episode is with a friend. I met Haz Cady when my podcast was very new and we've had some great chats ever since (almost three years worth of chatting about books!). This episode is basically an opportunity for you listeners to sit in with us as we talk about Fat on Film by Barbara Plotz. I know you're going to love the relaxed vibe. We talk about a lot of things, including:
Haz's journey to fat acceptance (in three parts...like a book...get it?)Haz's eating disorder and what food means nowMelissa McCarthy and Rebel Wilson as our only fat representation (...and Queen Latifah but we talk about how her representation is different than the other two)Masculinity in film or how men have to walk a body image line tooFemininity in film or how femininity always comes back to menThe lines fat actors have to walkThe use of a larger body as an inherently funny body in comedyThe way the camera angles, the sound effects, the choreography allow for the audience to laugh at the actor's bodyIs there any attempt to soften the fat phobia in film?The trope of the fat person eatingA discussion about Harry PotterFat people as outsiders and deviations from the normFat, people of color in filmThe way this book has changed our film watching experiences FOREVER!Difference between film and theatre representationKeep Reading Everyone!
Haz's Links
Haz's Twitter
Archive of our Own Page
Fat Girl Book Club Podcast Links
Fearless Podcasting
Fat Girl Book Club on IG
Email: [email protected]
Book Recommendations
Fattily Ever After by Stephanie Yeboah
You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar
Episode Links
Sadie Collins article
You Should See the Other Guy Podcast
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
Fat Girl on a Plane by Kelly DeVos
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I had Big Girl by Kelsey Miller on my TBR pile for a really long time. I even sent out a note a few years (yes YEARS!) ago on social media looking for someone to read it with me, but I didn't get any takers so when Chelsea Levy mentioned this book as being a really important part of her journey to body liberation during an IG live a few months ago, I had to invite her on to discuss it with me and boy am I glad I did! This book is so good. I don't think there is a better memoir that covers intuitive eating out there (correct me if you have another title). Hear all about it in my discussion available for download tomorrow. Here are some of the topics Chelsea and I cover:
Chelsea's journey with intuitive eating and body liberationBeing on an intuitive eating journey while pursuing a dietetics certificationWhy Big Girl was important to Chelsea's journey and how Kelsey Miller's experience overlaps with Chelsea's lifeDefining intuitive eatingWhat parts of intuitive eating is Chelsea working on now?The difference in the way that Kelsey approached food versus exerciseA discussion around "reasonable" dietingThe similarities between new diet and new loveDoes our body size have meaning?Mindfulness as a tool for distractionThe ending that wasn't really an endingWhat this book was missing (please write another book Kelsey!!!!)Keep Reading Everyone!
Chelsea's Links
Website
Instagram
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Patreon
Instagram
Fearless Podcasting
Episode Book Recommendations
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker
The Fat Lady Sings by Cheryl Fuller
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I don't think I knew when Angel Austin of Sacred Space for Black Bodies asked to read Fat Girls in Black Bodies by Dr Joy Cox that it would be such a perfect match, but Angel and this book go hand-in-hand. A big theme of this book is building community and Angel has incredible community building projects on the go, including mutual aid resources, a fat resource directory and sacred space, which is a vision of such proportions that you will have to listen to Angel's own words to understand how incredible it truly is. Other topics we covered in our chat include:
• How Angel got into fat liberation
• The creation of Sacred Space for Fat Bodies
• Dealing with trolls on the internet
• Weight stigma around health
• How this book connects to Angel's life
• Community - what it is and how we create it
Keep Reading Everyone!
Angel's Links
I will put a kickstarter link when the campaign starts but in the meantime stay connected with Angel using any of these links:
IG: @Sacredspaceforfatbodies (https://instagram.com/sacredspaceforfatbodies?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)Facebook: Sacred Space for Fat Bodies (https://www.facebook.com/sacredspaceforfatbodies/)
Twitter: @SSforFB (https://twitter.com/SSforFB?t=N2omoHRx3nsYDWO3e7CtaQ&s=09)
Tiktok: @Sacredspaceforfatbodies (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdotm366/)
Discord: Sacred Space for Fat Bodies (https://discord.com/invite/HudYxm7PC2)
Website: Sacredspaceforfatbodies.org
Email: [email protected]
Support Angel’s work directly by subscribing to her Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/Sacredspaceforfatbodies) or sending a tip via Paypal to: [email protected]
Fat Girl Book Club Podcast Links
Patreon page
IG
Email: [email protected]
Other Episode Links
Fat Lip Ash
Saucy West
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This is the second of two episodes on Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny by Victoria Kannen. This time though I chatted with Layla Cameron, a fat activist based close to my hometown in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You definitely do not have to listen to the first episode to get something out of this conversation but the first conversation provides a framework of the book and of this discussion. We cover a lot of ground including:
Layla's journey to becoming a fat activistChanges Layla has seen in VancouverDifferences between Vancouver and TorontoClothing for fat people and the fat taxThe concept of the third eyeThe elimination of fatness from the discussion in the bookThe fat spectrumFat stigma as the "last" acceptable form of discriminationWhat is a body story and how does that interact with your identityHow body positivity has been made palatable to the massesThe Well Meaning StrangerLet your freak flag fly!!!Staring and the gazeWhat resistance means to LaylaFat Joy and body movementThe ultimate radical actLayla's Links
Layla's Website
Stay Fat Website
Layla's work
Fat in YVR podcastFat Girl Book Club Links
Patreon page
Fearless Podcasting
Fat Girl Book Club IGEpisode Links
Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny by Victoria Kannen
Bodies by Susie Orbach
Exile in Pride by Eli Claire
Thickening Fat: Fat bodies, intersectionality and social justice edited by May Friedman, Carla Rice, Jen Rinaldi
Big: Stories about life in plus-sized bodies edited by Christina Myers
Fat Girls Hiking IG
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This week on the pod we are doing another round of a book deep dive. In the episode released tomorrow I will be chatting to Victoria Kannen about her book called Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny. In two weeks, I'll be chatting to a fat activist about the same book for extra insights and powerful takeaways. In this discussion Victoria and I set up the framework of how our body stories are constructed. Here are some of the highlights of our discussion:
Who is Victoria Kannen and what is her body story?How different Victoria's experience has been to her sister's experience even though they are close to the same heightBeing awed and oddBlending The way the book combines art, theory and stories Covid and how it could have impacted the interviewsThe meaning of a stareThe Well-Meaning StrangerQuiet ResistanceHow this framework can apply to fat bodiesKeep Reading Everyone!
Victoria's Links
Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny
Victoria's Twitter
Victoria's IG
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Patreon Link
IG Link
Email address: [email protected]
Fearless Podcasting
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I am so excited for you to listen to this week's episode. I stumbled across Katie Winnen's podcast by chance and heard a genuine joyfulness in her voice. I invited her on my pod and was so happy to find out that she is authentically joyful. I mean, I really wish I lived closer to her because I have a feeling I would be trying to hang out on patios constantly with this woman. She is just real and authentic. It was an absolute pleasure getting to know her. Here are some of the highlights of our discussion:
How Katie found body liberationThe value and importance of communityKatie's trip to Armenia and her encounters with fatphobia while thereHow Katie knew about Brittany GibbonsWhat Katie related to in this bookBody image constructionFeeling sexy in larger bodiesDoes creating social media content help with confidence?Revenge eating and our relationships with foodPeople's comments on our bodiesWhat it means to be a doerKeep Reading Everyone!
Katie's Links
Peach Please! Podcast
Katie's IG
Fat Girl Book Club Podcast Links
Fearless Podcasting
Fat Girl Book Club Patreon
Email Address: [email protected]
Episode Links
Girls Girls podcast
Kelly Belly Ohio IG
Tik Tok accounts to follow:
Hannahtalksbodies
Justmeandmymirror
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Abuse, O-word, biohacking and my disordered body building behaviours, derogatory use of the word, "fat"
Chavonne's new podcast adventureInitial overall thoughts about the bookWhat we liked about the bookThe value of The Life AuditCake and why we're hungry nowThe connection between the TedX talk and the bookHow watching commercials can wreck havoc on our body liberation journeysBrain trenchesThe subtlety of diet cultureThe humour in the darknessLife lessons that impact our body liberation workWhat we will take away from this bookReading this book through a lens of current eventsWho we recommend this book toBody or food grief
This week on the podcast I have a chat with my friend Chavonne about Vinny Welsby's book, Fierce Fattie. I did something I rarely do and just had a chat with my friend, no discussion questions, no intense preparation, just a good old-fashion chin wag! We laughed, we got reflective and hopefully we provided you with things to think about.
In this conversation I chat with Chavonne about:Keep reading everyone!
Chavonne's Links
Therapy Homework Podcast and IG
Embodiment for the Rest of Us Podcast and IG
Chavonne's IG
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Fearless Podcasting
Fat Girl Book Club Patreon Page
Fat Girl Book Club IG
Episode Links
Fierce Fattie Book
Fierce Fattie Podcast
Vinny's Ted Talk
Body Image with Bri IG
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TRIGGER WARNINGS GALORE: Abuse, disordered eating behaviours, food scarcity, we name a diet
I'm thinking about changing my nameWhy dogs are the best and Doogle's scheduleWho is Vinny Welsby and how did they become so fabulous?Getting over the idea that fat is badVinny's Ted Talk and how that turned into the bookHow our social media impacts our self-esteem and confidenceThe wild moment when things looked "off" to Vinny with the models on an online shopping siteHow Vinny's history of food scarcity and abuse factored into their relationship with foodHow they eventually got off the diet rollercoasterHow The Life Audit can help you Marie Kondo your body love journeyWhat does Vinny want you to feel after reading their book?What has happened since Vinny wrote the book?Canadian fatphobia versus UK fatphobia
This week on the podcast I have the first of two episodes on Vinny Welsby's book Fierce Fattie. This week I'm chatting with Vinny and next week I'll be chatting with my friend Chavonne about Vinny's book. You get a month of Fierce Fattie - ness!!!!
In this conversation I chat with Vinny about:Keep reading everyone!
Vinny's Links
Vinny's IG
Vinny's Ted Talk
Vinny's Podcast
Vinny's Book
Fierce Fattie Academy
Consulting
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Fat Girl Book Club IG
Fat Girl Book Club Patreon
Episode Links
Dances with Fat
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TRIGGER WARNINGS GALORE: Intentional weight loss, disordered eating, disordered exercise, before/after photo discussion, eating disorders
This is a solo episode where I chat about my history with the books Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon and The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner. I also talk about why I've harmed others when I've talked about these books and what I am going to do going forward.
I also give you a big ol' list of books that are all good alternatives to individual behaviour books like Health at Every Size and The F*ck It Diet. Get that book list HERE
Other links:
@marquisele post
@bodyliberationwithlindley post
Nicola Haggett
Vinny Welsby
Fat Girl Book Club links:
@fatgirlbookclubpod
My new email address: [email protected]
Patreon
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I don't know why the thought never occurred to me. But it didn't.
Dr. Fuller's writing journeyHow Pascale found Dr. Fuller's bookAdvocating for ourselves in therapy spacesThe grey area between body image issues and body activismThe trauma of microaggressionsHow the sitcom Mad About You explains Jungian ComplexesHow Dr. Fuller rejected and related to Marion Woodman's workDr Fuller and the meaning of fatnessConversion therapy vs Weight Loss TechniquesHow to help people in larger bodies in therapy spaces and how to find a good therapist as a fat personLove in a larger body
If finding a doctor is hard because of the way diet culture has made us all fatphobes, why did I think finding a therapist would be any different?
But I never thought about it like that, until a friend told me about The Fat Lady Sings by Cheryl Fuller, which explores being a therapist in a larger body and finding a therapist in a larger body. It got me thinking and the concepts of the book lingered.
So obviously I asked my friend to talk about it on the show. She asked if we could ask the author to be on the show. So a few months later my friend Pascale, Dr. Fuller and I recorded this really interesting interview where we talk about Dr. Fuller's work and about being fat in therapy spaces. If you have ever been made to feel uncomfortable about your weight when talking to a therapist, this episode is for you.
We discuss:Keep reading everyone!
Dr. Fuller's Links
Website
Twitter
Email - [email protected]
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Patreon
IG
Episode Links
The Fat Lip interview with Dr. Fuller
Marion Woodman
Book Recommendations
Fat Girl by Judith Moore
Bodies by Susie Orbach
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This week I am re-releasing this episode with Cat Pausé. I didn't know her well, in fact we only met twice. I was on her podcast Friend of Marilyn and she was on mine. But her work was brilliant and I was so honoured to have her on the show. She recently, vey suddenly passed away. I wanted to do something to show how amazing she was and how much of an impact she has had on me. The fact she came onto my growing podcast and gave her limited time to a fledging fat liberationist is a true testimony to her generous nature. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to talk to her about something she clearly had so much passion about. Here is the newsletter notes I released just before the show was available for download:
Cat's journey to fat politics and her political activism in New ZealandWhy the key too fat liberation has nothing to do with healthDefining fat activismThe palatability of certain fat activism proxiesThe different types of fat activismThe three "defining" events of fat activismThe messiness of activismCat's experience with burnout and the direction her radio show took because of itThe dominance of US voices in the movementWhat it means to Queer fat activism
The episode that is going to be released tomorrow is amazing. Truly. If you have never heard of Cat Pausé, then you need to immediately go here and here and here! I don't think I fangirl enough in this episode but in all honesty, I look up to this woman. I think the things she has done in the world of fat activism are exemplary and worthy of praise. Please don't miss this episode.
Cat and I discuss:Rest In Power Cat
Keep reading everyone
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In this conversation with Serena Nangia we get vulnerable. I think part of the reason for that was this book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad, was personal and triggering. Having said that, we both had really different perspectives because Serena never dieted and grew up in a household with someone who struggled with an eating disorder whereas, I had an eating disorder and spent a few years in a straight sized body. Get ready for a powerful conversation where we cover:
Serena's body image journeyLearning to take care of herself while lifting up the voices of othersFinding support as a fat personDating and having sex as a fat personThe thin gaze on the fat bodyTrying on clothes in a fat bodyThe problem with before and after photosThe fetishization of fatnessThe experience of watching her sister go through an eating disorderExercise when it is a disordered behaviourThe unsatisfying ending of the bookKeep reading everyone!
Serena's links
The Body Activists on IG and FB
The Body Activists Website
The Body Activisim Podcast
The Body Activism Podcast on IG and FB
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Fat Girl Book Club IG
Fat Girl Book Club Patreon
Fat Girl Book Club Email - [email protected]
Book recommendations
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun Harrison
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I love book people. If you talk the language of books, you and me, we'll get along and Dr. Lisa, she talked the language of books. Her story into body liberation began with a book that was also my starting point and in this discussion we jump into Harriet Brown's Body of Truth. We cover a lot of ground, including:
Lisa's body liberation journeyHow she got away from using diet culture in her physiotherapy practiceWhy Lisa picked this bookHarriet Brown's journey with her daughters anorexiaParenting children to positive body imageWhere Lisa got messages about her body growing upHow science, history and culture drive our obsession with weightNavigating every day life while trying to be body positiveWanting to burn it all down!How money and diet culture are entwinedBypass surgery and the problems it can createThe solutionsWhere can people start?Keep reading everyone!
Dr Lisa's Links
Website
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Pintrest
Youtube
Peanut app
Undiet Your Mind App
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Instagram
Patreon
Write me an email - [email protected]
Book Recommendations
Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Other Mentions
Let their bodies be blog post
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Killer Fat by Natalie Boero
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Oh boy is this discussion juicy! You remember my chat with Chavonne McClay about Savala Nolan's book Don't Let It Get You Down? Well, my guest this week is Chavonne's cohost on their podcast, Embodiment for the Rest of Us. Meet Jenn Jackson! I am delighted to be chatting to her about Leah Vernon's book Unashamed and boy do we dig deeply into the meaning of that word! We also talk about a bunch of other things, including:
Jenn's body justice and fat liberation journeyDiscussing emodimentPlaying the comparison game and finding the space of frictionlessnessWhat does it mean to be unashamed?The difference between being unashamed and being vulnerableHow Jenn relates to the word unashamedLeah's intersectionsHandling the binaryHow this is different than other autobiographiesWhy representation is importantKeep reading everyone!
Jenn's Links
Jenn's website
Embodiment for the Rest of Us Podcast
Fat Girl Book Club Links
I Wish I Were Me Website/ Your Better Body Image Checklist
Fat Girl Book Club Patreon
Fat Girl Book Club Instagram
Book Recommendations
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate
Belly of the Beast by Da'shaun Harrison
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I have something really different for you this week. I know that recently we've had an episode that strayed off the path of body acceptance books but this is way, way off the path (we can barely see the path!). This week I'm discussing a fictional book called Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant with a second time podcast guest, Destiny Dimattei. I truly believe in the value of taking our body liberation lens and applying it to other books we read. It insures integrity in our values and keeps our critical thinking skills alive. So while this book isn't specifically a how-to on the treatment of marginalized identities, there are some important lessons within. Destiny and I explore fatness, disability, mental health and sexuality in the pages of this novel. Here are a few more of the things we discussed:
Destiny updates us on her podcast and Facebook groupsWhy Destiny chose this bookThe basic plot of Into the Drowning DeepDoes this book fit into the horror genre?What are the components of horror?The treatment of the characters who are deafOther marginalized identities in this bookThe ending *shaking my fist*Media as a character in the boookWhat is Mira Grant REALLY trying to sayKeep reading everyone!
Destiny's Links
Destiny on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Destiny's Universe Podcast
Body Liberation Baltimore
Hearts and Ears
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Website/Your Better Body Image Checklist
Facebook group
Patreon page
Book Recommendations
Every Heart a Doorway Series
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Saw Kill Girls by Claire Legrand
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Landwhale by Jes Baker
Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor
Darkly Lit Podcast
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Every year I pick my favourite books of the year in November. I know I'm early into this year but I just know this book, Don't Let it Get You Down by Savala Nolan, is going to be on my list at the end of the year. Three reasons why this book is so incredibly magnificent:
Savala Nolan's story is powerful. She is a mixed race woman who dives deep into her own intersections and how they have impacted her journey.Structurally this book is amazing. Each essay takes the reader through Savala's thoughts while also directing them on a path to their own reflections and revelationsThe writing is spectacularly beautiful. I mean jaw-dropping at times.Because of these things, I was so glad my guest Chavonne McClay decided to talk to me about this book. I was just glad to get so many of my emotions and reflections out and I was equally excited about hearing her thoughts about this deeply moving memoir. Here are a few of the things we discussed:
Chavonne's body liberation journeyHow Chavonne found intuitive eatingWhy she picked this bookOverall thoughts about this bookThe essay that made her feel the most uncomfortable and whyChavonne talks about how she has (at times) liked and embraced the Mammy role. Was that a choice?How Chavonne and her co-host talk to one another to create a safe spacesThe phrase "don't let it get you down" and how I missed the pointBlack joyThe theme of inbetweenessHow media affects our perception of violence against womenFatness in the book or a discussion about side boobs, muffin tops and embodimentKeep reading everyone!
Chavonne's Links
Embodiment for the Rest of Us website
Embodiment for the Rest of Us Instagram and Twitter
Chavonne's IG
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Website
FB group
Patreon page
Instagram
Book Recommendations
Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun L. Harrison
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Hunger by Roxane Gay
Other mentions
James Baldwin quote: "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time"
Unsolicited Fatties Talk Back podcast
Good Ancestors podcast
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