Fat Club Podcast

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Season 3 Episode 3 Let's Talk About Being Super Fat Nov 13, 2018

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This week we chat with Danielle Salerno, fat activist, about being Super Fat. We chat about accessibility, clothes, and more, while being super fat. Danielle shares experiences and tips about being an advocate for yourself and other super fats.

Follow Danielle on Instagram @xfildchild

Thanks to ShaSha Willems for our art, follow them @shhshashhsha on Instagram

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our music!

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

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Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

CW: Fat phobia and size mentioning.

Season 3 Episode 2 Let's Talk About Plus Size Modeling and Latina Culture Nov 06, 2018

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Today on Fat Club we are chatting with Sheila Lopez on The Curvy Fashionista Cruise! Sheila is a plus size model and blogger with a love for the Tejana culture. We talk about the pressures and frustrations of being a plus size model along with cultural pressures to stay curvy but not “too curvy”. Sheila openly shares her hopes to find more inclusivity in modeling and media, so other young Latina girls have someone to look up to.

You can find Sheila below:

https://curvytrend.wordpress.com/

https://www.instagram.com/miss.shelo/

https://facebook.com/miss.shelo/

https://twitter.com/curvy_sheila

Thanks to ShaSha Willems for our art, follow them @shhshashhsha on Instagram

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our music!

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

CW: fat shaming, food shaming, gender roles, weight loss, racial stereotypes, and cultural expectations

Season 3 Episode 1 Let’s Talk About Fat and Feminism Oct 30, 2018

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On Fat Clubs Season 3 premiere we chat with Ama Scriver, writer and activist. Ama is not new to the scene of fat activism, starting with her blog Fat Girl Food Squad in 2013 and now gracing the pages of Brit & Co, InStyle and many other publications. We chat with her about mainstream feminism and where fat women and other folks fit into the conversation.

Ama can be found:

website : https://www.amascriver.com/

All of her writing can be found via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amascriverblog/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/amascriver

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amascriver/

And the video from the "Owning It" moment is the following: https://youtu.be/deWNm0sxJWg

Thanks to ShaSha Willems for our art, follow them @shhshashhsha on Instagram

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our music!

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

Content Warning : Fat phobia, politics, sexual assault, abuse, trauma, mental illness, specific sizes and racism.

Season 2 Episode 10 Let's Talk About Making Music. Aug 07, 2018

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On this weeks episode and season finale, we are so excited to chat with singer songwriter and body positive queen Heather Mae! We have so much fun chatting with Heather about the struggles of being fat and spreading fat acceptance in the music industry. We are even lucky enough to get to share one of our favorite songs of hers “I Am Enough,” a body positive anthem for the world!

CW: eating disorders, specific sizes, fat phobia, fat shaming, mentioning if diets and intentional weightloss, and homophobia.

Find Heather Mae on Itunes and Spotify, or at: www.heathermae.net Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @heathermaemusic Also on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/heathermaemusicpage/ "I Am Enough" https://youtu.be/ZfYLEJEZH3g Danielle's Video https://www.instagram.com/p/BGYIeoYAJz3/

Thanks to ShaSha Willems for our art, follow them @shhshashhsha on Instagram

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our music!

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

Season 2 Episode 9 Let's Talk About Dancing! Jul 31, 2018

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This week on Fat Club we chat with Keely, a West Coast Swing instructor and lover of dance! We talk about connecting with your body through dance and finding joy in movement once more!

Find Keely on IG and Twitter at @keeler083

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=529175213

https://www.facebook.com/dfdancestudio/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4fRV0aG3lc

http://scholeyoga.com/

Thanks to ShaSha Willems for our art, follow them @shhshashhsha on Instagram

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our music!

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

CW: weight gain/ loss, movement, exercise, fat stigma, dance, classes, mentions of body sizes and specific weight, mentioning of god, fat shaming

Season 2 Episode 8 Let's Talk About Being Non-binary Jul 24, 2018

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On this weeks episode we chat with J of Comfy Fat. We talk about the intersections of being fat and non-binary. We discuss their blog and breaking down the walls of gender and fat phobia.

CW: Body Dysphoria, fat phobia

Make sure to follow J at:

https://www.facebook.com/comfyfat

https://twitter.com/comfyfat

https://www.instagram.com/comfyfattravels

https://comfyfat.com

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTxc4vubM7zqmggt082lMjA

Also go read the full article we discussed with J on fatphobia and gender!

http://comfyfat.com/2018/03/22/fatphobia-impacted-gender-identity/

Thanks to ShaSha Willems for our art, follow them @shhshashhsha on Instagram

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our music!

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

Season 2 Episode 7: Let's Talk About Food... It's Complicated Jul 17, 2018

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On today’s episode we chat with Danielle’s friend Jessica. Jessica is a Hard Femme Kitchen Witch, and all over badass, about food and our bodies. It’s complex, our relationship to food, our access to food and how we get food. It’s all complex and we discuss this.

Make sure to follow Jessica on Twitter @ninsiana0 and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ninsiana0

CW: intimate partner violence, abuse, disordered eating, trauma, racism, mental illness, mentions of gun violence, diet culture, weight loss

Season 2 Episode 6 Let's Talk About Kids and Fat Stigma Jul 10, 2018

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On this weeks episode we chat with Whitni a kindergarten teacher. How we talk about Fat with kids matters. Weight stigma begins in kids as young as 3. And no, we don’t just start out in the world hating fat people. On this weeks episode we talk about how weight stigma affects kids and some ways you can protect your larger bodied and small bodied kids from it. Becky and Danielle share stories about growing up as a fat child.

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our awesome theme song!

Check out ShaSha Willems who made our a amazing art on IG: Shhshashhsha

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

CW: Fat bias, fat shaming, diet culture, fat stigma against children, childhood weight stigma, fat shaming at the doctors, childhood bullying, eating disorders, disorder eating, mental health

https://more-love.org

https://Lindabacon.org

https://more-love.org/2017/06/27/protecting-our-kids-from-diet-culture-and-fatphobia-as-they-recovery-from-an-eating-disorder-and-what-to-know-about-dieting-during-recovery-an-interview-with-dietician-alex-raymond/

https://haescommunity.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/well/live/fat-bias-starts-early-and-takes-a-serious-toll.html

https://lindabacon.org/pdf/Times_021312_kids.pdf

Season 2 Episode 5 Let's Talk With The Curvy Fashionista Jul 03, 2018

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On this weeks episode Danielle and Becky chat with Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista! We talk about building a positive space for plus size fashion and self love. Marie shares with us how she started The Curvy Fashionista (TCF) 10 years ago and how it’s transformed. She tells us about the TCFStyle expo this August and the Inaugural TCF cruise that we are sooo excited about in October!

You can find Marie at:

TCF- https://thecurvyfashionista.com/ TCFStyle Expo- http://tcfstyleexpo.com/ Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/thecurvyfashionista/ Facebook- https://facebook.com/TheCurvyFashionista/

Thanks to Purple Tiger Audio for our awesome theme song!

Check out ShaSha Willems who made our awesome art on IG: Shhshashhsha

Make Sure to check us out on https://www.instagram.com/fatclubpodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/fatclubpodcast/

Email us with your thoughts at: Fatclubpodcast@gmail.com

CW: weight loss, mental health

Season 2 Episode 4 Let's Talk About Fat Girls Traveling Jun 26, 2018

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On this weeks episode we chat with Annette Richmond of Fat Girls Traveling. She tells us about her love of traveling and how she wants to share her adventures and that of other fat women around the world. Annette also tells us about her love of summer camp and why she started Fat Camp for other fat women to enjoy a fun summer camp experience in a fat safe space!

You can find Annette at:

http://fromannette.com/

https://www.facebook.com/fromannettewithlove/

https://www.instagram.com/fromannettewithlove/

https://twitter.com/FromAnnetteLove

Find Fat Girls Traveking at:

https://fatgirlstraveling.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/fatgirlstraveling/

https://www.instagram.com/fatgirlstraveling/?hl=en

Check out Fat Camp info at:

http://fromannette.com/fat-camp/

Contact Annette at: