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    Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back

    Join fat activists Marquisele Mercedes (she/her), Da’Shaun Harrison (they/them), Caleb Luna (they/them), Bryan Guffey (they/them), and Jordan Underwood (they/he) as they break down how and why anti-fatness shows up in our lives and relationships. Listen as they get endlessly sidetracked while re-answering old advice columns about weight, fitness, and more from fat liberationist perspectives. Released almost every other Sunday.

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    Solicited: The Disability Question Feb 27, 2022
    Show notes

    While Da'Shaun is out, our friend Tommy (@tommyinboots) joins us to talk about our favorite ~munchies~ and disability. Later—for the first time!!!!!!!—we respond to a write-in from a listener (hi Jules!) Media mentioned in this episode:

    • Anna Mollow (2018) "Disability Studies Gets Fat"
    • Eli Clare's Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
    • Charlotte Cooper's Fat Activism
    • Fattening: the Podcast with Sydneysky G. - Episode 1
    • "Fategories" Explainer from Linda

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Tommy:
      • Twitter: @tommyinboots
      • Find more of tommy's work at patreon.com/tommywearsboots :)
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    Transcript can be found here.

    Chair Breaker Jan 30, 2022
    Show notes

    We each take turns sharing our favorite potluck/cookout foods (you know, in an ideal world where you know everyone's kitchen is clean). Later, we get into our own personal experiences with furniture breaking underneath us, as well as the relationship between furniture, access, and policing in schools.

    Media mentioned in this episode:

    • A thread on fatphobia and disability from Monica Kriete, MPH (@fattyMPH) on Twitter
    • Load-carrying capacity and the size of chair joints determined for users with a higher body weight from Hitka et al. (2018)
    • Office Chair mentioned

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    Transcript can be found here.

    It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay Jan 18, 2022
    Show notes

    Column for this Episode:

    • Dear Prudence: My Fiancé keeps showing me old photos to remind me of my weight gain

    Media mentioned:

    • Apple Dave’s Orchards
    • Phat Girlz
    • The 2004 movie, Sleepover, “Brownies” quote
    • Queen Latifah Recreated the RomCom in Her Image
    • Da’Shaun - Leaning into Insecurity and Ugliness as an Essential Politic
    • Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? on Hulu

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    Transcript can be found here.

    Happy New Year Jan 01, 2022
    Show notes

    We discuss our New Years traditions in various forms and rethink the usefulness of resolutions, as well as bash capitalism (what's new?), workplace "wellness" initiatives, and uneven labor in the fat liberation movement.

    This week's column:

    • Ask A Manager: "My team is requiring us to do a diet/exercise/'mental toughness' program"

    Media mentioned in this episode:

    • Scalawag Magazine's 2021 Jubilee (featuring Da'Shaun Harrison)
    • Fatphobia in Public Health and Dietetics: What Dietitians Need to Know (featuring Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete, MPH)

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    Transcript can be found here.

    The Adele-pisode Dec 12, 2021
    Show notes

    Da'Shaun shares their intense love for hot chocolate and The Polar Express, Mikey makes their hatred of nut juice known, and we delve into Adele, her new album 30, her weight loss everyone shouldn't be talking about, and what happens to the rest of us when celebrities' bodies, especially those of fat Black women, are the main topics of conversation on everyone's lips.

    Media mentioned in this episode:

    • Loosely Exactly Nicole
    • Obese Black Women as "Social Dead Weight": Reinventing the "Diseased Black Woman" by Sabrina Strings
    • Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun Harrison
    • Heavy by Kiese Laymon
    • Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
    • The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies by Andrea Elizabeth Shaw

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    The episode's transcript can be found here.

    Food Fights & Fat Lib Nov 28, 2021
    Show notes

    This week's advice column:

    • Dear Prudence: I was fat-shamed by my cousin at Thanksgiving and I threw food at her!

    Media mentioned in this episode:

    • The Indigenous Anarchist | Instagram
    • Dairy Digest Complete | Swanson Vitamins
    • Paolo Freire: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
    Is Bacon A Fruit? Nov 14, 2021
    Show notes

    This week's advice column:

    • Help! I've already lost 30 pounds, but my husband won't stop telling me to lose more.

    Media mentioned in this episode:

    • "The 'difficult' cadaver: weight bias in the gross anatomy lab" by Adeline Goss et al.
    • "Corporeal Knowledges and Deviant Bodies: Perceiving the Fat Body" by Samantha Murray
    • "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book" by Hortense Spillers

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker2.0
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    The episode's transcript can be found here.

    Meet the Fatties! Nov 01, 2021
    Show notes

    This week's advice column:

    • Help! My body-positive friends attack me for exercising.

    Media mentioned in this episode:

    • Rebel Eaters Club S2 E1: Fatphobia (& Foodphobia) is Anti-Blackness with Da’Shaun Harrison

    Find us on social media!

    • Unsolicited on Twitter
    • Unsolicited on Instagram
    • Find Da'Shaun:
      • Twitter/Insta: @DaShaunLH
    • Find Mikey:
      • Twitter: @marquisele
      • Insta: @fatmarquisele
    • Find Jordan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @jordallenhall
    • Find Caleb:
      • Twitter: @chairbreaker_
      • Insta: chairbreaker2.0
    • Find Bryan:
      • Twitter/Insta: @blackqueeriroh

    This episode's transcript can be found here.

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