Forget Body Ideals and Find Body Joy!

Fantastical Fatty Podcast

04/28/23 • 50 min

FORGET SOCIETY'S BODY STANDARDS AND FIND BODY JOY!

FIERCE AND CURVY EMPIRE | @fierceandcurvyempire

At a certain point, we just have to stop giving a crap about other people's opinions (seriously, who cares?) and forget about trying to fit into society's beauty standards for the sake of finding our own body joy! Only then can we start to confidently take up space and be the best version of ourselves...the version that's changing the freaking world!
Queen K Says...

"Taking up space is not giving a damn what anyone else is thinking, to fully experience the moment and not have anything else take you away from that."

How much juiciness can we fit into one podcast episode? You're about to find out! I talked with the Queens of Fierce and Curvy Empire, founder Queen K and her crew Queen D and Queen C, and we dove into what it looks like when we buy into society's body ideals and thin beauty standards and why we have to STOP GIVING A CRAP about all of that and discover our own body joy!

Some of the highlights of our convo include,

Why we need to stop waiting to lose weight to feel worthy
Exploring dance in a plus-size body as a journey, not a destination
What happens when we move for joy, not maximum calorie burn
Finding body joy when life throws you a curve ball
The glorious concept of Fat Vanity?
No longer internalizing body shame that others carry and project onto us
Why fat representation matters for younger generations
The frustration of existing in a society that doesn't want to see fat people living their best lives
When someone tells a fat person they're so brave ... and why sometimes that feels awesome and other times totally sucks!

All Resources We Talked About

Meet the Queens of FACE!

Queen K created FACE, an all-inclusive full-figured dance company that provides a safe and strong community, and believes that everyone has the right to move their bodies and take up space. Queen K is joined by Queen D and Queen C to create a safe and encouraging community to bring out the fierce queen within YOU! This no judgement zone is where we will build each other up, straighten each other’s crowns, and show the world that we are not defined by our size.

Connect with the Queens

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About Fantastical Fatty
Lindsay Johnson, aka Fantastical Fatty, is a fat joy activist, fat liberationist, and fat fitness lover. They believe fat people deserve to love their fat bodies and take up space!
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Stay Fat & Fantastic,
Lindsay 😘

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04/28/23 • 50 min

Fantastical Fatty Podcast - Forget Body Ideals and Find Body Joy!

Transcript

FACE - Stop Giving a Crap about Society's Body Standards or Live Your Fat Joy Life!

[00:00:00] When we liberate ourselves, we liberate others because other people are seeing that modeled. Other people are going well. If they can do it, why can't I do it? Representation matters.

[00:00:10] Representation matters. Absolutely. Like if you don't see fat people dancing, you don't see them swimming, you don't see them out walking. Well, if no one else like me isn't doing it, that means t

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