Fat Girl Book Club
Jennifer Radke
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Fat Girls in Black Bodies by Joy Arlene Renee Cox with Angel Austin
Fat Girl Book Club
07/21/22 • 66 min
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
Email: [email protected]
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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad with Serena Nangia
Fat Girl Book Club
03/17/22 • 85 min
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 journey
- Learning to take care of herself while lifting up the voices of others
- Finding support as a fat person
- Dating and having sex as a fat person
- The thin gaze on the fat body
- Trying on clothes in a fat body
- The problem with before and after photos
- The fetishization of fatness
- The experience of watching her sister go through an eating disorder
- Exercise when it is a disordered behaviour
- The unsatisfying ending of the book
Keep reading everyone!
Serena's links
The Body Activists on IG and FB
The Body Activism Podcast on IG and FB
Fat Girl Book Club Links
Fat Girl Book Club Email - [email protected]
Book recommendations
Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe with Kayleigh Hyland
Fat Girl Book Club
07/09/20 • 63 min
Welcome back Kayleigh Hyland! I am so excited about having Kayleigh back to talk about another wonderful book. The tone of this book is very different but the information is spectacular.
Topics covered include:
- The difference between Body Positive Power and Fat! So?
- How this book came into Kayleigh's life
- Talking to people about body positivity
- The comparison trap
- The controversy around before and after photos
- The biggest lie of diet culture
- Dieting as a religion
- Why are we scared of our appetite?
- Why you can wear a bikini if you want to...or not!
- The line between eating disorders and disordered eating
- Boundaries
Honestly you can be fat and happy!
Links
Dietitian's Unplugged cult episode
Eating Disorder Help:
National Eating Disorder Information Center
National Eating Disorders Association
Bonus: How to Stop Hating What You See in the Mirror
Fat Girl Book Club
07/01/21 • 11 min
For more information and to register: https://iwishiwereme.com/online-course
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy with Jen Arbo
Fat Girl Book Club
09/02/21 • 78 min
Jen Arbo and I talked about the book (and movie) Dumplin' by Julie Murphy. You may remember Jen from my discussions with some of the authors of Big: Stories About Life in Plus-Sized Bodies. Jen and I really hit it off (I mean, both our names are Jen/n so obviously we were meant to be friends!) and she agreed to do another episode. I really hope you enjoy our discussion. We covered so much, including:
- Jen's Healthy at Every Size journey
- The importance of community and support to Jen's journey
- Jen's secret role models
- How thin privilege shows up in Dumplin'
- The mother figure in Dumplin' - are we sympathetic or should we burn her at the stake for her fatphobia?
- What was Willowdean trying to say by signing up for the beauty pageant?
- Will there be any lasting effects to the four misfits signing up for the pageant?
- How fatphobia is like smoking or wearing a seatbelt
- Why do we have "it could be worse" girls?
- Be the venn diagram not the pie chart!
- Book vs Movie - what is better? (Duh! but still have to discuss)
Keep reading everyone!
Jen's Links
Book Mentions
Big: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies edited by Christina Myers
Heavy by Kiese Laymon with Amy Pence-Brown
Fat Girl Book Club
09/03/20 • 70 min
Amy Pence-Brown is a legend. She has been doing body liberation work for over a decade and I feel so honoured to welcome her to show. As you will hear, she loves books and we decided to chat about a juicy one - Heavy by Kiese Laymon. Join us as we dive deep into Kiese's story. Some of our discussion topics included:
- Amy's story
- How the term body positive has changed the body image game
- How hard things have fuelled Amy's fire
- How books have helped her in her journey and how she is passing that along in the book clubs she runs
- Healthism and how it damages fat acceptance
- Why Heavy is an important work even though it is not body positive
- The intersectionality between race and body image
- Dealing with trauma as a weight loss plan
- The multiple meaning behind the title
- Why white people need to read this book
- Kiese Laymon's relationship with his mother
- Body positivity as a point on the body liberation spectrum
Resources
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk with Nadine Russell
Fat Girl Book Club
10/01/20 • 68 min
Fat Girl Bookclub podcast is all about body liberation and fat activism. I stand for those things. On this week’s episode with Nadine Russell though, we deviate slightly. The book we read was The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk and so a big part of our discussion revolved around trauma. We dive deep into what trauma does to us and what we can do to heal. A few highlights include:
- Nadine’s body image journey
- We talk about our boobs!
- Nadine gives a few body image tips
- How support systems can help us in our journey and how someone who is unsupportive can actually be helpful
- Why Nadine picked this book
- The role of DNA in intergenerational trauma
- The importance of healing our inner child
- Our personal stories of healing modalities like tapping, EMDR, Yoga, distance Reiki healing, meditation, prayer, mindfulness and gratitude
While this is a little different than talking about bodies there is a deeper message in this episode: healing is possible.
Links:
Fat! So? by Marilynn Wann with Kayleigh Hyland
Fat Girl Book Club
04/02/20 • 64 min
I live in Canada but talking to people in United States is not considered International. Not truly. Technically I know that is not true but in reality I can get to the US within a few hours, so it is different than talking to someone across an ocean. With that logic, this is the very first interview that I consider an International episode. How exciting is that!?! I talked to Kayleigh Hyland about Fat! So? by Marilynn Wann and boy did we have fun. Here is a run down of what we chatted about:
-Kayleigh’s fat positive journey
-how we don’t have a fat culture but we do have a fat community
-the joke about the pound of fat
-how hard its is to think of witty comebacks when people reference weight
-the way they changed the BMI categories arbitrarily
-our connection to our bellies, betts, upper arms and chins
-discomfort with being naked and how to work on it
-what people are looking at when they look at you
-how to start accepting your body
-the word fat
-a discussion of healthy habits
-pieces of clothing on our fat positive journeys
-our additions to the heroes and villains of fat positivity
-a new segment on Fat Girl Book Club: The Lightening Round
The links mentioned in this episode include:
Fat! So? by Marilynn Wann
https://www.amazon.ca/Fat-So-Because-Dont-Apologize/dp/0898159954/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fat%21+So%3F&qid=1585693429&s=books&sr=8-1
Kayleigh on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kayleighann88/
https://www.instagram.com/kayleighandherfriends/
https://www.instagram.com/discoveryourconfidence/
Kayleigh's blog
https://selfloveandsertraline.wordpress.com
Amanda Martinez Beck on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/your_body_is_good/
Body Positive Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe
https://www.amazon.ca/Body-Positive-Power-Because-Happening/dp/B07H9CYLH5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Body+Positive+Power&qid=1585693664&sr=8-1
Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor
https://www.amazon.ca/Body-Respect-Conventional-Health-Understand/dp/1940363195/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585693705&sr=1-1
04/01/21 • 66 min
Principle #6 - Feel your Fullness
- Difference between finding hunger and fullness
- The one food Shadoe can still not have in her house
- Shadoe’s allergy story
Principle #7 - Coping with Emotions with Kindness
- Connect with your emotions when your punishing yourself and separate that from when you’re celebrating yourself
Principle #8 - Respect your Body
- Changes from Edition 3 to Edition 4
- Watch a toddler! Take notes
- Not just food or body movement. It’s about finding safe spaces.
- Body positive versus fat liberation
- How to get people to listen when they are fat phobic
Principle #9 - Body movement
- Shadoe’s journey from childhood to Covid
- Movement as transaction
- Exercising in public
Principle #10 - Gentle Nutrition
Her body scan technique to figure out if she needs food. So good!
What intuitive eating has done for Shadoe
Where to start with Intuitive Eating
Links
Books
Secrets from the Eating Lab by Traci Mann with Dr. Shawn Hondorp
Fat Girl Book Club
01/21/21 • 73 min
Some of the things Shawn and I got into include:
- Shawn's Health at Every Size journey
- Is this a book a body positive book or a diet book?
- Why dieting is stressful and what that means for our bodies
- Why diets don't work
- Set weight range - what is it? How do we know if we're in it? Is it something that is accepted in weight science?
- The word Obesity and the Obesity Paradox
- How to read studies
- Weight stigma and how it affects our health
- The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Shawn's Booklist
Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon
Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Why Diets Make Us Fat by Sandra Aamodt
The Mindfulness Based Eating Solution by Lynn Rossy
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings
Links
Secrets from the Eating Lab by Traci Mann
Minnesota Starvation Experiment
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FAQ
How many episodes does Fat Girl Book Club have?
Fat Girl Book Club currently has 85 episodes available.
What topics does Fat Girl Book Club cover?
The podcast is about Body Image, Society & Culture, Activism, Podcasts, Books and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Fat Girl Book Club?
The episode title 'Your Better Body Image Checklist - Curate Your Social Media' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Fat Girl Book Club?
The average episode length on Fat Girl Book Club is 63 minutes.
How often are episodes of Fat Girl Book Club released?
Episodes of Fat Girl Book Club are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Fat Girl Book Club?
The first episode of Fat Girl Book Club was released on Nov 4, 2019.
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