Fat! So? by Marilynn Wann with Kayleigh Hyland

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

-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

Previous Episode

You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar with Jenna Donovan

If I could have a Fat Girl Dinner Party and I could invite anyone I wanted to, Virgie Tovar would be top of my list. I have heard her on so many podcasts and I have watched her YouTube video but this book, You have the Right to Remain Fat, changed the way I looked at everything. This week on Fat Girl Book Club, Jenna Donovan from The Self-Compassion Project and I get into all the ways diet culture and fat phobia intersect with racism, classism and sexism. Some of the other things we talked about include:

-Jenna’s Health at Every Size journey

-How fitness and health clash

-Moving your body to feel good and not for weight loss. A discussion of jiggling

-The wonderful world of napping

-You don’t have to change your body

-How women are educated to be women. What rom-coms, Sex in the City and The Babysitters Club taught us

-How fat phobia has affected her life

-How diet culture has affected our lives

-Whether or not bootstrapping is just an American ideology or if it has seeped into Canadian culture

-The intersections between diets culture and sexism

-The internalization of inferiority

-The importance of language and how its being used against us

-Classism and racism in diet culture

-Why privilege is misunderstood

Enjoy this discussion and let me know your thoughts!

The Self Compassion Project Website:
https://www.selfcompassionprojectyeg.com/?fbclid=IwAR0sC9NKryOlA2pd9HWIZeH-q4n_URteJviZCj81opob1tsgqxifQG_HZ-c

The Self Compassion Project Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/theselfcompassionproject/

The Self Compassion Project Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/theselfcompassionprojectyeg/

You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar:
https://www.amazon.ca/You-Have-Right-Remain-Fat-ebook/dp/B07CSHWZ5H/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=You+Have+the+Right+to+Remain+Fat&qid=1584462575&s=books&sr=8-1-fkmr1

Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison:
https://www.amazon.ca/Anti-Diet-Reclaim-Well-Being-Happiness-Intuitive/dp/0316420352/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Anti+Diet&qid=1584462618&sr=8-1

Wage gap between men and women in Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/4741304/statistics-canada-gender-earnings-gap/

Timeline of the Wet'suwet'en protests happening in Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/6560125/timeline-wetsuweten-pipeline-protests/

Next Episode

Something a Little Different

This is a really different world we are living in! The stress and anxiety of the new normal got to me in the last few weeks and I didn't prepare an interview. Instead, I gathered up a few clips from past guests and put them together. I think you're going to love this compilation.

Some of the topics we cover:

-the risks of dieting

-how the fears when we drop out of diet culture are real

-why mental health is important to add to the discussion of dropping out of diet culture

-how we need to start looking at bodies differently

-how to connect to your body individually

-the power of diversifying your social media

-the importance of boundaries

-celebrate how wonderful you are

Contact links for my guests:

Deb Lesko
https://www.facebook.com/DietsDontWorkditchdietculture/

Amanda Murphy
https://www.instagram.com/theamandamurphy/