A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

If you’d like to learn more about mental health care by and for fat folks, please check out Tend and Cultivate Counselling.

Michelle Osbourne (she/her) reinvented her life after divorce. She wanted to normalize being a fat, Black, queer woman and built her social media platform by sharing authentically and vulnerably about her life. Michelle also shares her beautiful engagement story!

Michelle Osbourne is a body image activist and socialpreneur who specializes in helping marginalized communities build socially conscious brands. She works from an anti-racist, anti-oppression, intersectional feminist framework and can often be heard speaking on topics such as body image activism, self-confidence, marginalized woman issues and LGBTQ2+ rights.

She was named one of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Black Changemakers in 2021 and has worked with organizations such as Dove, SiriusXM and Bell just to name a few. She’s also been frequently interviewed on radio, podcasts, T.V., magazines and owns her own communications studio Michelle Osbourne & Co. Michelle is the self-proclaimed SheEO of Giving Zero Fux body liberation content creator helping women gain the confidence to unapologetically live their best lives.

Please connect with Michelle on her website, TikTok, and Instagram.

This episode’s poem is “Lover”by Ada Limon.

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

If you’d like to learn more about mental health care by and for fat folks, please check out Tend and Cultivate Counselling.

Heather Mader (she/her) and Ali Kight (she/her) teamed up to improve how people who menstruate insert tampons. Designed in 1931 and having gone through almost no improvements since, traditional tampons weren’t designed to accommodate different body types, disabilities, injuries. Ali founded TINA Healthcare to change this, and when Heather tried the first prototype, she knew she wanted to get involved in the design of the product. This partnership is a great example of how companies can co-design with fat folks who have lived experience and wisdom to share- and build a better product for all.

Heather Mader is a personal chef of 20+ years and a working professional artist and teacher of abstract art. She lives in Portland Oregon and when not cooking or painting, enjoys meditating and cultivating her spiritual practice. Please connect with Heather here.

Ali Kight is a Ph.D. candidate from Stanford University in smart materials and biomimetic design for medical devices. She founded TINA Healthcare to translate cutting-edge scientific innovations to solve real problems in womxn’s health. Please connect with Ali on the TINA Healthcare website and on Instagram.

This episode’s poem is called “Never Alone” by Kaveri Patel.

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

Andrea Kelly (she/her) collaborates with outdoor apparel brands to extend their plus-sizing, because no one should be excluded from outdoor activities for a lack of clothing options. With 20 years of experience in the apparel industry, Andrea shares why it’s so hard for brands to warm up to the idea of more diverse sizing, why they’re leaving money on the table by not making plus-size clothing (hint: plus-size is the majority of our population), and the two key moments that sparked her desire to make change from the inside out.

Featured as one of Outside Business Journal's Top 20 Most Influential People in the Outdoor Industry (2022), Andrea Kelly is a Size Inclusion advocate with over 20 years’ experience in the Apparel business. She believes strongly that the Outdoors are for every body and strives to make changes in the industry.

She is the Founder, CEO & Advisor of the newly founded Make Plus Equal, an advisory firm that guides outdoor apparel brands who are interested in, yet Intimidated to serve diverse bodies outside their comfort zone and the outdated sizing norm. By sharing her experiences, case studies, consumer insights, customer relations, and market knowledge, Andrea helps brands feel confident in driving their businesses forward, building more inclusive collections and media representation, growing their market-share, and earning the trust of loyal customers who have long-been marginalized by the fashion industry.

Mentioned in this episode are Chub Hub PDX, Fat Joy’s Martinus Evans episode, and Fat Joy’s Pam Luk episode.

Please connect with Andrea through her website and Instagram.

This episode’s poem is called “Jump” by Alison Luterman.

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

Leslie Jordan Garcia (she/her) experienced a racially motivated betrayal that started her eating disorder. Recovery led her to specialize in coaching racialized people through their own eating disorders. She shares how we can individually liberate ourselves, engage in intersectional healing, and stop demonizing our cultural foods.  

Leslie is a multi-certified ED recovery and fitness professional who is on a mission to dismantle barriers to ED treatment and fitness. She holds dual master’s degrees in business administration and public health, with a career across healthcare, education, and non-profit sectors. She feels fortunate to combine her expertise with the additional lived experience at the intersections of binge eating disorder recovery and joy-filled life in a larger body and loves being the Hype ED Recovery Coach!

Please connect with Leslie on Instagram and Ko-fi. And check out her podcast too. 

This episode’s poem is called “Gather” by Rose McLarney.

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

Manny Martins-Karman (she/her) was stuck in Covid lockdown thinking she would have lots of time for her abstract art. But that didn’t happen. Instead, she felt disconnected. So, she posted a fashion video like what she’d seen her fave influencers do. A few videos later, Manny went viral. She shares how playing with clothes has led to her being told that she’s changing people’s lives. 

Manny Martins-Karman is an artist, graphic designer, fashionista, wife, mother, coffee drinker, and people watcher. During the Covid lock-downs, inspired by her favourite creators, she posted videos and quickly became part of an inspiring community that uses fashion as a form of creativity. She uses her closet and outfits to bring joy to those who follow her. #wearwhatmakesyouhappy

Please connect with Manny on Instagram and tiktok. 

Link to Deepa Iyer’s Social Change Map. 

This episode’s poem is “Triple Sonnet for my Aggressive Forehead”  by Dorothy Chan

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