Fat Like Me

Captain Awkward and I discuss her path to creating an advice column, how to own living in a fat body, how parents might raise kids with disordered eating in their quest for thinness, tips for finding a HAES DR, honoring your partner's size while adjusting your fatphobic gaze and more!Support the show

Rebecca and I discuss growing up in a religious home and how it changed her writing, the Nike plus-size workout wear uproar, life as a Wattpad star, growing a thick skin from rejection, writing without harm, writing fat characters, and more!Support the show

Ashley and I discuss her path to publication, writing picture books, how diet culture changes society’s view of bodies, changing media to normalize body diversity, cute plus size clothes, yes, fat people can be fashionable, and more!Support the show

In part 2 of chatting all things fat with SMASH IT author Francina Simone we discuss health care for fat people, when skinny people give advice about your body because they “care”, when body autonomy is taken away from girls at a young age when puberty hits, why MG stories are so important, especially upper MG and more!Support the show

Francina Simone discusses her OTHELLO retelling SMASH IT, life long effects of body dysmorphia, sisterhood, why moving matters, drinking on the Seine, kids and traveling, her path to publication, Booktubing and more!Support the show

Chris shares some of his poems in his MG debut ALL OF ME and we discuss the path to debut, writing in verse, the need for revisions, why boys need positive fat rep too, how detrimental diets are for kids, how to be happy with your body as it is in that moment and more!Support the show

**CW: this episode features talk about disordered eating and body dysmorphia**I chat all things fat with WITHIN and WITHOUT author Deborah Maroulis. We discuss the need to celebrate puberty and changing bodies with positivity, humans relationship with food, media, and diet culture and how it effects our relationship with our bodies, the need for more studies about stress and weight, and more.Support the show

Claire and I discuss the path to releasing a debut and sophomore novel, her happy, fat, Black girl magic stories, the need for more college age YA books, & more!Support the show

on today's Fat Like Me pod I discuss with writer, authortuber, and fat activist Destiny Murtaugh how fat is not a choice, the path to fat activism, finding your power and self confidence, the 90s rave scene, letting go of internalized fat phobia, and moreSupport the show

I chat all things fat with THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT SWEETIE author Sandhya Menon. We discuss fat romance in YA, the need for positive fat role models, how fat phobia is invasive in different cultures, storylines showing mcs loving themselves right from the start, how to write a fat character with care and respectSupport the show