Fat Like Me

A talk with upcoming THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME author Nafiza Azad about life as a debut author, how language plays a role in writing, and how the support of family makes a huge difference when you're fat.

I chat all things fat with FAT GIRL ON A PLANE and DAY ZERO author Kelly Devos. Tune in to hear us discuss why the world needs more girl coders, fat fashion, who the denim diaper was invented for, judgement within the fat community, books featuring weight loss, and what to do when your jeep gets stuck in the swamp

Today we chat all things fat with KAZU JONES AND THE DENVER DOGNAPPERS author Shauna Holyoak. We talk transparency in publishing, debut year tips, online pitch contests, and the need for body diverse main characters in kidlit as the norm, not the exception

I chat all things fat with RDN Whitney Catalano, creator of the Trust Your Body Project. We talk about how fat isn't a feeling, weight stigma, the effect of trauma from being bullied while fat, resources for the fat acceptance movement, and how language plays a part in education of normalizing body diversity at a young age

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 respect.

**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.

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!

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!

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!

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!