Fat Like Me

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!

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!

PJ Gardner and I discuss following your dreams in your 40s, accepting writing help through beta feedback, surviving query rejections, how the only thing that matters in the end is that you write, fat stigma, and more!

Brenda and I discuss finding your community in Pitch Wars, submission tips, writing fat mcs, how to push the convo for fat acceptance, de-stressing at conferences more!

*Content Warning: Diet and disordered eating*

Alexa and I discuss the issues that an app like WW for kids can create. We also talk about how to become a librarian and what that job truly is like, her path to publication and more!

Gallt Zacker literary agent Linda Camacho and I discuss the need for fat rep in kidlit, the path to querying, the importance of seeing yourself in books and movies, positive fat rep, what she's looking for next, and more!

Plus This co-host, actor, and writer Kathy Deitch and I discuss lack of fat rep in Hollywood, fat stigma on Broadway, how diet culture started, the effect of fatphobic language in the home, standing up to your dr more!

We discuss the importance of YA f/f and ace rep, the importance of not trading values for a quick sale, Linsey's path to publishing, pushing the convo for body diversity in kidlit, finding your people to survive the writer’s life and more!

Blink YA Books editor Hannah and I discuss the positive effects of publishing body diverse stories, why fat rep matters, how publishing is changing, what she's looking to acquire more!