Fat. So?

If there's one thing Pallavi and Ameya have both learned making this podcast, it's the important of fat acceptance. But, as always, they have differing perspectives on how fat acceptance works. In this episode, join them as they talk about their experiences learning to accept themselves and the work they still need to do. Also: truly epic rant.

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Nobody likes an arrogant brag, and humility is an important trait. That's why we make jokes about ourselves and don't like to brag, and respond to compliments with surprise and negation. But what happens when humility is humiliation and self deprecation becomes the way you punish yourself for not conforming to society's (idiotic) requirements? Pallavi and Ameya talk about their experiences with self-deprecation in this episode, and how damaging and dangerous it can be. It's not all rage though, there's science and giggles and how they have found ways to cope.

Check out this talk: https://ideas.ted.com/why-rejection-hurts-so-much-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Rejection is like the silent, smelly fart that seeps through the room making everyone wrinkle their nose but no one addresses it. It's subtle, it's under handed, it's like ghosting in modern day relationships. You know you've been wronged but who do you blame for it? People, fat phobia, your own insecurities? And also what do you do about it? You've got to keep going back—whether it's school, university, the job, home and family, the public spaces; basically everywhere that you are not alone.

One of the greatest weapons society has over all of us is shame. It has many raison's d'etre, some good, some bad, but what does it do to fatsos? What are all the extra special ways that we are stifled and held back by the special shaming we receive because of fatphobia? Pallavi and Ameya chat about the origins of shame, its psychological consequences, and their personal experiences of shame in their lives.

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Being fat adds another layer of trauma to the existing mental health issues impacting today’s modern world. How did that impact the Fatsos? What have they done about it individually to emerge? Will they ever fully recover? How do they navigate the world with their learnings and demons? Ameya and Pallavi discuss some never-before shared personal experiences as they journey through their experience with mental health. And come to a realisation about oxygen masks and kindness.Also, Ameya gets back to ranting, a few times!

Today, Ameya and Pallavi talk about two very important things: fatphobia and fat liberation. If you've ever felt that your very existence as a fatso made you... less, that you needed to apologise for it, to disappear, if you hate fat bodies and reject them even though you have one, you're dealing with fatphobia. Why do we hate fat bodies so much? And what can we do about it? Listen now to find out.
In this episode we discuss:
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/893006538
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/fat-phobia
https://www.sofiehagen.com/fat
https://ravishly.com/take-cake-revisiting-fat-liberation-manifesto-46-years-later

Welcome back to Season 2! 
Pallavi and Ameya look back on all they've learned over the past year, and discuss the ways they have grown in their understanding of fatphobia, fat stigma and fat liberation. (Ameya makes Pallavi cry :D) Tune in for this first episode of season 2, with love, laughter, tears and togetherness.

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In this final episode of season 1, the fatsos tackle the biggest themes of all: relationships. How does being fat affect your relationship, with friends, lovers, family? Listen to hear about Pallavi's family drama and witness Ameya have a couple of epiphanies—live!

It's finally here! The episode where Pallavi and Ameya get to rant (a LOT) about chairs. And other things, of course. They talk about all the ways in which the world is physically hostile to fatsos, how they've felt while navigating it, and how they have found some peace at last. Plus, rants! Yes, even Pallavi!

Sex: that exciting, taboo, controversial, fun thang that almost everyone thinks of, wants, craves and desires. However, are there enough conversations around it and especially sex for fat people. As Ameya shares her liberated views, Pallavi has a darker journey to the fun times.
Things we discuss in this episode:

Big Big Love by Hanne Blank

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