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Full Body Frequency

Episode 211

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This week’s Full Body Frequency is all about dressing and undressing as metaphors for armor, power, masking, and presentation.

the flow

Yours truly shares my opinion on the the short-lived #DropThePlus campaign, Target’s partnership with Lilly Pulitzer, my spring fashion picks, and more plus-size travel adventures!

global hotness

Internationally renowned and award-winning, Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn joins me. We talk about her rich body of work including her participation in the just opened and AMAZING Dandy Lion: (Re)Articulating Black Masculine Identity exhibit, her recent trip to Abu Dhabi, and the perceptions and misperceptions of her black body while wearing a hijab.

changing frequencies

The Femme FATales, a new plus size burlesque troupe, makes its world debut this week during The Flab’N Fab Review. Hear co-founders Iridessence and Molotowcocktease and member Jellie Mae Jones explain why full-figured women need a safe space to learn and perform the empowering art of burlesque.

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Full Body Frequency

Episode 210

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Full Body Frequency welcomes film makers, curators, and programmers, Clairesa Clay and Floyd Webb. We discuss their exciting, new projects along with some of this summer’s most anticipated independent, international, and diasporic films.

Brooklyn-born and based educator, writer, and artist Clairesa Clay and I talk:

*The Luminal Theater, her soon-to-be opened microcinema in New York City's historic Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood;

*Her CeeCee's Film Salon;

*Women film makers; and,

*the importance of plus-size women in the film industry--in front of the camera and behind it.

Mississippi-born and Chicago-raised Floyd Webb has an extensive and global background in cinema, photojournalism, publishing and advertising.

We talk:

*Pioneering Black filmmaker and writer Oscar Michaeux's groundbreaking film 1920, "Within Our Gates;"

*Webb's monthly Black World Cinema screenings;

*His current documentary film projects, "Space Race" and "The Search For Count Dante;" and,

*Film festivals.

Show Resources:

Clairesa Clay (Twitter: @clayclaybk):

-The Central Park Five: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/centralparkfive/

-Daughters of The Dust: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104057/

-3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets: http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/jordan-davis-documentary-3-1-2-minutes-ten-bullets-opens-today-watch-2-clips-20150619

Floyd Webb (floydwebb.com):

-Black World Cinema: blackworldcinema.net

-Njinga: Queen of Angola: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3463004/

-Space Race: space-race.net

-The Film Reporter: http://www.thefilmreporter.com/festivals/festivals_Top%2012%20Black%20Film%20Festivals.htm

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Full Body Frequency

Episode 209

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If you’re like me, you love a good love story. One of my close friends and college classmates met a man! He’s perfect for her, she’s perfect for him. Really, they’re just perfect for one another. So, my crew and I are so excited to attend our friend’s wedding this fall in New York City.

It is in this spirit of excitement and expectation that Full Body Frequency launches a monthly series on relationships.

Who better to kick-off off the series than Shafonne Myers, Editor-in-Chief of Pretty Pear Bride? Pretty Pear Bride is the world's only site solely dedicated to bringing bridal imagery to plus-size brides. It features real weddings, engagements and styled shoots showcasing attire and wedding styling ideas for curvy brides and bridesmaids. She’ll be here to talk about Pretty Pear Bride along with two of her other plus-size brands that launch soon.

Joining us a bit later in the show is LaNita Pearson. In less than two months she’ll be walking down that aisle and jumping over that broom into wedded bliss. LaNita’s blog, One Curvy Bride, chronicles her upcoming wedding and everything that comes with it including the joys, pains, and acceptance of shopping for a wedding dress in a size 20 body.

Grab a glass of champagne and let’s toast to new beginnings in love, curvy-style.

Pretty Pear Bride: http://prettypearbride.com/

Pretty Pear Bride Bridal Salon Directory: http://prettypearbride.com/bridal-salon-directory/

One Curvy Bride: http://www.onecurvybride.com/

One Curvy Bride T-Shirts: http://www.onecurvybride.com/shop

What is your Bridal Style? Take the quiz and get custom recommendations based on your results: http://essensedesigns.com/blog/what-is-your-bridal-style/

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Full Body Frequency

Episode 208

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I can’t believe that this is the first week of August. Where has the summer gone? But before it’s all over, there’s more warm weather to enjoy and lots of places to rock fierce fashion!

Speaking of warm places and fashion spaces, popular plus-size blogger and fashion expert, Marie Denee aka The Curvy Fashionista, joins Full Body Frequency today. She’ll be here to talk blogging, community engagement, and her highly anticipated TCF Style Expo which returns to Atlanta, GA for the second year, August 12-13. And for those of you who act quickly, there are a few tickets left.

Before The Curvy Fashionista hits the mic, Tejera Magee and Simone Mariposa join me. These jet-setting, swimsuit rocking, plus-size models talk about their new radio show, “A Fat Girl’s World,” and how Simone’s #WeWearWhatWeWant campaign is blowing up social media.

There’s no better way to celebrate summer than by embracing our fat bodies and adorning them with fashion that slays. And, we do all of this on Full Body Frequency today. STAY TUNED!

A Fat Girl’s World

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Tejera Magee, co-host

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plussizebeautytejera/

Simone Mariposa, co-host

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonemariposa/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonemariposa

The TCF Style Expo

http://tcfstyleexpo.com/

Friday, August 12 & Saturday,August 13, 2016

The Curvy Fashionista: http://thecurvyfashionista.com/

Marie Denee: http://www.mariedenee.com/

Full Body Frequency

Episode 207

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Today’s show is all about getting your summer groove on!

I’m out of the studio and hanging with Tarshel Beards, Full Body Frequency’s resident world traveler; makeup maven, beauty blogger, and holistic goddess in her South Loop, Chicago digs.

We talk about changing up our summer beauty regimes-makeup, sunscreens, fragrances, and workouts; summer fashion and fashion shifts for traveling to Miami and to Egypt. We discuss our personal summer dietary changes: vegetarianism, veganism, and chicken wings. Yes, chicken wings! Are collard greens the new kale? #HAES

Later in the show, Tarshel and I chat about balancing out our hormones with our mutual love for Shatavari aka 'the herb of a woman with a thousand husbands." We even talk about what’s currently playing in our ears.

Yes, this episode of Full Body Frequency is all about being your best and summer fresh. So grab your girlfriends, grab some cool drinks, and stay tuned!

Onyx Beauty: https://onyxbeauty.wordpress.com/

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Episode 206

My first guest-and you’ve seen her everywhere, from Runner’s World to the Today Show and every media outlet and blog in between-is Krista Henderson. She is the founder, the face, and the BODY of Born to Reign™ Athletics which is about unleashing your inner strength and celebrating your power to reign over your life, your body and your spirit in a healthy way. Created by and inspired by Krista’s own experiences as an award-winning, plus-size triathloner and indoor rower, Born to Reign Athletics provides information, tools and resources dedicated to motivating, educating and celebrating plus size athletes. Like Nike she is Just Do-ING it and creating a fresh culture of athleticism for plus-size women.

Born To Reign Athletics: Plus Size Athletes: www.borntoreignathletics.com

Joining Full Body Frequency a bit later in the show is Olympic historian, media personality, and event analyst, Idy Uyoe of Idy Sports. He and I talk little known and fascinating Olympic game facts; the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Rio: the good, the bad, the ugly; and which plus-size Olympic athletes you should be checking for.

Idy Uyoe: idysports.com

"The Olympic Moment" Video Series - The Stories Behind the Story: www.youtube.com/channel/UCSit6ziSR6na8IuRknRhLGQ/videos

Rio 2016 Olympics: www.rio2016.com/en

Plus One:

Fab-U-Plus Magazine: http://www.fabuplusmagazine.com/#!about-us/c22j5

Full Body Frequency

Episode 205

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Meg Burke is a recent graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University. Armed with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in costume design, this curvy costumer is headed out into the real world. We’ll talk about the perceptions of plus-size professionals in the entertainment industry and whether or not she wants OR even could create a costume design practice around fat bodies.

http://www.megburkedesign.com/

Growing up Linda RM Jones’ mother would often say to her, 'Beauty is as beauty does and you’ve got a long way to go.' In her new book, "Cordelia and Me: The Pains, Challenges, and Journey of Becoming Me," Jones explores the revelation of self-discovery, self-love, and the love of others in spite of childhood wounds and abuse.

https://www.amazon.com/Cordelia-Me-Challenges-Journey-Becoming/dp/1530132614/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466053098&sr=8-1&keywords=cordelia+and+me

Joining Full Body Frequency later in the show is fashion designer Courtney Washington. We talk about his unusual beginnings in the fashion industry: designing for plus women FIRST and later adding small sizes to his highly anticipated fashion collections. We’ll also talk about why he relocated his manufacturing from NYC’s garment district to Kingston, Jamaica; how he’s revolutionized the game with one single fabric, AND he’ll even share his picks for this year’s hottest spring and summer fashions.

http://www.courtneywashingtonstore.com/

Full Body Frequency welcomes the full-figured and fabulous, award-winning and critically acclaimed writer, director, actress, and producer Carla Stillwell.

She’s been in the industry for over 30 years and must have begun her theater career right out of her mother’s womb.

Carla and I talk about:

-Life as a plus size actress and her one-woman shows "Carla Stillwell: Your Love is Like Hot Fried Chicken" and "Carla Stillwell: In Search of My Silky Underthings;"

-Her passion for writing and directing;

-The current and exciting focus on plus size Hollywood: Gabourey Sidibe, Rebel Wilson, Melissa McCarthy, Danielle Brooks, Brooke Elliott and others;

-Size-blind casting; and,

-MPAACT’s remount of her award-winning and critically acclaimed (http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-divine-order-of-becoming/Event?oid=17531160), “The Divine Order of Becoming."

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Episode 203

FOOD

Where do celebrities and foodies go for the most delicious fried chicken and EGGNOG waffles? To Melba’s, of course! Melba Wilson, the Harlem born, bred, and buttered restaurateur joins me to talk about her hot new cookbook, "Melba’s American Comfort;" throwing down on the Food Network's Chef Bobby Flay; and making comfort food healthy.

http://books.simonandschuster.com/Melbas-American-Comfort/Melba-Wilson/9781476795287

http://www.melbasrestaurant.com/#locations

CLOTHING

Tired of jeans that don’t fit? Gap in the back or muffin top stuffin'? Then, you need 2B(Continued)Jeans. Conchita Jamison, the founder and president of this dynamic denim company, joins us for an update and to share her upcoming runway presentation during Full-Figured Fashion Week. 

http://www.2bcontjeans.com/#!conchita-e-jamison-founder--president/c1uiz

SHELTER

We’ll change our dieting and spiritual frequencies with Lana Simmons. Lana is the founder and host of The Lana Simmons Show AND sizeHUMAN, a body positivity podcast. She is a recovering dieter whose long and considerable past on the diet roller coaster includes LAP-BAND® surgery. Since Lana’s gotten off that ride, the world has become her oyster.

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