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March 21, 2023 S3 Ep11: Life as a Sex Worker
Sex work has always been around, but it still faces huge taboos and criminalisation. And with more people than ever taking on sex work, we wanted to chat about what that world is REALLY like, especially for people in bigger bodies. So this week we’re joined by the FABULOUSLY funny Miranda Kane, who used to work under the name “Melody BBW” and actually might be louder than Lauren?!?!! And we chatted about sex worker rights, our thoughts on ‘BBW’, becoming sexually empowered, and some wild stories including Cape Face Dave, and the Bin Man… Plus we had a little catch up about the Bake Off Musical!!

P.s. a huge thank you to our Patron Ro for suggesting Miranda as a guest!

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53 min
March 14, 2023 S3 Ep10: A Beginner's Guide to BMI
We've been doing this for a while now, and of course we still always get the "What about health?" questions. So, we thought it’d be good to chat a bit more about fatness, health, and BMI. A lot of you will know this already, but it’s one of the main ways that medical professionals determine health. So you’ll often go to the GP for a medical issue and be weighed, even if it’s something irrelevant like an ear infection. It’s often the thing that’s mostly focused on in terms of improving your health, and quite often it’s even used to deny care, with cuts offs for treatment for things like infertility if you’re over a certain BMI. So we know it has a huge impact on how our health is viewed and treated. But the more we looked into it, the more we realised how backwards this system is! It was never supposed to be used like this, yet here we are, letting it have a huge impact on our self worth and quality of care. So, let's chat about it.

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51 min
March 07, 2023 S3 Ep9: The Shocking History of Clothes Sizing
We KNOW how messed up clothes sizing is. We’re taught to equate our self-worth with what size knickers we wear, which is obviously not true. And the more we looked into it the more we realised that clothes sizes are actually bull**** - it’s all made up, it’s changed over time, and it’s never consistent. Basically, we’ve been set up to fail, and we wanted to do more of a deep dive into why exactly that is. So in today's episode we're SO excited to chat to fashion historian Nicole Rudolph about where clothes sizing came from, how it got so messed up, and how we can remove the emotional aspect of sizing. This one was a huge lightbulb moment for us, so we hope you enjoy!

Also a HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the live show - it honestly was one of the best nights (if not THE best) of our lives. We didn't have time to catch up about it before releasing this ep, so we'll have a proper catch up in next week's episode xxx

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51 min
February 28, 2023 S3 Ep8: Confidence and Geordie Shore
Jess Millichamp is an ICONIC pioneer in the British plus-size fashion world, and probably the first person we ever saw living their unapologetic best life on Instagram. So we've obviously been desperate to chat to her for ages, and here she finally is! She also had us in absolute stitches the whole time, and we're 10000% going to Newcastle for a night out (thoughts on Tequila Rose...?) We're also chatting about confidence, answering some of your questions, and getting a sneak peak at what goeson behind the scenes to make her incredible clothing line!! Plus Lauren attempts some horrific Geordie accents and we freak out about the live show THIS FRIDAY 😅 Couple of tickets left here if you haven't got your yet! xxx https://www.tegeurope.com/events/go-love-yourself/

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54 min
February 22, 2023 S3: Introducing... Other People's Pockets: Mistress Marley, Financial Dominatrix
Here's a preview of another podcast we think you’ll enjoy, Other People's Pockets.

Have you ever wondered how your friend affords a new outfit for every night out, or why that colleague makes everyone meticulously split the tab down to the last Diet Coke? Other People's Pockets is a show about other people’s money. Host Maya Lau asks people from all walks of life to get radically transparent about their personal finances in order to learn more about who we are and level the playing field a little bit along the way. In this preview, Maya sits down with Mistress Marley, a financial dominatrix who makes money from people whose kink is simply giving her lots of cash, without being physically touched in return. Mistress Marley talks bondage, real-time reparations, and why her clients think giving away money is a turn-on. Listen the full episode and more from Other People's Pockets here!

11 min
February 21, 2023 S3 Ep7: Our Relationships with Exercise
Wellll it’s safe to say our relationships with exercise are NOT the best. We grew up feeling like exercise was a punishment, something we weren’t cut out for, or something to justify what we could eat. But after our episode with intuitive movement expert Tally Rye in season 1, we’ve been thinking more about how much movement could do for our mental health, relationships with our bodies, and just overall lives. Trying to improve our relationships with exercise is a really long and complicated process, but in this episode we wanted to give you an honest look at what that “journey” has been like for us so far. Plus, Lauren chats to us about trying her first ever dance class after putting it off for years!

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49 min
February 14, 2023 S3 Ep6: Ozempic and Diet Culture Myths with AUBREY GORDON
We cannot believe it, but today we’re chatting to one of our absolute HEROES, fat activist Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend). In this episode we’re myth-busting all things “wellness” and diet culture, including the ghost from the future who *apparently* popularised celery juice, and the viral weight-loss drug, Ozempic. Plus we chat about getting into fat activism, supporting marginalised bodies, and the new US guidance encouraging diets in children as young as 2.

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50 min
February 07, 2023 S3 Ep5: Anxiety and Panic Attacks
We've chatted about our anxiety a lot, but it's time to dive a bit deeper (Lauren's favourite 😉). While people are talking more openly about anxiety, and we LOVE it, the differences between feeling anxious and having an Anxiety Disorder are often forgotten. Not to mention how often the more taboo bits, like intrusive thoughts and panic attacks, still face a bit of stigma. So this week we've recruited Anxiety Josh to chat us through the different types of anxiety disorders (including GAD, agoraphobia, panic disorder and OCD), how to recognise these, and how to help ourselves/our friends if they're struggling with anxiety. We absolutely loved chatting to Josh, and it couldn't have come at a better time considering what Anxious Aardvark's we are right now. Surprisingly, this episode was also HILARIOUS to record, and we learnt a bit about the kink world... Plus we catch up about our Valentine's Plans (or lack thereof😅)!

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1 hr
January 31, 2023 S3 Ep4: Cutting Out “Hi Hun” Friends
It's not something we talk about enough, but making friends as an adult is HARD. You grow up seeing all these amazing friend groups on TV, but we promise it's not always like that, and you're not alone if you're feeling friendship anxiety. Plus, sometimes friendships aren't serving you and it's okay to cut them out!! We don't see movies about friendship breakups but seriouslyyyy they can be just as hard as romantic ones! So today, we're chatting all things friendships - why we feel anxious about them, how to find new pals, when/how to cut people out, and SO much more. Plus we react to some Am I the Asshole submissions on Reddit about other people's friendships, and oh my god it's the best thing ever (absolutely living for the drama of these!!!)

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49 min
January 24, 2023 S3 Ep3: The Reality of Binge Eating (with Therapist Sarah Dosanjh)
This is an episode we’ve been wanting to do for such a long time. We’ve spoken a bit about our experiences with overeating and our disordered relationships with food, but in this episode we’re speaking to former binge eater turned psychotherapist, Sarah Dosanjh, about the reality of binge eating disorder, learning to be kinder to ourselves, how to recognise it’s a problem for you, and how to take the first steps toward recovery.

It very much became a therapy session for us, so a warning that this episode contains detailed references to eating disorders, particularly binge eating disorder. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder, please visit beateatingdisorders.org.uk. You can also find Sarah’s Youtube channel and podcast here.

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1 hr 1 min

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Welcome to Go Love Yourself! It’s the show where we’re all learning to love ourselves a little more 💖 Laura Adlington (left, 2020 GBBO Finalist) and her best friend Lauren Smith (right) grew up in…