Sofieland: The Bunker

In part two of a two-part conversation Sofie talks to Your Fat Friend about interacting with thin people, strategies for social change, troll storms, dating while fat, internalised anti-fatness, the upsides of being a fat person, the fat community, vulnerability and fat representation.

Trigger warning – childhood trauma, street harassment, bullying, suicide, fatphobia, shame, the diet/weight loss industry, street harassment

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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In part one of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Your Fat Friend about being an anonymous essayist and very fat person online, being both invisible and hypervisible, anti-fat culture, fat activism, different cultural attitudes to fat people, navigating thin fragility and the body positivity movement.

Trigger warning – violence, murder, online abuse, menstruation, death threats, rape threats, doxxing, stalking, the diet/weight loss industry, death, fatphobia, eating disorders

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Stewart Lee about 30 years of stand-up comedy, being a parent, reckless behavior, the character of Stewart Lee, having a different childhood to the one people imagine, clown theory, obscure '70s musicians, not being recognised and being described as the greatest living comedian.

Trigger warning – violence, being mugged, mental health issues, death threats, adoption, divorce

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Jamie Windust about modeling, writing, crafting their look, being called brave, gender identity, queerness, coming out as non-binary, navigating public space when you’re gender nonconforming, giving talks, being funny and getting their haircut. 

Trigger warning – sex, scat, harassment, assault, microaggressions 

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Sara Barron about stand-up comedy, navigating true stories, jealousy, relationships, moving to the UK, being a viable adult, parenthood, funny sex stories, how she got together with her husband and being a big farter.

Trigger warning – fertility issues, abortion, infidelity, sex

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Alice Fraser about writing a trilogy of personal comedy shows, her unusual upbringing, her mother's illness and death, people pleasing, making trouble, having a grandmother who was a holocaust survivor, buddhism, moments of kindness, epigenetics and holding her identity loosely.

Trigger warning – bereavement, death, MS, cancer, the holocaust, violence against children, bullying, suicide, trauma

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to RoxXxan about being a tomboy, navigating the music industry as a young gay rapper from Birmingham, experiencing homelessness, teaching spin class, the Jamaican Rastafarian and Irish Catholic parts of her heritage, spirituality, Crystals, astrology and her new music project: For Her

Trigger warning – homelessness, brief mention of someone else’s experience of child sexual abuse, trauma, slavery, racism, homophobia, violence, debt collection, depression, mental health issues, bereavement

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Sameena Zehra about non violence, imaginary worlds, imaginary friends, justice, tribalism, having a privileged upbringing, The Hunger Games, talking herself out of jobs, acting, dark fantasies, letting people in, honesty and stepping on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s foot.

Trigger warning – divorce, trauma, violence, war, refugees, parental/family violence, death, funerals, torture, emotional abuse

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Kemah Bob about finding out what she was fleeing from, therapy, healing, confronting people about childhood traumas, comedy, weed, majoring in theatre, navigating mental health services in central Texas and being a pansexual femme of colour.

Trigger warning – bipolar disorder, childhood trauma, emotional abuse and manipulation, mania, drug use, medication, depression, mental health institutions, hospitals, needles, self harm, social anxiety, psychosis

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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Sofie talks to Chloe Petts about resolutions, sadness, being a queer lesbian masculine woman, comedy, change, coming out, dealing with aggression on the street, vulnerability, the LOL Word, having amazing parents, football, homelessness outreach work and The Bishop of Borneo.

Trigger warning – street harassment/violence, hate crimes, panic, anxiety, social pressure, shame, homophobia, biphobia, breakups, homelessness

Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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