The Fat Lip

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Happy Halloween! Last year for this especially creepy day, I read an unnerving story for you: Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl. I wanted to do the same this year but finding even suspenseful stories with respectful treatment of fat characters is so difficult. So I enlisted my good friend and brilliant writer, Ross Wade, to help us out. He wrote the incredible story I’m reading to you today. I hope you enjoy this eerie tale about Free Lunch.

The story read today on the podcast is Free Lunch by Ross Wade. This work is the sole intellectual property of Mr. Wade and he reserves all rights. It is read today with his express permission.

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The music you heard on today’s show is by Starcrusher. Hear more at cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com

Thank you to our Patreon patrons! To learn how you can support The Fat Lip for as little as $2 a month, go to patreon.com/thefatlip.

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Today I’m talking about a topic that I never see discussed in the fat community: death. But more specifically I’m talking about special considerations for fat bodies after death. Can you donate organs? What about donating your fat body to science? Should you choose burial or cremation? What’s alkaline hydrolysis? It’s an intense topic, but one I think we all need to think about and make a plan for.

This might be hard listen for some, so leave this one for another day if you need to.

References

Aleccia, J. (2002, January 9). Donating your body to science? Nobody wants a chubby corpse. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/donating-your-body-science-nobody-wants-chubby-corpse-1C6436539

Alkaline hydrolysis (body disposal). (2020, June 27). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_hydrolysis_(body_disposal)

Body Donation | Forensic Anthropology Center. (n.d.). The University of Tennessee Knoxville. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://fac.utk.edu/body-donation/

Doughty, C. (2018). Dying Fat: Your Funeral Options [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Z677IXUak

Epley, R. (2020, April 30). Donating Your Body To Science Can Help Save Lives — Unless You’re “Too Fat.” YourTango. https://www.yourtango.com/2019326931/why-fat-people-cant-donate-body-to-science

FAQs – Aquamation Info – An Eco-Friendly alternative to flame cremation. (n.d.). Aquamation Info. Retrieved September 30, 2020, from https://aquamationinfo.com/faq/

Forensic Body Farms: What You Need to Know. (2019, June 23). TalkDeath. https://www.talkdeath.com/forensic-body-farms/

HealthDay. (2020). Hearts From Obese Donors Still Safe: Study. US News & World Report; U.S. News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-09-16/hearts-from-obese-donors-still-safe-studyLee, J. A., & Pausé, C. J. (2016). Stigma in Practice: Barriers to Health for Fat Women. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02063

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Also! At the end of this episode I mentioned a Patreon patron-only Zoom hangout that was scheduled for Oct 4. That has been rescheduled to Sunday October 11 at 4pm Central. Would love to see you there if you’re a patron!

The music you heard on today’s show is by Starcrusher. Hear more at cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com

Thank you to our Patreon patrons! To learn how you can support The Fat Lip for as little as $2 a month, go to patreon.com/thefatlip.

Don’t forget to follow on social media! All of those links can be found at the top of thefatlip.com.

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

We are all carrying around some anti-fat beliefs and values, even if we prefer to date or partner with fat people. Misleading information and downright lies about the health and ability of fat people (and really the importance of health or ability in general) is everywhere. It is especially important, though, for the not-fat partners of fat people to understand what fat people really face in this world.

On today’s show I’m giving you an overview of some important tenets of fat liberation as well as specific ways that you, a not-fat person, can improve things for fat people.

The music you heard on today’s show is by Starcrusher. Hear more at cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com

Thank you to our Patreon patrons! To learn how you can support The Fat Lip for as little as $2 a month, go to patreon.com/thefatlip.

Don’t forget to follow on social media! All of those links can be found at the top of thefatlip.com.

A transcript of this episode can be found here.

May marks the four year anniversary of The Fat Lip! And under the circumstances right now, our schedule is shifting a little bit. But there are big things coming! On today’s pod we’re talking about the future of The Fat Lip. Big dreams!

Want to win registration to the online Fat Studies conference I mentioned on the pod today? Go to instagram.com/fatlippodcast to learn how. Go to http://www.fsnz.org to learn more about the conference and to register.

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Thank you to Starcrusher for the music you heard on today’s show and in every episode. Go to http://cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com to hear more.

Thanks also to our Patreon patrons. The patron of the episode is Dana! If you would like to support the show for as little as $1 an episode or $2 a month, go to patreon.com/thefatlip to learn more.

Don’t forget to follow on social media! All of those links can be found at the top of http://www.thefatlip.com

Today I bring you the long-awaited Part 2 of the live episode I did with Brittney! Finally you’ll get to hear what happened in that pool…;)

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Thank you to Starcrusher for the music you heard on today’s show and in every episode. Go to http://cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com to hear more.

Thanks also to our Patreon patrons. The patron of the episode is Lex!

If you would like to support the show for as little as $1 an episode or

$2 a month, go to patreon.com/thefatlip to learn more.

Don’t forget to follow on social media! All of those links can be found at the top of http://www.thefatlip.com

As promised, we did a live pod recording on Sunday, 3/29 and it was a lot of fun! It also lasted two hours (and probably could have gone a third) so I had to chop it in half. Today you’re getting part 1, and part 2 will be up in a few days!

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Thank you to Starcrusher for the music you heard on today’s show and in every episode. Go to http://cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com to hear more.

Thanks also to our Patreon patrons. The patron of the episode is Lex! If you would like to support the show for as little as $1 an episode or $2 a month, go to patreon.com/thefatlip to learn more.

Don’t forget to follow on social media! All of those links can be found at the top of http://www.thefatlip.com

Last week I wrote a much-requested essay about My 600-lb Life and posted it to the TFL blog. As promised, this is the audio version! For the full text, go to http://thefatlip.com/2020/03/21/our-600-pound-lives/.

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Thank you to Starcrusher for the music you heard on today’s show. Go to cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com to hear more.

Thank you to our Patreon patrons. If you would like to support the show for as little as $1 an episode or $2 a month, go to http://www.patreon.com/thefatlip to learn more.

Don’t forget to follow on social media! All of those links can be found at the top of thefatlip.com

When Shrill Season 2 arrived on Hulu earlier this month, I knew I needed to talk about it on the pod. So what did I think? Today on the pod I am talking about the significance of Season 1 and everything Shrill Season 2 had to live up to. Did it? What did you think?

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Thank you so much to Starcrusher for the music you heard on today’s episode. Hear more at cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com or at instagram.com/cstarcrusher

And thank you as always to our Patreon Patrons. The patron of the day is Evely. Thank you Evely for your support! If you’d like to support the show for as little as $1 an episode or $2 a month, go to Patreon.com/thefatlip to learn how.

Don’t forget to follow on social media. All of those links can be found at the top of Thefatlip.com. And if you’ve got some time, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts.

Read the transcript of this episode here.

Happy Fat Tuesday one and all! Yes I will co-opt this religious holiday to celebrate fat people, thank you very much. And yeah yeah, every Tuesday is Fat Tuesday around here, but this is the one that mainstream culture knows about, so this is the one I’m stealing.

In honor of the holiday, today on the pod I’m talking about new fat representation on television. Several new shows are featuring fat characters right now, and some of them are actually pretty good!

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Thank you so much to Starcrusher for the music you heard on today’s episode. Hear more at cstarcrusher.bandcamp.com or at instagram.com/cstarcrusher

And thank you as always to our Patreon Patrons. The patron of the day is Danielle. Thank you Danielle for your support! If you’d like to support the show for as little as $1 an episode or $2 a month, go to Patreon.com/thefatlip to learn how.

Don’t forget to follow on social media. All of those links can be found at the top of Thefatlip.com. And if you’ve got some time, please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts.