Hey Thickums! This week Tabria sits down with fellow plus-size model Lynley Eilers for a news recap and honest conversation about the state of the plus size modeling industry. In the news, millions of Americans dropped their insurance, the Prarieland 9 were sentenced and Clive Davis passed. Then we get into the nitty gritty of the industry, why the rollbacks are happening, how we’ve been impacted and what the future for plus size models looks likes. All this and more on this week of The Thick!

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Intro Lynley Eilers

00:04:31 Fewer opportunities in TV/flim

00:06:01 A Renaissance for Indie filmmakers 

00:09:22 Vertical dramas

00:12:21 Hollywood not taking risks 

00:13:44 Don’t give up!

00:15:52 3M people dropped insurance since ACA credits expired

00:17:52 Largest bipartisan housing bill passed 

00:19:09 Iran war updates

00:21:22 Prairieland 9 sentencing

00:24:57 Daniel Cressy first person cured of sickle cell in Louisiana

00:25:45 Clive Davis died, Rest in Chaos

00:27:50 Plus Size modeling on the decline

00:28:27 Lynley’s origin story

00:33:43 Representation then vs now 

00:36:06 Was the representation authentic?

00:40:49 You can’t take things personally as a model

00:44:43 Working outside of modeling 

00:47:55 When did the shift take place 

00:54:23 Mid size is the new plus size 

00:59:44 Models pressured to lose weight

01:03:36 You have to love yourself 

01:09:37 What does modeling look like now

01:18:17 Finances in Modeling

01:22:02 Any advice for aspiring plus models?

01:29:52 Outro