Jana interviews NYC-based comedian and fat activist Emily Duke. Emily talks about her history with dieting, disordered eating and weight stigma. The two discuss using comedy and personal experiences to criticize the diet industrial complex in their comedy and using comedy to expose the ills of diet culture. Follow Emily on the socials @emilydukehaha for information about her shows and writing. check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes and follow Woman of Size on Patreon for exclusive content!

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Jana interviews Navajo journalist and host of Toasted Sister podcast Andi Murphy. Andi talks about her personal history with Native foods, the Native food revitalization movement and cooking Native foods. They discuss how food and knowledge of Native foods have been colonized and how a new generation of Native chefs, organizations and community gardners are reconnecting Native people with their traditional foods. Follow Andi on the socials @toastedsister and subscribe to the Toasted Sister podcast. If you're interested in other current Native issues and topics, check out nativeamericacalling.com! Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana interviews Sierra Teller Ornelas, a Mexican American and Navajo comedy writer and television producer, about being brave and taking big leaps to build a successful career making tv in Los Angeles. Sierra discusses her body in relation to Native invisibility and lack of representation, and the two delve into the incredible world of Indigenous art and media. Follow Sierra on IG and Twitter @sierraornelas and watch her show Rutherford Falls when it comes out on the Peacock Network. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana chats with Jicarilla Apache and Laguna Pueblo organizer and digital storyteller Eryn Wise. The two kick of Native American Heritage Month by diving into their own Indigenous identities, the concepts of home and sovereignty, and how they're working toward being softer when the work makes them hardened. Follow Eryn's work at @seedingsovereignty as well as her personal journey @_samakuu. Check out womanofisize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana talks with writer Ariel Henley about her experiences with facial difference as a woman with Crouzon Syndrome. Ariel discusses her journey into writing and how she has found community and advocacy through speaking her own truths. Follow Ariel on IG @arielhenley and on Twitter @ariel_henley9. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana talks to her friend Laura Delarato about her explorations into sex as a plus size woman and then Jana interviews fat, trans cyber sex worker and porn producer Courtney Trouble! They discuss Courtney's DIY aesthetic, the reasons we should be normalizing porn and pornography as creative expression. Follow Laura on IG @heylauraheyyy and follow Courtney's work on Twitter @courtneytrouble and on their website troublefilms.com. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana interviews her friend and Lakota cuzzin Jordan Marie Daniel about her disordered eating, her running career and her advocacy in Indian Country around Native justice, Tribal Sovereignty and murdered and missing Indigenous woman and girls. Follow Jordan @_NativeInLA and support her work by amplifying her, standing with her or running with her. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana talks with her friend Kendall Mayhew about her many roles in the Los Angeles grassroots organizing scene. Kendall educates us about Prop 10, Prop 13 and the many ways in which we can and should engage with local elections. Kendall also shares her experiences as an intersex person and her beliefs about gender non-conformity in our culture. Follow Kendall on the socials @kmay and follow her organization @GroundGameLA! Follow @womanofsizepod on the socials and on Patreon. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Jana interviews Standing Rock Sioux humorist, poet and essayist Tiffany Midge about her comedy, her performances and her life as a writer thoughout the many phases of modern Native Literature. Tiffany's book of humorous essays Bury My Heart at Chuck E Cheese's is released this week! Buy her book, go see her do readings and support the work of Native creatives. Follow Tiffany Midge on Twitter @tiffanymidge and follow @womanofsizepod on the socials and on Patreon. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

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Black, fat, queer comedian, Nikki Bailey sits with Jana and discusses her experiences making people laugh in Hollywood as a fat woman. Nikki promotes the sketch comedy group she founded called Fatch written by and starring all fat women. Follow Nikki on the socials @nikkibailey_ and look her up at nikkibaileycomedy.com. Follow @womanofsizepod on the socials and read extended show notes at womanofsize.com.

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