Get to Know Matter of Fat!

Episode 1: Get to Know Us!

Welcome to Matter of Fat: a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities! Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a lens on body size, body positivity, & fat liberation.

We check in on upcoming Twin Cities events during The Fat Dish, use our first interview to share our stories as a Matter of Fat, and dive into our first Dirt and Discourse.

In the Fat Dish, we talk about the local synchronized swimming team Subversive Sirens and how they will be participating in the Gay Games in Paris from August 4th to the 12th. We also hint at the upcoming movie Fattitude. Definitely some things to get excited about!

If our Dirt and Discourse segment leaves you wanting to know more about a) Lizzo B) ModCloth and/or C) the next episode, great! Lizzo's website is a great starting point but you can really just hop on YouTube and go to town. Let us suggest starting with Truth Hurts or this gem of Lizzo and Caroline Smith's from 2014 that highlights Lake Street beautifully. If you'd like to read up on ModCloth and the foundation for our critique check out Erika W. Smith's article from Bustle Modcloth's Downfall Apparently had a lot to do with Fatphobia and Anna Merlan's Jezebel article Women's Retailer Modcloth to be Bought by Jet.com, which is Owned by WalMart and Recode's Jason Del Ray's ModCloth’s former CEO Matt Kaness has left Walmart just a year after the acquisition.

Many thanks to KFAI and Mason Butler for producing and supporting Matter of Fat, Allison Anne Design + Create for our logo, and Kyle Werstein for composing and producing our theme music.

Find us!
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Email: [email protected]

Mentioned in this episode:
Subversive Sirens https://www.facebook.com/The-Subversive-Sirens-349108475437607/
Gay Games https://www.paris2018.com/
Fattitude the Moviehttp://fattitudethemovie.squarespace.com/about/
Lizzo http://www.lizzomusic.com/
Bustle article https://bust.com/style/19504-modcloth-fatphobia-downfall.html
Jezebel article https://jezebel.com/womens-retailer-modcloth-to-be-bought-by-jet-com-which-1793296461
Recode's article https://www.recode.net/2018/3/22/17152372/modcloth-ceo-matt-kaness-walmart-departure