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Episode Three: Amanda G -- Big Girl Barbell

Worth It: Conversations on Race and Gender in Athletics

English - July 27, 2020 04:05 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB
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Amanda Gilliam is super heavyweight Masters weightlifter and the creator of Big Girl Barbell, a fat-positive, body-positive community for athletes in strength sports. Her community-based work centers folk’s full humanity and is inspired by the vision that marginalized bodies can ultimately be tools of liberation. Outside the gym, she works full-time in higher education administration, volunteers with immigrant organizations in the New York City metro area, teaches outdoor education workshops, and plays the cello.