Latest Fatpositivity Podcast Episodes
186: But Aren’t We in an “Ob*sity” Epidempic?
Fierce Fatty Podcast - April 09, 2024 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWe allllll know that fatness is spreading like wildfire and is contagious and who is going to think of the CHILDREN?!!? ERMGHED!” Is it true that we are in an epidemic and everyone is getting fatter? Do fat people need to hurry up and lose weight in order to save the economy and the lives of chi...
185: Oprah Leaves WW Board After Using Weight Loss Drugs
Fierce Fatty Podcast - March 12, 2024 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsSeemingly there are non-stop stories and notifications of celebrities and influencers being on a new “weight loss journey” after starting on weight loss drugs. Now, Oprah is among that cohort and it has had an impact on her relationship with WeightWatchers. But hang on a minute, doesn’t WW sell ...
184: Organized Anti-Fat Fuckery with Tigress Osborn
Fierce Fatty Podcast - February 13, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsThe villainous tricksters behind the veiled push to “advance fat rights” (when in reality they just want to sell weight loss drugs) are at it again. Tigress Osborn from NAAFA is here to stop them though! She joins me on the show to talk about what new games anti-fat organizations are getting up ...
183: AITA for telling my DIL she wasn’t invited due to her weight
Fierce Fatty Podcast - January 16, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsHave you ever read the “Am I The Asshole” questions on Reddit? If you don’t know what AITA is: People ask the internet if they were in the right or wrong about a situation that happened in their life. Well, these questions are a source of endless entertainment for me! I brought my friend Summer ...
182: Dealing With Anti-Fat Family During the Holidays
Fierce Fatty Podcast - December 12, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWoah nelly, can family be trying or what? Especially if you’re the only one talking up about bad behaviour and feel like the black sheep or are being told you’re “tooooo sensitive”. If we want to (or have to) spend time with family, having some tactics in our back pockets is a great idea. Sharin...
181: Fat Liberation Gone Too Far? Misconceptions and Mistakes
Fierce Fatty Podcast - November 29, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsSome folks can come in contact with fat liberation and turn away shaking their heads at the things that we believe. The thing is, often what they understand about fat liberation is incorrect, a misunderstanding or just plain false. First I talk about the core tenets of anti-fat beliefs and then ...
180: Being On Reality TV Almost Killed Me
Fierce Fatty Podcast - November 02, 2023 02:14 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsToday we are talking about the the truth about reality television and how devastating it can be to the lives of those featured. There have been incredible numbers of reality TV stars who have died by suicide and I was almost a part of that statistic. If you didn’t know, I was on a 2 part BBC sho...
179: How to Feel More Confident in Your Body
Fierce Fatty Podcast - October 17, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingshttp://www.fiercefatty.com/179 How the heck do you feel more confident in your body anyway? In this episode, I go through step by step the actions to take. Get ready to make some notes, or not, I ain’t the boss of you. Plus, the story of someone making me cry in Starbucks last week after shamin...
178: When a Loved One Diets and Hates Their Fat Body: Listener Questions
Fierce Fatty Podcast - September 27, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsListener questions! Questions include: My mum blames her poor health on her weight and won’t listen when I tell her about anti-fat bias, what should I do? Help, I have just been diagnosed with diabetes! Is it actually unhealthy to be fat? Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/178 Su...
177: I Want to Lose Weight! Coming to Terms With an Anti-fat World: Listener Questions
Fierce Fatty Podcast - September 19, 2023 05:04 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsListener questions part 2! Questions include: Help! I want to lose weight, but not for aesthetic reasons anymore but because the world is inaccessible. How do I cope? How to find a doctor who is fat positive? Is it true that biology dictates that fat people are less attractive to others? Episo...
176: Lisa Marie Presley Died From Weight Loss Surgery: Legends That Fatphobia Stole Part 2
Fierce Fatty Podcast - August 15, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWith the news of the cause of death for Lisa Marie Presley recently I thought it was time to expand the list of famous people who have died at the hands of fat hate or diet culture. The first part is episode 145, but you don’t need to listen to that before this episode. I am talking about famous...
175: 6 Things You Could Be Doing That Supports Anti-Fatness (And Can Ruin Body Confidence)
Fierce Fatty Podcast - July 26, 2023 02:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsI hate my fat body and I don't know whhhyyyy! Have you ever thought this? If so, you need to check out this episode where I share the 6 things you could be doing inadvertently that perpetuated anti-fatness and could harm your body confidence. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/175 ...
174: Is The AMA Saying BMI Should Be Scrapped!?
Fierce Fatty Podcast - July 11, 2023 15:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsThe American Medical Association released a press statement saying that the use of BMI is problematic. Is this good news?? The AMA famously went against their own expert advice to classify fatness as a disease with the BMI as the way to diagnose the disease so what’s with this turn about? Does i...
173: The Psychology of Hunger
Fierce Fatty Podcast - June 27, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsToday we are looking at the Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study, the Children of HungerWinter, and the Minnesota Starvation Experiment to answer the question what does hunger do to our mental and physical wellbeing? Massive trigger warning: mention of calories, types of food, starvation, eating disorders...
172: The Science of Protecting Ourselves From Anti-Fat Bias
Fierce Fatty Podcast - June 20, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsAnti-fatness is everywhere, yuck! Do you know what weight bigotry does to our brains and bodies? If not you’ll hear all about it in this episode. More importantly, you will also hear about what the science tells us about how to survive this sh*t show. It’s good news, you’re probably doing a lot ...
171: Fat Sex and Overcoming Anti-Fat Bias
Fierce Fatty Podcast - June 13, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsFat sex! How does society view fat bodies and how do we view our own fat bodies when it comes to sex and desirability? What impact does that have on the way we relate to others sexually? I talk about how sex was one of the final ways anti-fat bias had a hold on me as desirability is key to seld ...
170: The Full NEDA Controversy Explained
Fierce Fatty Podcast - June 09, 2023 02:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsNEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) have been in hot water what seems like recently, but actually they have been disappointing people for a while now. If you have seen posts on social media and aren’t sure what the whole story is I have you covered today. I am talking about NEDAs anti-f...
169: Intuitive Eating for Pets and Dealing With Anti-fat Family
Fierce Fatty Podcast - May 30, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsCan pets eat intuitively? Are we messing with their natural ability to eat until they're full by only feeding them at certain times and in certain amounts? Or will some pets just eat forever if we let them? What about fat pets? Should we put them on diets? More listener questions today including...
168: Will Getting Plastic Surgery Mean I Am Anti-fat? Listener Questions!
Fierce Fatty Podcast - May 23, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWe have listener questions today! From plastic surgery worries to new type 2 diabetes diagnoses. From being genderqueer and fat to reclaiming the word fat in conversations. Let’s hear from you :) Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/168 Support me on Ko-Fi and get the Size Diversit...
167: I Am Terrified People Are Judging Me!
Fierce Fatty Podcast - May 17, 2023 04:47 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsSo many of us are anxious about people negatively judging our appearance and body size. And let’s be real; people DO judge us and that sucks! So should we hide away and never venture out for fear of that judgement? Do people who seem to not give AF really not give AF or are they only pretending?...
166: The Alleged “Cost” of Fatness on Society
Fierce Fatty Podcast - May 10, 2023 01:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWhen we see headlines about the cost of fatness on society and what a terrible burden that is - are those numbers real? How do they come up with that number? We are looking at the supposed burden of fat people in Canada today and their $7.1 billion cost and working out how they got to that figur...
165: “Weight Loss” Surgery Stats and Stories (part 3)
Fierce Fatty Podcast - May 02, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsDoes weight loss surgery make you thin? What percentage of people is it successful for? Are the side effects worth it and what are they exactly? This episode is a deep dive into bariatric surgery AKA "weight loss" surgery AKA stomach amputation. CW: There are mentions of the O Words, suicide rat...
164: What Would You Say to Someone Who Claimed You Are Promoting “Ob*sity”?
Fierce Fatty Podcast - April 18, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsToday we have listener questions! What do you say to someone who claims you are promoting fatness? What things can you do to be a helpful fat ally and what things aren’t so great? Where can I find fat trans and nonbinary masculine representation? What to say when someone comments on your uninten...
163: Hustle Culture vs Anti-Fat Culture
Fierce Fatty Podcast - April 11, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsHow do anti-fat culture and hustle culture share characteristics? How intertwined are they exactly? And what about the links to white supremacy culture? I am a recover(ed/ing) hustle culture enthusiast and long-removed anti-fat culture supporter and have observed firsthand the harms of both and ...
162: Fat People Barred From Home Ownership, Adoption and More
Fierce Fatty Podcast - March 28, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsDid you know that in some countries (like Ireland), people with a BMI that is deemed “too high” are unable to buy a property? Fat people are turned away from IVF clinics and their ability to parent an adoptive child can be deemed insufficient due solely to body size. We talk about these outrageo...
161: PE in School And The Horrific Harm Fat Kids Experience
Fierce Fatty Podcast - March 21, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsIf you went to school and were/are fat then there is a sizeable chance that you have a least some stories to tell about the harm your experienced, specifically about physical education (PE) classes. From government-mandated fitness tests to running around the track in shame many people have had ...
160: How Life Changes After You Discover Fat Liberation and Anti-Diet (The Good the Bad and the Annoying)
Fierce Fatty Podcast - March 14, 2023 15:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsDiscovering fat liberation and anti-diet was life-changing for me! There have been so many shifts in my ways of thinking and a huge change in how I now experience the world. What are these changes and how many of them are good, bad and just plain annoying? Do I wish I could go back to where I wa...
159: Anti-Fat Bias in the Workplace
Fierce Fatty Podcast - March 07, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWhat is it like to be fat in the workplace? I asked you to share your stories and I will be sharing the stats. Is there a difference in how fat men vs fat women are perceived and treated? And how much distinction do we see between smaller fat people and larger fat people? We have some pretty jaw...
158: Fatness as a Disease and “Ob*sity” Medicine’s Giant Flaws
Fierce Fatty Podcast - February 28, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsThere has been a shift in recent years to embrace fatness as a disease and in fact, the American Medical Association did do just that in 2013, against advice from many experts. Is the premise of larger body sizes as inherently “diseased” helpful? What about “ob*sity” doctors who advocate for the...
157: Intergenerational Food Trauma
Fierce Fatty Podcast - February 14, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 105 ratingsWhat did you learn from the people who raised you about food and weight? How did their caregivers talk to them about diets and fatness? Today we have a super VIP special guest; my Mum! We talk about The Great Starvation (Irish Potato Famine), and British colonialism and look at research on traum...
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