Do you love Fat Girl Book Club?  Do you like talking about books and body liberation?  Check out my Patreon page to get extra episodes of Fat Girl Book Club.  This week I am giving you one of the Patreon episodes which I call Fat Girl Book Club Unplugged.  If you like it and want more, check out my Patreon page here!If financially supporting the podcast is not available to you right now, check out the FREE FB group where I giveaway a book every single month.  Check it out here!  Or just follow me on Instagram here!Books I talk about on this episode:Binge Eating Disorder by Amy Pershing and Chevese TurnerFattily Ever After by Stephanie YeboahWhat We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey GordonBeing Fat by Jenny EllisonCultish by Amanda MontellHench by Natalie Zina Walschots 

Fat Girl Book Club

Special September Books Episode!

TRIGGER WARNING: Swearing, mention of pornographyThis guest on this week's show is a podcasting powerhouse.  She has three active podcasts going right now and will have a fourth out shortly!  #podcastinggoals  She took some time away from podcasting to read Fattily Ever After by Stephanie Yeboah and talk to me about it for this show.  We managed to get in some stories about Kimberlee's life, a discussion around Lizzo and how to show appreciation for our bodies.  Here are the highlights:Kimberlee's journeyWhat rehab taught Kimberlee about herselfThe impact of Tik Tok on Kimberlee's journeyWhy Kimberlee wanted to talk about this bookHow Kimberlee moved from muumuus to corsets and bikinisThe unique way Kimberlee met her husband.  You did what on Craig's list?Why dating is harder when you are a fat, black womanWhy Lizzo is so importantKimberlee's story of weight stigma in healthcare and how this has impacted her addiction recoveryHow can fat, white women be good allies to fat, black women?How to start on a self-love journeyWhy Kimberlee can appreciate her double chinShow LinksPatreon PageYour Better Body Image ChecklistFat Girl Book Club Podcast social mediaSaucyé WestStephanie YeboahKimberlee's LinksBeacons PageBook LinksThis is Me by Chrissy Metz 

Fattily Ever After by Stephanie Yeboah with Kimberlee Plezia

TRIGGER WARNING: This week's episode covers Binge Eating Disorder in depth and touches on other eating disordersYou may remember my guest this week from an episode a few months back.  Amy Rapone is back to talk about a completely different topic and book!  Last time we talked about #veryfat #verybrave by Nicole Byers.  It was a fun and tongue-in-cheek discussion about body acceptance and body image.  This time we are heading in a completely different direction to talk about Binge Eating Disorder by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner.  While this discussion is a bit more serious we still have a lot of laughs and talk about some great tools that can be used to connect with your body even if you don't have BED.  We cover a lot of ground, including:Amy's body liberation journeyAmy's experience with eating disorder treatmentWhat is Binge Eating DisorderHow rebellion fits with Binge Eating DisorderWhy bingeing is not emotional eating or overeatingHow do you know if it is a binge?What factors can create a climate for BED?Why there is so much discussion of your childhood being key to development of this disorderParts theory and figuring out where BED came fromWhat is POWR and how can it help?How curiosity and compassion are the one-two punch to help us create mindfulness and connect to our bodiesWhat weight stigma is and how it impacts BEDWhat is HAES?Your body is your home and how Amy does this for her bodyHow ATM and intuitive eating intersectWhat about recovery?Keep reading everyone!LINKSEpisode LinksFood Psych PodcastAnna Sweeny IGRAVES - Shane JefferyEating Disorder Help USEating Disorder Help CanadaEating Disorder Help UKEating Disorder Help Australia and New ZealandAmy's LinksWebsiteBookclubPodcastInstagramFacebookAmy's Book RecommendationsSick Enough by Jennifer GuadianiWhat We Don't Talk About When We Talk about Fat by Aubrey GordonFat Girl Book Club LinksYour Better Body Image Checklist FreebieMy new Patreon page!Fat Girl Book Club FB groupFat Girl Book Club IG

Binge Eating Disorder by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner with Amy Rapone

Jen Arbo and I talked about the book (and movie) Dumplin' by Julie Murphy.  You may remember Jen from my discussions with some of the authors of Big: Stories About Life in Plus-Sized Bodies.  Jen and I really hit it off (I mean, both our names are Jen/n so obviously we were meant to be friends!) and she agreed to do another episode.  I really hope you enjoy our discussion.  We covered so much, including:Jen's Healthy at Every Size journeyThe importance of community and support to Jen's journeyJen's secret role modelsHow thin privilege shows up in Dumplin'The mother figure in Dumplin' - are we sympathetic or should we burn her at the stake for her fatphobia?What was Willowdean trying to say by signing up for the beauty pageant?Will there be any lasting effects to the four misfits signing up for the pageant?How fatphobia is like smoking or wearing a seatbeltWhy do we have "it could be worse" girls?Be the venn diagram not the pie chart!Book vs Movie - what is better?  (Duh! but still have to discuss)Keep reading everyone!Jen's LinksJen's FacebookJen's InstagramJen's TwitterJen's websiteNourish and Knives newsletterBook MentionsDumplin' by Julie MurphyBig: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies edited by Christina MyersFacebook Group Link 

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy with Jen Arbo

TRIGGER WARNING - Discussion of disordered exercise behaviours, discussion of eating disorderJust my ramblings this week, guys.  I'm on vacation and wanted to give you something to think about while I am away.  Be prepared for some great episodes coming up in September!

The Next Level of my Body Liberation Journey

I am going to be gushing about this one for a long time!!!For this week's discussion I talked with Natalie Boero about Kimberly Dark's Fat, Pretty and Soon to Be Old.  Natalie wrote the article about me that was recently in Women Who Podcast Magazine and I asked her if she wanted to spend some time with me on this show.  If you've been in body liberation circles for a bit, you will recognize Natalie as the author of Killer Fat (which normally always gets a reference in most current body acceptance books), so needless to say I am a little excited she came on.  In our discussion we covered:Natalie's fat activist journey including the Padded Lilys, studying fat in academia and how feminism treats anti-fat workWhat fat activism could do betterNatalie's bad fat dayBeing fit and fatFat and pretty/Fat and old identitiesHow this book is a sociological memoirRadical cultural change comes from recognizing intersectionalitiesWhy changing structures is more important than calling out micro aggressionsFat people and airplanesThe impact of Shadow on a Tightrope on Natalie's storyBody positivity in relation to fat activismKeep reading everyone!LinksNatalie's TwitterNatalie's InstagramNatalie's San Jose State University PageKiller Fat: Media, Medicine and Morals in the American "Obesity Epidemic"The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and EmbodimentShow mentionsFlying While Fat FB PageThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfFat as a Feminist Issue by Susie OrbachDamaged Like Me by Kimberly DarkNatalie's Book RecommendationsShadow on a Tightrope edited by Lisa Schoenfielder and Barb WieserFearing the Black Body by Sabrina StringsFat Studies Reader edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra SolovayHealth at Every Size by Lindo BaconBody Respect by Lindo BaconFat Activism by Charlotte CooperThe Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorFat Girl Book Club LinksYour Better Body Image ChecklistThe Better Body Image FB Group

Fat, Pretty and Soon to be Old by Kimberly Dark with Natalie Boero

My time on the Clubhouse app has been pretty non-existent the last few months.  I just have a lot happening, but for the few months I did spend on it, I met some quality humans.  This week, you are going to be hearing from one of them.  Patrilie Hernandez works on an institutional level to break diet culture and fat phobia.  She has had 14 years of experience working in the health and nutrition sector where she combines her academic background in culinary arts, anthropology and nutrition/health, with her lived experience as a large-bodied, neuroatypical, queer multiracial femme of the Puerto Rican diaspora to disrupt the status quo of the local nutrition and wellness community and advocate for a weight-inclusive health paradigm in educational settings.While our discussion about Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings is academic, Patrilie is so thoughtful and passionate, you will start to put the pieces together around racism and fat phobia.Our conversation was about:Patrilie's body liberation journey and The Great Unraveling of 2018What it means to embrace intersectionalitiesHow Sabrina Strings teeter toters through art, literature, food, media and medicine to show us how we got to our current situation in terms of body ideals and white supremacyHow slavery changed views about beautyWho creates our beauty ideals?  Who was given a voice? Who was supporting the men's ideas?Sara BaartmanPatrilie's internal dialogue around her anthropology degreeAmerican White Exceptionalism and the responsibility of white womenMass Immigration Movement and how it conditions people to keep thinness and whiteness as important idealsHow racial science still exists todayHow medical science regulates bodiesHow weight became a health metric and how this ties into racismHow healthcare is upholding white supremacyKeep reading everyone!LinksPatrilie's WebsitePatrilie's InstagramPatrilie's FacebookPatrilie's TwitterI Wish I Were Me Website for the free resourceThe Better Body Image Book Club FB groupBook RecommendationsThey Were Her Property: White Women as Slaveholders in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-RogersThe Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America 1492 - 1700 by Rebecca Earle

Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings with Patrilie Hernandez

Our conversation included discussion of:Maggie's intuitive eating journeyThe education of our doctors and how it has not evolvedThe scope of Unapologetic EatingWeight stigma in healthcareTips for talking to your doctor including why your doctor doesn't need your weight and how to change the conversation to be about your concern and not your weightMindfulness as a tool to healing your relationship with foodThe difference between mindful eating and intuitive eatingMaggie's personal experience with mindfulnessThe importance of value workWhat it means to be embodiedBest ways for people with low-income to heal their relationship with food and their bodyKeep reading everyone!LinksMaggie on InstagramMaggie on TwitterMaggie on FacebookMaggie on Clubhouse: @maggielandesmdMaggie's WebsiteThe Eatfluencer PodcastYour Better Body Image ChecklistThe Better Body Image Book Club FB GroupAlexis Conason InstagramMentioned BooksIntuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse ReschHeath at Every Size by Lindo BaconAnti-Diet by Christy HarrisonThe Diet Free RevolutionFood is Not Medicine

Unapologetic Eating by Alissa Rumsey with Maggie Landes, MD

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Bonus: How to Stop Hating What You See in the Mirror

Some of the things we covered included:Moving away from family and how that kept disordered behaviours going"summer weight" shirtsSafe spacesFalling in love with yourself for brief secondsShowing people pictures in order to hint that you didn't always look this wayBeing a "good fatty"Body positivity and body neutralityBoundariesLooking back on a life well-livedAnd so much more....LINKSHow to Stop Hating what You See in the Mirror Online CourseFat Girl Book Club Podcast Instagram Article about Books and BodiesChristina MyersWebsiteTwitterInstagramChristina's New Book!Why We Get Fat by Gary TaubesThe Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorHunger by Roxane GayIntuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse ReschBig, Fit Girl by Louise GreenBody Stories: In and Out and With and Through Fat by Jill Andrew and May FriedmanBelly of the Beast by Da'Shaun L HarrisonShadoe BallTwitterInstagramFacebookThe Word Fat Instagram accountSheena's PlaceMeg BoggsFringeishBig Summer by Jennifer WeinerBitch PlanetBody Positive Power by Megan Jayne CrabbeAmanda ScriverRefinery 29 Hot and Bothered articleTwitterInstagramHighLow Brow PodcastHighLow Brow Instagram HighLow Brow TwitterFearing the Black Body by Sabrina StringsEverybody Else is Perfect by Gabrielle KornFattily Ever After by Stephanie YeboahHeather van MilInstagramFacebookBrene BrownJenny Lawson

Big: stories about life in plus-sized bodies edited by Christina Myers with Christina Myers, Shadoe Ball, Amanda Scriver and Heather van Mil

Links:Big: stories about life in plus-sized bodiesJen ArboInstagramTwitterBlogDr Rohini BannerjeeInstagramTwitterSally QuonWebsiteYour Better Body Image ChecklistHow to Stop Hating What You See in the Mirror online course

Big: stories about life in plus-sized bodies edited by Christina Myers with Jen Arbo, Dr Rohini Bannerjee, Sally Quon and Caroline Many

Other discussion points included:Amy's journey à la Nicole ByerDiscussion of the differences between the healthcare system in Canada and the U.S.Amy's relationship to swimming, bathing suits and bikinisMoving your body when it is plus sizeFattie worst case scenariosDid pictures of fat female bodies every make you feel uncomfortable?Where Amy received messages about the health of her body and why she didn't want to lose weight to be more aesthetically pleasing to othersWhy it is an act of bravery to be fat and wear a bikiniTips for the rest of your lifeThings Amy does to express her love for her bodyA little bit about the author, Nicole ByerAmy's websiteAmy's InstagramAmy's FacebookNew IG account for the podPodcast merchandiseI Wish I Were MeFacebook groupLinks of stuff mentionedDoula MelissaFood Psych PodcastNEDAShove/Moxi SkatesMeg BoggsNicole ByerBook recommendationsThe Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorEvery Body Yoga by Jessamyn StanleyShrill by Lindy West The Witches are Coming by Lindy WestTrixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya

#veryfat #verybrave by Nicole Byer with Amy Rapone

Major discussion points included:Daman's podcastsDifferences and similarities between Difficult Women and Hunger, both by Roxane GayThe word (my) in the subtitleHungerHolding in traumas and being a good girlThe role of family in Roxane's life and her bodyA discussion of weight and boundaries in Indian cultureHow media hurts us and objectifies womenHow to show comfort without being physicalThe regulation of bodies in our societyThe dehumanization of larger bodiesRoxane Gay as a feminist, as a body acceptance advocate?How would you recommend or prepare others to read this bookWould someone who is starting on their body positivity journey be able to relate to this book?Links11 Questions PodcastBrown Girl Reads PodcastBrown Girl Reads InstagramDaman InstagramI Wish I Were Me Better Body Image Book Club FB GroupThe Body is Not an Apology Event with Brunch Babes Read BookclubFat Girl Book Club MerchandiseBook Mentions and RecommendationsHunger by Roxane GayReasons to Stay Alive by Matt HaigBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertIkigai by Hector Garcia  Brown Girl Reads Podcast episodeThe Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorThe Power by Naomi AldermanHunger by Roxane Gay episode with Nicola Haggett

Hunger by Roxane Gay with Daman Tiwana

Major discussion points included:Jess's journey to becoming a weight neutral personal trainerGetting over the idea that we need to earn our right to be fatHow Jess found this book and what impact its had on her lifeMajor differences between this reading and reading this book when she was 17Jess's favourite storyHave we shifted as a culture since the 90s in regards to respect for bodies?The most haunting story in the bookAttaching our value was women to the male gazeThe comparison trap and how to get out of itFeminism and body liberationIs it a natural course to buy into beauty ideals before deconstructing them?Makeup and social mediaLinksJess's InstagramJess's FacebookJess's YoutubeJess's websiteThe Lightbulb Fitness ClubRegular Fitness ClassesThe Your Better Body Image ChecklistThe Better Body Image Facebook groupFat Girl Book Club InstagramFat Girl Book Club MerchandiseBook PicksMinding the Body Edited by Patricia FosterThe Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorThe Body Project by Joan Jacobs BrumbergThe Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf 

Minding the Body Edited by Patricia Foster with Jess Brock-Pitts

Our conversation covered so much, including:Victoria's journey with her bodyHow Victoria found this book and why it is importantWhat is the polyvagel theory?The role of the vagus nerveHow the three states of fight/flight, immobilization and social connection work throughout the dayThe connection between the polyvagel theory and intuitive eating/body acceptanceHow limiting beliefs created confirmation bias for our experiences The role of emotions in our relationship to foodVictoria's funeral for her absWhy we really just want to fit inKeep Reading Everyone!LinksVictoria Evans IGVictoria Evans websiteWeighing In on Happy PodcastI Wish I Were Me websiteVirtual Book Club FB groupMastin KippBooksThe Polyvagel Theory by Stephen W. PorgesAnti-Diet by Christy HarrisonThe Goddess Revolution by Mel WellsThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

The Polyvagel Theory by Stephen W. Porges with Victoria Evans

You know that bookclub you belong to? The one where the wine flows freely, the laughter is loud and the books are extremely interesting. That is this podcast, in your ears. My name is Jennifer Radke and I am your host and a body image coach. I get my guests to read a book in the Fat Acceptance/Body Positive/Health at Every Size space and I talk to them about it. Throughout these conversations I get them to tell their stories, we go off on tangents and we give you a great idea of the main concepts of the books we are discussing. This is not the author talking about the book they wrote! This is people who are boudoir photographers, influencers, activists and other coaches, talking about life changing books.

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