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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 con ...
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I wish this was a welcome back but I've done the next best thing! I had a wonderful podcast chat with Kate of the Peach Please! podcast and she was kind enough to allow me to share it with you on my feed. Enjoy this bonus episode and make sure to show Kate some love on Tik Tok or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katieiswinnen/). If you want to …
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TRIGGER WARNING: Event dieting, weight gain, sexual trauma, sex and graphic sexual acts, exercise I cannot believe we have reached episode 80! After almost three years, a plethora of guests and experiences, and tons of books, we are at the end. Well, not the end end, just the end for now. I don't know why I am going on and on about this because I d…
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TRIGGER WARNING: Use of the O-words All good things must come to an end my friends. This podcast has saved me in a multitude of ways. The books I've read for the show, the people I've met have changed my life. I am a different, a better person because I did this show. I am also a more confident speaker and connector to others because I had a podcas…
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List of a few of the podcasts I really like for you to check out during the break: Friend recommendations Going Beyond the Food Show Skate Date Fat Like Me More Than Tracy Turnbald Fat Chicks on Top Fat Girl Book Club Guests and Podcasters Fat Theory Book Club Fierce Fattie Embodiment for the Rest of Us Therapy Homework Fat. So? Peach Please Radlov…
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I've had a lot of chats on this podcast with people who've become friends after the show but rarely do I get to chat to a friend I had before getting them on the show (see my chat with Chavonne about Fierce Fattie or with Pascale about The Fat Lady Sings to see a couple I have done), but this episode is with a friend. I met Haz Cady when my podcast…
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I had Big Girl by Kelsey Miller on my TBR pile for a really long time. I even sent out a note a few years (yes YEARS!) ago on social media looking for someone to read it with me, but I didn't get any takers so when Chelsea Levy mentioned this book as being a really important part of her journey to body liberation during an IG live a few months ago,…
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I don't think I knew when Angel Austin of Sacred Space for Black Bodies asked to read Fat Girls in Black Bodies by Dr Joy Cox that it would be such a perfect match, but Angel and this book go hand-in-hand. A big theme of this book is building community and Angel has incredible community building projects on the go, including mutual aid resources, a…
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This is the second of two episodes on Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny by Victoria Kannen. This time though I chatted with Layla Cameron, a fat activist based close to my hometown in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You definitely do not have to listen to the first episode to get something out of this conversation but the first conversation provides a fra…
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This week on the pod we are doing another round of a book deep dive. In the episode released tomorrow I will be chatting to Victoria Kannen about her book called Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny. In two weeks, I'll be chatting to a fat activist about the same book for extra insights and powerful takeaways. In this discussion Victoria and I set u…
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I am so excited for you to listen to this week's episode. I stumbled across Katie Winnen's podcast by chance and heard a genuine joyfulness in her voice. I invited her on my pod and was so happy to find out that she is authentically joyful. I mean, I really wish I lived closer to her because I have a feeling I would be trying to hang out on patios …
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Abuse, O-word, biohacking and my disordered body building behaviours, derogatory use of the word, "fat" This week on the podcast I have a chat with my friend Chavonne about Vinny Welsby's book, Fierce Fattie. I did something I rarely do and just had a chat with my friend, no discussion questions, no intense preparation, just a goo…
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TRIGGER WARNINGS GALORE: Abuse, disordered eating behaviours, food scarcity, we name a diet This week on the podcast I have the first of two episodes on Vinny Welsby's book Fierce Fattie. This week I'm chatting with Vinny and next week I'll be chatting with my friend Chavonne about Vinny's book. You get a month of Fierce Fattie - ness!!!! In this c…
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TRIGGER WARNINGS GALORE: Intentional weight loss, disordered eating, disordered exercise, before/after photo discussion, eating disorders This is a solo episode where I chat about my history with the books Health at Every Size by Lindo Bacon and The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner. I also talk about why I've harmed others when I've talked about the…
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I don't know why the thought never occurred to me. But it didn't. If finding a doctor is hard because of the way diet culture has made us all fatphobes, why did I think finding a therapist would be any different? But I never thought about it like that, until a friend told me about The Fat Lady Sings by Cheryl Fuller, which explores being a therapis…
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This week I am re-releasing this episode with Cat Pausé. I didn't know her well, in fact we only met twice. I was on her podcast Friend of Marilyn and she was on mine. But her work was brilliant and I was so honoured to have her on the show. She recently, vey suddenly passed away. I wanted to do something to show how amazing she was and how much of…
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In this conversation with Serena Nangia we get vulnerable. I think part of the reason for that was this book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad, was personal and triggering. Having said that, we both had really different perspectives because Serena never dieted and grew up in a household with someone who struggled with an eating disorde…
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I love book people. If you talk the language of books, you and me, we'll get along and Dr. Lisa, she talked the language of books. Her story into body liberation began with a book that was also my starting point and in this discussion we jump into Harriet Brown's Body of Truth. We cover a lot of ground, including: Lisa's body liberation journey How…
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Oh boy is this discussion juicy! You remember my chat with Chavonne McClay about Savala Nolan's book Don't Let It Get You Down? Well, my guest this week is Chavonne's cohost on their podcast, Embodiment for the Rest of Us. Meet Jenn Jackson! I am delighted to be chatting to her about Leah Vernon's book Unashamed and boy do we dig deeply into the me…
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I have something really different for you this week. I know that recently we've had an episode that strayed off the path of body acceptance books but this is way, way off the path (we can barely see the path!). This week I'm discussing a fictional book called Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant with a second time podcast guest, Destiny Dimattei. I…
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Every year I pick my favourite books of the year in November. I know I'm early into this year but I just know this book, Don't Let it Get You Down by Savala Nolan, is going to be on my list at the end of the year. Three reasons why this book is so incredibly magnificent: Savala Nolan's story is powerful. She is a mixed race woman who dives deep int…
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The New Year is upon us and instead of thinking about dieting, calories or your weight, join me for a reflections session on your body liberation journey. I am running this workshop on Jan 17th and I would love for you to join me. Here is the Thinkific link to get more details and process payment: Thinkific Link to the Reflections and Intentions on…
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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode is a really heavy discussion about discrimination and racism. Please take your self-care into account and skip this episode if necessary. I promise I won't be offended. If you've been a long time listener you know I don't have authors on the show (or at least it is really rare), but I've made a big exception in this ca…
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Another first on the podcast! A few months ago, I had Natalie Boero on the show to talk about Kimberly Dark's book Fat, Pretty and Soon to Be Old. This week I have such a treat! Kimberly Dark is came on the show to talk about Natalie Boero's book Killer Fat! I had such a ball and honestly the two episodes really compliment one another. Some of the …
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I have never thrown out my questions when talking to a guest before, but I just had so much fun talking to Emily Lubin about The Hundred Year Diet by Susan Yager that I lost track of time and didn't ask anything I'd planned to! This book also provided us with lots to discuss. The 100 Year Diet was really problematic and triggering, so we were able …
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If you head over to Adrienne Bennett's IG account, you will see why I had to have this woman on the show. I'm not one for woo woo, but this woman shines. She is highly radiant and all I wanted is for some of that to rub off on me. When I reached out to her though, she said she doesn't read too much in the body acceptance space, which is interesting…
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If you are able to grab a piece of paper and a pen you may want it for this episode. I talk about: Food during the holiday season. Now is the time to eat people! Exercise during the holiday season. Do you get anxiety about missing a workout? Let's explore that Boundaries. You have options on how to handle people when they cross one of yours. I go t…
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The guest on this week's show is a repeat guest. I did a wonderful roundtable chat with a bunch of the authors from Big: stories about life in plus-sized bodies and Amanda was one of them. I started listening to her podcast and she had the author of Cultish: the language of fanaticism on her show and it just felt so connected to diet culture, so of…
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THE DOORS ARE OPEN FOR HOW TO STOP HATING WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR For my online course, How to Stop Hating What You See in the Mirror, I had two exclusive podcast interviews with past podcast guests: Carissa Grace and Nadine Russell. These two juicy conversations are only available to students of the course and to my Patreon supporters. In this …
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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 podca…
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TRIGGER WARNING: Swearing, mention of pornography This 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 ge…
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TRIGGER WARNING: This week's episode covers Binge Eating Disorder in depth and touches on other eating disorders You 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-chee…
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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…
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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 liber…
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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 exp…
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Our conversation included discussion of: Maggie's intuitive eating journey The education of our doctors and how it has not evolved The scope of Unapologetic Eating Weight stigma in healthcare Tips 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 we…
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Some of the things we covered included: Moving away from family and how that kept disordered behaviours going "summer weight" shirts Safe spaces Falling in love with yourself for brief seconds Showing people pictures in order to hint that you didn't always look this way Being a "good fatty" Body positivity and body neutrality Boundaries Looking bac…
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Links: Big: stories about life in plus-sized bodies Jen Arbo Instagram Twitter Blog Dr Rohini Bannerjee Instagram Twitter Sally Quon Website Your Better Body Image Checklist How to Stop Hating What You See in the Mirror online courseBy Jennifer Radke
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Other discussion points included: Amy's journey à la Nicole Byer Discussion of the differences between the healthcare system in Canada and the U.S. Amy's relationship to swimming, bathing suits and bikinis Moving your body when it is plus size Fattie worst case scenarios Did pictures of fat female bodies every make you feel uncomfortable? Where Amy…
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Major discussion points included: Daman's podcasts Differences and similarities between Difficult Women and Hunger, both by Roxane Gay The word (my) in the subtitle Hunger Holding in traumas and being a good girl The role of family in Roxane's life and her body A discussion of weight and boundaries in Indian culture How media hurts us and objectifi…
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Major discussion points included: Jess's journey to becoming a weight neutral personal trainer Getting over the idea that we need to earn our right to be fat How Jess found this book and what impact its had on her life Major differences between this reading and reading this book when she was 17 Jess's favourite story Have we shifted as a culture si…
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Our conversation covered so much, including: Victoria's journey with her body How Victoria found this book and why it is important What is the polyvagel theory? The role of the vagus nerve How the three states of fight/flight, immobilization and social connection work throughout the day The connection between the polyvagel theory and intuitive eati…
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Principle #6 - Feel your Fullness Difference between finding hunger and fullness The one food Shadoe can still not have in her house Shadoe’s allergy story Principle #7 - Coping with Emotions with Kindness Connect with your emotions when your punishing yourself and separate that from when you’re celebrating yourself Principle #8 - Respect your Body…
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Here are some highlights of our discussion: Shadoe talks about how her intuitive eating journey and her body liberation journey overlapped A discussion about Shadoe's super cool Instagram account How people can be assholes when it comes to weight The healing power of social media Principle #1 - Reject the Diet Mentality The binge, restrict, overeat…
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Our highlight reel includes: The origin story of Brunch Babes Book Club complete with a Shrill pool party, a rather dark eating disorder book and a book giveaway Hannah's relationship to her body and how that has been entangled with religion Is Ray an asshole or supportive? How Hannah related to Kimberly's body acceptance fiasco The weird story of …
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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon was an incredibly vulnerable book and I think Destiny hits the same tone in our discussion. We talked about Destiny's fat liberation activism journey How to set boundaries and be vulnerable at the same time Why childhood o*esity campaigns are so problematic What is thin security and w…
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Highlight reel of our conversation: Jenna tells us a bit about her body movement journey Diet culture in the fitness industry (heads up this is messed up!) How different fitness modalities have different flavours of disorder The benefits of moving fitness away from appearance based goals The harm of transformation stories How to make social media b…
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Some of the things Shawn and I got into include: Shawn's Health at Every Size journey Is this a book a body positive book or a diet book? Why dieting is stressful and what that means for our bodies Why diets don't work Set weight range - what is it? How do we know if we're in it? Is it something that is accepted in weight science? The word Obesity …
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