With the ongoing pandemic and new normal imposed on us, our lives have gone digital. Podcasts are an even bigger hit amongst people now, and fat-friendly hosts have arrived on the scene to provide their audience with information and talk about feedism and fat liberation. Here are some brilliant fat-positive and feedist-friendly podcasts that you can listen to:
Maintenance Phase:
Hosted by author Aubrey Gordon and HuffPost reporter Michael Hobbes, Maintenance Phase is a fun podcast that deconstructs myths related to health and wellness. Aubrey, also known under her long-time anonymous alias Your Fat Friend, wittily exposes fat-phobia and fat-shaming diet culture in several podcasts with Michael laughing in disbelief in the background.
This incredible duo calls out society and pop culture for their fat-shaming and glorification of eating disorders and do not hold back at all. If you're looking for light-hearted yet deeply insightful banter on the horrors of fad diets and the obstacles that large people have to face, you should definitely add Maintenance Phase to your playlist.
Where to Listen: Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify
Wood’s Weird Wellness:
Wood's Weird Wellness is a feedism positive podcast hosted by Wood, a feedist and long-time figure in the community. The podcast takes a deeper more serious look at feedism, discussing fat fetishes, the sex lives of fat people and how feedism can be sustained in a fat person's lifestyle.
This is a really open podcast with a lot of vital information and discussion about subtopics of fetishes and feedism that one might not typically engage in, or at least in their day-to-day lives. Discussing sex work, branches of feedism and connecting feedism to other socially acceptable kinks, Wood's Weird Wellness is the perfect podcast for someone trying to learn more about fat liberation and the fat community.
She’s All Fat:
She's All Fat is another light-hearted podcast for the fat people, launched by freelance writer, Sophie Carter-Khan. She's All Fat focuses a lot more on acceptance of large people in society, radical self-love, fat liberation and aims to make the voices of the unheard be heard. Sophie lively deflates the popular culture and interviews various prominent fat-positive figures to talk about fat-phobia, fat-shaming, and self-love in fat people.
She's All Fat is a great platform to engage all intersections of fat people, be it women, POC or non-binary fat people. If you need to inspire a fat pal, this is the podcast you're looking for.
Where to Listen: Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify
Fierce Fatty:
Created by Victoria Welsby, Fierce Fatty is an excellent part of the fat liberation parade with its focus on body acceptance and improving self-confidence. Victoria is an amazing fat body-acceptance coach, TEDx speaker and the author of the book 'Fierce Fatty' available on Amazon.
This podcast creates an energetic vibe and is strictly anti-diet. Diet-talk and diet culture are heavily mentioned topics in the podcast. Victoria helps people step out of the body-neutrality zone and fiercely love themselves for who they are. This podcast should definitely be in your top 3 if you're a plus-sized person in need of motivation.
Where to Listen: Website | Apple Podcasts | Spotify
With the fat visibility increasing on social media, it is brilliant to see fat people taking up digital space too and debunking all fat-shaming notions out of their lives for good. Whether you're looking for a fun, kinky podcast or just need something positive, be sure to give these podcasts a listen.