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22 Feb 2025
Podcast Episode 27: Permission to Stay Fat
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Credits
Produced and Engineered by Lisa Weaklim
Written by Kelly Rafferty
Music by Mutt (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2vqpJdaLWocM8CUjdKBugt?si=uAN9DB4lSeCwCDIimwXCZQ)
Notes
Ragen ChastainRagen writes Weight and Healthcare, a research-packed newsletter “examining weight science, weight stigma, and what evidence, ethics, and lived experience teach us about best healthcare and public health practices for higher weight people.” Regan has been doing this for a long time and is a national treasure. She has covered the science and marketing of weight loss drugs extensively. Start with Ragen’s work if you want to know what the drugs are and what the research actually says. Here are some highlights:
Virgie Tovar The title of this essay is a play on Virgie Tovar’s You Have the Right to Remain Fat (https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/you-have-the-right-to-remain-fat). She’s another longtime fat activist, writer, and trusted resource with a newsletter here on Substack. This smart, heartfelt piece is behind a paywall and well worth the subscription:
Chrissy King’s The Liberation CollectiveChrissy has created The Liberation Collective, a space here on Substack for “body liberation, personal liberation, and collective liberation.” The title of this first piece is the perfect mantra for this moment:
This second piece is a round up of excellent books by Black women that will help us stand up to this moment while also tending to our relationship with our bodies and nourishment:
Frankie de la Cretaz Frankie’s newsletter, Out of Your League, covers the intersection of queer sports and pop culture. It’s smart, funny, and consistently ahead of the curve. I’ve cited Frankie’s work here before, and they’ve hit it out of the park, yet again, with this coverage of the way ads for weight loss drugs are showing up in women’s sports:
Tell me what permission means to you! What does it do or not do for you? Tell me about a time when permission changed you. Tell me about other counter-programming you’re finding helpful as we weather this particularly hateful, anti-fat time. I want to know.
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19 Dec 2024
Podcast Episode 26: What did I do with my hair?
Credits
Produced and Engineered by Lisa Weaklim
Written by Kelly Rafferty
Music by Mutt (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2vqpJdaLWocM8CUjdKBugt?si=uAN9DB4lSeCwCDIimwXCZQ)
Links
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Blonde NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/opinion/the-enduring-invisible-power-of-blond.html) Opinion Piece (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/opinion/the-enduring-invisible-power-of-blond.html)
Here’s the original video:
Here’s one of her responses to commenters:
This duet is hilarious:
Finally, here’s a little wrap-up video she made at the end of a day and a half of talking about blonde:
Cameron Esposito
Cameron on IG (https://www.instagram.com/cameronesposito/)The Autostraddle Piece (https://www.autostraddle.com/breaking-cameron-esposito-cuts-off-half-of-her-alternative-lifestyle-haircut-393485/)The Just For Laughs set:
The Politics of Personal Aesthetics
Tressie McMillan Cottom on (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/opinion/wicked-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)Wicked (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/opinion/wicked-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)Plus writing from Corinne Fay and Jessica DeFino:
Salons I Love
Marmalade Salon in Berkeley (https://marmaladesalon.com/)
Goldfinch Salon in Oakland (https://www.goldfinch.salon/)
Salon 01 in Carmel, Indiana (https://www.salon01.com/)
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