Big Calf: When Fatphobia is a Family Heirloom
She's All Fat: A Fat Positive Podcast
Sophie Carter-Kahn & April K. Quioh
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is brought to you by a new fat posi podcast: Big Calf.
Fat kids experience fatphobia from external sources, but what happens when criticism for your weight also happens at home, and has for generations? Photographer Lydia Hudgens talks about what it's like when fatphobia is a family heirloom.
TW: This episode contains descriptions of disordered eating.
Support the Big Calf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bigcalfpodcast
Host: Amanda Richards
Producer/Editor: Allison Specketer
Music by: Jordanna Felice of Eithermore Music
Cover art by: Tayler Smith
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| 0:00.0 | picture this static cars idling engines angry horns now picture you zooming |
| 0:12.0 | past it all light and breezy the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic book |
| 0:21.0 | your train journey via vantewescoast.co.uk a vantewescoast feel good |
| 0:27.7 | travel I'm Sophie I'm Yelly and this is She's All That |
| 0:39.7 | the podcast for fat positivity radical soft love and chill vibes only this is your |
| 0:45.0 | reminder that we are on a short and sweet little break but we'll be back |
| 0:48.4 | better than ever with a shiny new season of SAF very soon and in the mean |
| 0:52.7 | time we have a few friends to introduce you to you today's episode is brought |
| 0:56.6 | to you by a new fat posse podcast called big calf big calf is a podcast about |
| 1:01.7 | being the fat kid we're so excited for you to listen make sure to follow at |
| 1:06.0 | big calf podcast on Instagram and Twitter and hit that subscribe button wherever |
| 1:09.5 | you get your podcasts now here's big |
| 1:11.5 | calf |
| 1:32.4 | hello and welcome to big calf a podcast about being the fat kid I am your host Amanda |
| 1:38.4 | Richards a former fat kid and currently fat adult and on big calf the |
| 1:43.8 | podcast we are going to be talking about what is like to grow up in a body that's |
| 1:47.9 | different from everyone else's a body that's fat or chunky or chubby or thick |
| 1:52.3 | or rubaness or poorly or rotund or any other word that your middle school |
| 1:56.7 | gym teacher or your aunt Linda or some asshole little kid decided to bestow |
| 2:00.9 | upon you in a crowd and temporarily ruin your life that shit like all the |
| 2:06.8 | other shit that comes with being a fat kid sticks with you this podcast is |
| 2:11.5 | about telling those stories about finding humor and light and love and healing |
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