You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway.

We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games,

cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live

in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th

in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA

layman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be

announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and

get your tickets before we sell out.

Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracey

Thomas and today I'm speaking with activist, author and podcast host Aubrey Gordon.

She's also known as your fat friend online. Aubrey wrote the book, what we don't talk about when

we talk about fat, and her brand new book is called You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 other

myths about fat people. She also debunks Indie Codes Wellness and weight loss on her podcast

maintenance phase, dissecting a new toxic trend in each episode with her co-host Michael Hobbs.

Today I talk to Aubrey about the importance of intentional language and activism,

the many ways anti-fatness shows up and is supported in society, and why she hopes this book will

be obsolete sooner rather than later. Our January Book Club pick is Mariah Carey's autobiography,

the meaning of Mariah Carey written with Michaela Angela Davis. We will discuss the book on January

25th with Chelsea Devantes. Quick reminder, everything we talk about on each episode of the show can

be found in the link in the show notes. Listen, it's a new year, it's a new you, right? So if your

resolution was to put a few dollars behind your favorite creators, I have just the thing for you,

it is the stacks pack, the stacks patreon community. For as little as five dollars a month,

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