Introducing Weight For It from Ronald Young Jr.
Solvable
Pushkin Industries
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Former Solvable host Ronald Young Jr has a new podcast! “Weight For It unpacks the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time. Through narrative storytelling and some memoir, host Ronald Young Jr. hopes to have the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies.” Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts: https://apple.co/45kiRLG
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| 0:00.0 | Bushkin. |
| 0:08.8 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | What's up, Solvable listeners? |
| 0:14.8 | It's me, Ronald Young Jr., and I know it's been a long time, but I'm back with a very special treat. |
| 0:20.5 | In the form of my brand new podcast, wait for it, that's spelled W-E-I-G-H-T. |
| 0:26.2 | You know that thing that some of us think about constantly. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm bringing you stories about existing as a fat person in a world not built for you. |
| 0:33.8 | Today, I have a portion of the first episode. |
| 0:36.2 | And if you like it, I invite you to subscribe |
| 0:38.1 | to the show wherever you listen. |
| 0:41.2 | Weight for It is a show about the way we feel about our bodies. Consequently, each |
| 0:45.3 | episode may include references to gaining and losing weight, eating disorders, weight loss |
| 0:49.5 | surgery, and weight stigma. If these topics are triggering to you, please take care while listening. |
| 0:55.3 | We have links to support resources for anyone who may need them in our show notes. |
| 1:03.2 | Wait for it. |
| 1:06.2 | I can't remember a time when I wasn't thinking about my weight. |
| 1:13.1 | I was a kid with a huge appetite and I remember the other kids and some adults would always |
| 1:17.9 | say, you keep eating like that, you're gonna get fat. |
| 1:23.2 | I remember in middle school PE whenever we had to play basketball and the coach would yell |
| 1:27.9 | out, Shirts for skins, I immediately hoped to be on the shirt team. |
| 1:35.0 | Even in college, I remember my friends used to pinch my nipples and then laugh when I would |
| 1:39.7 | get upset. |
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