Let's Talk Memoir
Episode 89 ft. Kate Manne
Kate Manne joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about coming of age in fatphobic culture, disentangling the threads of weight, health, and diet culture, the racism at the root of anti-fatness, writing ourselves out and then back into our work, the psycho-social consequences of fatphobia on our bodies, the shame around shame, organizing our time, writing while mothering a young child, gathering and incorporating research in our work, and her new book Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia.
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Episode 200 ft. Bridey Thelen-Heidel
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Episode 199 ft. Sarah Boon
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