Somehow this episode begins with me talking about my cat Rufus. Marianne brought it up. But then we discuss the source material for and the broad array of comment-thread reactions to ABC Family’s new series Huge.
Links mentioned in this episode:
My recap of the first episode of Huge
Kirkus review of Huge, the book (it’s behind a paywall, sorry!)
The music heard in this episode is by NSA.
In this episode, Marianne and I discuss a plethora of other travel-related topics, including pre-travel anxiety, packing, vacation photos, and Disney World. Also, we both agree that the phrase and broader concept of the “bikini body” is extremely annoying.
Links mentioned in this episode:
That awful lap band commercial: because France stops all fatties at the border, takes them into the woods, and shoots them. Thus, better not go to Paris when you’re fat.
10 Days in a Carry-On (slideshow)
The music heard in this episode is by NSA.
Everyone loves sitting next to a fatty on a plane! Because they’re pillowy and you can sleep on them! Right? Perhaps not. Marianne and I have many opinions about fat travel, and part one on this subject deals mostly with fat flying.
Links mentioned in this episode:
An open letter of gratitude to Kevin Smith, antihero of the fat revolution.
Kevin Smith: The face of flying while fat
Buy your own airplane seatbelt extender: Amplestuff
The music heard in this episode is by Dazie Mae.
Occasionally something will happen — a family member blurts out a troubling comment, a stranger in a store offers unsolicited advice, a coworker makes a grotesque assumption — that makes us question reality. Do we really exist? Does Marianne really feel good when dressed in an eye-catching manner? Does Lesley ACTUALLY go to the gym? Having to always justify our existence takes its toll. That’s the topic of today’s podcast.
Oh, and I say the c-word, but it’s the title of a book so it’s totally cool.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Finding a Healthy Medium, Newsweek article on how eating disorders are ignored in people who aren’t thin
Fat people who deny their plus size (I’ll take Awkwardly Titled Op-Ed Pieces for $1000, Alex.)
Women En Large (also check out The Adipositivity Project for good measure)
“Dogs and cats, living together… mass hysteria!”
BELLY FAT (Y’all, I watched about a million diet-pill commercials on YouTube and could not find the one Marianne and I were discussing, but the pertinent part IS shown on this Baltimore news segment from 2005)
The music heard in this episode is by Wasaru.
