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“That's taxpayer’s money that is going to support research and development and pilot projects to develop a food system that is based on environmental destruction and greed and disregard for animals, fish, and any of the other marine mammals that might be around it.” - Andrianna Natsoulas Andrianna Natsoulas is the campaign director for Don't Cage Our Oceans, an organization that exists to keep our oceans free from industrial fish farms. Offshore finfish farming is the mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters, in underwater or floating net pens, pods, and cages. Offshore finfish farms are factory farms that harm public health, the environment, and local communities and economies that rely on the ocean and its resources. Don’t Cage Our Oceans are a coalition of diverse organizations working together to stop the development of offshore finfish farming in the United States through federal law, policies, and coalition building. And, although it is not yet happening, right now the US Administration and Congress are promoting this kind of farming, which would be nothing short of disastrous for the oceans, the planet and the people and animals who live here. dontcageouroceans.org…

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The Fat Joy podcast is a joyful rebellion against anti-fatness. Each episode is a conversation between host and Professional Coach Sophia Apostol and another fat person about how to flourish in our fatphobic world. We’re exploring the harms, biases, and oppressions we’ve experienced while living in a world that marginalizes plus-size & fat bodies and promotes the lies of Diet Culture. But most importantly, we’re sharing how we still dare to have the audacity and courage to reach towards joy and live our best lives while advocating for collective fat liberation & body positivity. And, at the end of every episode, Sophia reads you a poem. Topics include: body acceptance, self-love, fat activism, body positivity, fatbulous, anti-fatness, anti-diet, diet culture

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It's time for a Fat Joy podcast pause -- Sophia Apostol 15:19

há 28 weeks15:19

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Sophia shares why she's pausing the podcast, her biggest a-ha moments from 100 episodes, and how to stay connected to Fat Joy. This episode's poem is Mary Oliver's " Wild Geese ." Mentioned in this episode: Fat Joy Newsletter - subscribe for free to receive the newsletter to your inbox. Fat Joy Writing Workshop - it's currently full, but if you're interested, let Firefly know and we'll offer it again soon. Keep connected with Fat Joy: Fat Joy Instagram Fat Joy website…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Aubrey Gordon 23:54

há 28 weeks23:54

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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Talking To Non-Fat People About Fatness -- Aubrey Gordon 1:06:20

há 29 weeks1:06:20

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Aubrey Gordon (she/her) is back! We’re talking about the amazing success of the film Your Fat Friend , how it changed her family relationships, and what it’s like being filmed over six years. Aubrey and Sophia share their experiences having conversations with non-fat folks about how to be good allies. Spoiler: not all of these conversations go well. Aubrey Gordon stars in the documentary film Your Fat Friend, is the author of You Just Need to Lose Weight and What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast. Aubrey started writing as Your Fat Friend in 2016. She published exclusively under the pseudonym for four years, writing anonymously about the social and cultural realities of moving through the world as a very fat person. Please connect with Aubrey on her website and Instagram . This episode’s poem is called “ my mother says kissing a man without a mustache is like eating eggs without salt ” by Joy Sullivan. Connect with Fat Joy on the website , Instagram , subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter , and watch full video episodes on YouTube . Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Kate Manne 10:42

há 29 weeks10:42

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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Unshrinking -- Kate Manne 1:08:29

há 30 weeks1:08:29

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Sophia has created a workshop called Fat Joy- specifically for listeners of this podcast who are interested in exploring the fat experience through writing. Please go to Firefly Creative Writing to learn more about the Fat Joy workshop. For $50 off the workshop, use code: FATJOY Kate Manne (she/her), philosopher and author of Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia , shares her thoughts on why we struggle to see through diet culture, how the ‘thought-terminating cliche’ ends liberatory conversations, and if it’s possible to be anti-diet and also pursue intentional weight loss. Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, where she’s been teaching since 2013. Before that, she was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Manne did her graduate work in philosophy at MIT and works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy. She is the author of three books, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny , Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women , and Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia , which came out in 2024. She writes a newsletter, More to Hate , canvassing misogyny, fatphobia, their intersection, and more. Please connect with Kate through Instagram , X , her website , and her newsletter. This episode’s poem is called “ to approach ” by Raquel Salas Rivera. Connect with Fat Joy on the website , Instagram , subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter , and watch full video episodes on YouTube . Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Tiana Dodson 9:07

há 30 weeks9:07

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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Rejecting Diet Culture Through The Science Of Less -- Tiana Dodson 1:13:22

há 31 weeks1:13:22

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Tiana Dodson (she/her) explores how liberation consciousness requires hope and imagination, even when they feel impossible. Part of that exploration is rooted in exploring the ‘science of less’ and how being subtractive rather than additive can unlock new levels of awareness and help dismantle oppression. With a decade as a body liberation facilitator and a lifetime of lived experience as a fat, biracial, queer, neurodivergent person, Tiana Dodson is well-versed in what it is to exist in a multiply-marginalized body. As an active co-creator of the syllabus for liberation, her work addresses how personal, community, and global liberation depend upon each other. Through her consulting services, group offerings, and public speaking, Tiana highlights the ways these systems of oppression are bound together and how we can push back against them. Please connect with through her website , Instagram , Facebook , and tiktok . This episode’s poem is called “ The Broken ” by Alberto Rios. Connect with Fat Joy on the website , Instagram , subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter , and watch full video episodes on YouTube . Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Elle Baez 8:00

há 31 weeks8:00

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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I Love My Body -- Elle Baez 1:04:00

há 32 weeks1:04:00

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Sophia has created a workshop specifically for listeners of this podcast who are interested in exploring the fat experience through writing. Please go to Firefly Creative Writing to learn more. For $50 off any Firefly workshop, use code: FATJOY Elle Baez (she/her) is the brilliant singer-songwriter of the runaway hit “I Love My Body.” Elle shares her own journey to body positivity, including being bullied, being sent to fat camps, and struggling with eating disorders. Music became a way to heal from fatphobia, and Elle reflects on how making the music videos with fat actors was a deliberate way to showcase body diversity and representation. And, she sings for us, too!! Trailblazing Latina singer-songwriter Elle Baez is taking over with her innovative pop-soul music and message. Real, authentic, and relatable, Elle is a representation for womxn who have been craving seeing themselves in the spotlight. She empowers and inspires others through her captivating hooks, body positive music videos, versatile writing style, and motto of self-love. Her newest hit song “I Love My Body” has gone viral on social media with with over 2.5 Million Hits. The song along with her summer 2023 hit “Fuego” were both featured in Rolling Stone’s “Songs You Need To Know," and she was named 2023 Entertainer of The Year at the Full Figured Industry Awards. As a songwriter, Elle has been featured by the Grammy’s. She has opened for charting artists Bea Miller and Leah Kate, been featured in Pop Sugar Magazine, NPR and went on a VS Pink Sponsored Tour. Please connect with Elle on her website , Instagram , TikTok , and the Curvy Artists Collective . This episode’s poem is called “ For Keeps ” by Joy Harjo. Connect with Fat Joy on the website , Instagram , subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter , and watch full video episodes on YouTube . Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Charis Stiles 9:26

há 32 weeks9:26

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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Feeling Belonging, Accepted, and Loveable -- Charis Stiles 58:13

há 33 weeks58:13

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Please go to Firefly Creative Writing to see if any of our cozy writing workshops are for you. For $50 off, use code: FATJOY Charis Stiles (she/her) wants us all to feel like we belong, are accepted, and are worthy of love. Often, the barriers to feeling this way stem from wounding that was out of our control, however there’s a lot we can do to repair, heal, and rebuild a sense of self. Charis describes how we can examine self-limiting beliefs, separate out what are real external barriers and what are internalized barriers, and let go of shame and perfectionism. Charis is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She’s a therapist, educator, and activist. In addition to proving therapy, she trains organizations on proving fat positive care. She’s taught social work at San Jose State and been a clinical supervisor for new therapists. She identifies as fat, queer, white cisgender (elder) millennial, managing daily life with an autoimmune disorder. When she’s not working, she’s reading romance novels, watching lots of cat TikTok, and trying her hand at ceramics. Please connect with Charis through her website . This episode’s poem is called “ Starfish ” by Eleanor Lerman. Connect with Fat Joy on the website , Instagram , subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter , and watch full video episodes on YouTube . Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Crystal Maldonado 9:55

há 33 weeks9:55

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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Fat Girls Get To Fall In Love -- Crystal Maldonado 1:03:52

há 34 weeks1:03:52

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Please go to Firefly Creative Writing to see if any of our cozy writing workshops are for you. The Fall schedule will be on the website for July 11th. For $50 off, use code: FATJOY Crystal Maldonado (she/her) is a young adult author with a lot of feelings that she’s channeled into romcoms for fat, brown girls. She shares what it was like to write the stories she wished she’d had when she was growing up, the gatekeeping she had to overcome to get published, and her ‘glimmers’ writing practice that connects her to joy each day. Crystal has written several books, including The Fall of Whit Rivera , which People Magazine called a “pumpkin-spice-latte-flavored treat”; Fat Chance, Charlie Vega , which was a New England Book Award winner, a Cosmopolitan Best New Book, and a Kirkus Best YA Fiction of 2021; and No Filter and Other Lies , which was named a POPSUGAR and Seventeen Best New YA. Her middle grade debut, Camp Sylvania: Moon Madness— a paranormal summer camp story featuring two fat besties, co-written with #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy—releases in spring 2024. Please connect with through her website , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , and tiktok . This episode’s poem is called “ My friends got married today… ” by Yesika Salgado. Connect with Fat Joy on the website , Instagram , subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter , and watch full video episodes on YouTube . Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.…

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Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Parker McMullen Bushman 6:20

há 34 weeks6:20

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A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

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Representation And Equity In The Outdoors -- Parker McMullen Bushman 1:05:46

há 35 weeks1:05:46