The Big Sexy Chat Guide to Fat Liberation

Last updated: October 2, 2025

Fat liberation is not just a buzzword. It’s a movement rooted in the right to exist, to live fully, and to thrive without apology. It’s about safety, dignity, love, and access for fat people, not someday, not if they shrink, but right now. On Big Sexy Chat, these are the conversations we keep coming back to. They’re raw, joyful, messy, and necessary. They hold up a mirror to a culture that often refuses to see us, while also carving out space for pleasure, community, and care.

This guide pulls together the episodes where fat liberation is at the center. It’s here to make it easy to find the voices and topics you’re most interested in, whether that’s healthcare, activism, sex and pleasure, travel, or community. Think of it like a library of fat joy, ready to explore, share, and return to when you need it.

How to use this guide

• Browse by theme below: advocacy, healthcare, travel, kink and pleasure, media and art, parenting and boundaries, and community.

• Skim the blurbs to find what speaks to you.

• Click the links to dive into each conversation.

Core Advocacy & Movement Leaders

• Mary Lambert’s Tempest of Liberation: Same Love to Self-Love - Singer, poet, and activist Mary Lambert shares how she’s turned personal survival into art and collective healing. We talk about building a fat-friendly medical provider directory and how joy itself is an act of resistance.
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• Tigress Roars - NAAFA Executive Director, Tigress Osborn, reminds us that joy is both survival and strategy. She shares what it means to lead in a fat community, how to navigate the politics of representation, and how to keep building even when the world resists.
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• Fat Con, Kink & Fat Liberation - A conversation about organizing, visibility, and the radical act of gathering in fat bodies. This episode captures the energy of Fat Con and what it means to create space for us, by us.
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• Psychic, Spicy, Fierce Fatty: A Grim Guide - Performer and advocate Grim shows how reclaiming “fat” can be hilarious, sexy, and powerful. This one’s full of fire and fierce truth-telling.
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• Amy Pence-Brown - Known for her viral “Stand for Self-Love” performance, Amy talks about art, activism, and what it means to publicly resist anti-fat bias with both vulnerability and strength.
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• Aubrey Gordon: Fat Myths Debunked - Author of What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, Aubrey takes apart the myths that cling to fat bodies and shows how data, humor, and honesty can shift the narrative.
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Healthcare, Bias & Bodily Autonomy

• Scale Fail: How Medical Fatphobia Is Weighing Us Down (w/ Dr. Robert) - A frank conversation about clinical bias, misdiagnosis, and what real size-inclusive care looks like.
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• Healthcare Havoc: Breaking Bias for Size-Inclusive Care (w/ Ragen Chastain) - Ragen brings decades of experience as an athlete, researcher, and activist to unpack medical weight bias and share strategies for self-advocacy in the doctor’s office.
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• Heavy Duty Hysterectomies (Bonus w/ Tigress) - A deep dive into navigating gynecologic care in fat bodies, with Tigress sharing her own experiences and lessons.
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• Joyful Inclusive Movement (w/ Wendy) - Wendy reframes fitness through a fat-positive lens, centering joy, access, and the right to move without shame.
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Travel, Access & Public Space

• Jeff Jenkins and the Weight of Representation - Award-winning travel journalist Jeff Jenkins talks about what it means to carry visibility as a fat, Black traveler on the global stage. He shares the realities of airlines, hotels, and clothing access, and how media representation can change lives.
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• Hot Thigh Summer: Traveling Fat with Jen McLellan - Jen shares travel hacks, gear tips, and mindset shifts for fat travelers, from compression socks to car rides, all rooted in reclaiming joy and comfort on the move.
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Kink, Pleasure & Inclusive Tools

• Leather, Lube & Liberation: BDSM, Fat Joy & Sex Signals - We explore how kinky spaces can be both radical and deeply affirming when consent and access come first.
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• More Than Just the Tip (w/ Sheri Winston) - Sheri talks anatomy, arousal, aging, and why everyone can become an erotic virtuoso at any size.
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• Inclusive Kink, Fat Pleasure, and Adaptive Sex Gear (w/ Sportsheets’ Rin Musick) - A celebration of sex toys and tools designed to make pleasure possible for every body.
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• Confessions of an Amazon (w/ Amazon Amanda) - Amazon Amanda opens up about fetish, sex work, power, and navigating boundaries in adult entertainment.
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• Interview with a Curvaceous Dominatrix (w/ Mistress J) - Mistress J talks about curvy dominance, pleasure, and the politics of being seen as both fat and powerful.
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• Knot Your Average Art (w/ Bec) - Bec brings inclusivity to the world of shibari, showing how rope can be art, connection, and liberation for all bodies.
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Media, Fashion & Art

• Building a Bold, Curvy Empire: Marie Denee Gets Real - Marie shares what it takes to create a business and a community that centers fat fashion and joy.
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• Fat & Naked? You Betcha! With Substantia Jones (Adipositivity Project) - Substantia talks about the power of photography, fat visibility, and why images change the way we see ourselves.
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Parenting, Pregnancy & Boundaries

• Boundaries Are Sexy (w/ Jen McLellan) - Jen shares her experience as a childbirth educator and advocate, talking about fat pregnancy, parenting, and how boundaries can become a form of care.
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Community & Collective Power

• The Fat Five Roundtable: Podcasting for Change - A lively panel with Big Ron, Krista Nabar, Suzy Hooker, and our hosts on how podcasting builds connection, shifts narratives, and spreads fat liberation.
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Brands & Gear We Talk About

• Big Fig - Our long-term review of a mattress built for bigger bodies, covering sleep, sex, and support.
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• Sportsheets + size-inclusive tools - See our episode with Rin Musick above, plus blog extras on adaptive gear.

Closing thoughts

Fat liberation isn’t theory; it’s daily life. It’s choosing joy in bodies the world calls unworthy, insisting on care where the system withholds it, and creating community where isolation is expected. These episodes are a starting point, but they’re also a reminder: you’re not alone. Fat joy is happening, right now, and you’re part of it.

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