Episodes

Send us Fan Mail What if the stigma surrounding fat bodies is itself a health issue? Chrystal sits down with writer, speaker, patient advocate, and weight-stigma educator Ragen Chastain for a deep conversation about anti-fat bias, healthcare, BMI, medical research, GLP-1 medications, weight-loss culture, racism, and the ways the weight-loss industry shapes the conversation around fat bodies. We talk about why shame doesn't work, why “everybody knows” isn't evidence, who gets represented in me...

Send us Fan Mail Airline seats, workplace bias, inaccessible events, and “just lose weight” culture all point to the same truth: anti-fatness is systemic, and it costs people real freedom. We’re joined by Tigress Osborn, executive director of NAAFA (National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance), to talk about what it takes to build a fat liberation movement that actually includes everybody, not just the people with money, mobility, or proximity to big-city community spaces. We dig into the...

Send us Fan Mail Big Sexy Chat: Fat Adventure Wins with Amber Karnes What happens when you stop waiting for permission to live? This week Crystal sits down with Amber Karnes, longtime body positive yoga teacher turned adventure guide, for a conversation about surfing at 42, hiking Valley of Fire, why liberated fat people are bad for business, and why the ocean, the trail, and the hot spring belong to all of us too. Amber and Crystal have known each other for over a decade from the fat liberati...