Friend Of Marilyn: Recent Episodes
MPR - Manawatu People's Radio
Friend of Marilyn (FOM) is a fat positive radio show. It provides counter programming to the normative discourses on fatness and obesity in our culture, hosting conversations in which accepted ideas and stereotypes about fatness are challenged. FOM believes that safe spaces for fat people are important, and the show is committed to providing a forum where fat people get to speak for themselves (not just have their lives thinsplained by others).\r\n\r\n FOM began in August of 2011, and is celebrating 5yrs by going on a tour around the world. According to the metrics collected by MPR, Friend of Marilyn has over 500 regular listeners, and is ranked in the top 5 programmes produced by the station.
This final podcast for Friend of Marilyn features episodes 374, 375 and 376. These episodes are hosted by Adipositivity's Substantia Jones and MPR station manager Fraser Greig. These episodes predominantly feature tributes and testimonials from around the globe and speak to her amazing accomplishments in the Fat Studies arena. From Finland to America, from Africa to New Zealand, the tributes flow. Enjoy learning what a positive role model and advocate Caitlin Pausé truly was.
NAAFA Webinair - Black POC Leadership in Plus Size Fashion Nancy Ellis-Ordway, who has worked in the field of eating disorders treatment Dawn Clark - NAAFA - How a doctor's allyship is changing my life Lizzo - Good as Hell
Fat tarot deck Lesleigh, a Sociology instructor and social activist Suck_my_mouthpiece - Vast @VastDotPress - Careing for my body Casey Donovan - Last Regret
25 Nov (363) Hilda Calendar & From the Gut Zine Ren , a radical queer fat positive therapist to be M Robinson - TBINAA - How I learned to be naked Howlin Wolf - Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
New Fat Studies issue on fat activism Alina (Alineah) (Utah) - an Indigenous program coordinator and fat activist Bettina Judd - Patient Poems - Fat phobia is rooted in racism and white supremacy Gossip - Love in a Foreign Place