Woman of Size

Jana interviews NYC-based comedian and fat activist Emily Duke. Emily talks about her history with dieting, disordered eating and weight stigma. The two discuss using comedy and personal experiences to criticize the diet industrial complex in their comedy and using comedy to expose the ills of diet culture. Follow Emily on the socials @emilydukehaha for information about her shows and writing. check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes and follow Woman of Size on Patreon for exclusive content!

Jana interviews Navajo journalist and host of Toasted Sister podcast Andi Murphy. Andi talks about her personal history with Native foods, the Native food revitalization movement and cooking Native foods. They discuss how food and knowledge of Native foods have been colonized and how a new generation of Native chefs, organizations and community gardners are reconnecting Native people with their traditional foods. Follow Andi on the socials @toastedsister and subscribe to the Toasted Sister podcast. If you're interested in other current Native issues and topics, check out nativeamericacalling.com! Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

Jana interviews Sierra Teller Ornelas, a Mexican American and Navajo comedy writer and television producer, about being brave and taking big leaps to build a successful career making tv in Los Angeles. Sierra discusses her body in relation to Native invisibility and lack of representation, and the two delve into the incredible world of Indigenous art and media. Follow Sierra on IG and Twitter @sierraornelas and watch her show Rutherford Falls when it comes out on the Peacock Network. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

Jana chats with Jicarilla Apache and Laguna Pueblo organizer and digital storyteller Eryn Wise. The two kick of Native American Heritage Month by diving into their own Indigenous identities, the concepts of home and sovereignty, and how they're working toward being softer when the work makes them hardened. Follow Eryn's work at @seedingsovereignty as well as her personal journey @_samakuu. Check out womanofisize.com for links and extended show notes.

Jana talks with writer Ariel Henley about her experiences with facial difference as a woman with Crouzon Syndrome. Ariel discusses her journey into writing and how she has found community and advocacy through speaking her own truths. Follow Ariel on IG @arielhenley and on Twitter @ariel_henley9. Check out womanofsize.com for links and extended show notes.

Jana talks to fat, queer, Choctaw artist Tricia Jameson Rainwater about growing with one foot in Native communities and one in White communities. They discuss many of the complications brought about by not seeing Native experiences reflected in larger cultural narratives and the hardships of navigating the fatphobia imposed upon us by settler colonialism.

Jana interviews Jude Valentin, a young fat positive and mental health advocate about her eating disorder, developing a fat positive perspective and moving her advocacy onto accessible online platforms.

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Jana interviews comic artist, Maggie Spear about her experience suffering silently with an eating disorder as a fat young woman and what we need to change about our language and behavior to support the next generation of body positive feminists.

Also on this episode is fat Sacramento comedian and middle school teacher, Amy Estes @amysgotjokes!

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Jana talks with Ellise Smith, creator and curator of Fatness Fiction and Plus Size Magic Radio, about living in the intersection of Black womanhood and fatness. The two discuss their experiences with health bias, their problems with “body positivity” and what it’s like to open up conversations in their communities around big bodies and discrimination. 

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ED Content Warning: This podcast discusses personal experiences with dieting and disordered eating.

Jana talks with tv writer Andra Whipple about her climb to the writers room, how privilege plays a role in Hollywood and in diet culture, and what she’s learned along her recovery journey from an eating disorder. 

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Jana talks with her Xicano comedy friend, Derrick Lemos about the cis male world of body image issues, masculinity and untapped emotions. Derrick unveils his creative projects that work to open up space for men to have these types of discussions with each other.

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