Fierce Fatty Podcast
Self-Improvement
About
Join Vinny Welsby (they/them), TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and certified Fierce Fatty as they teach you how to love your fat body without going on yet another ever again. 95-99% of diets fail, it's not your fault you've never succeeded at losing weight! Wear the damn bikini, rock that crop top, and embrace that curvy body. Break down limiting negative self-beliefs and root out the reasons why you think your plus-size body is not ok. Episodes topics include - fatphobia, diet culture, intuitive eating, how to be confident, dating while plus-size, health at every size, overcoming stigma and shame, and taking over the world one fatty at a time!
Episodes
- 206: 49 Benefits of Being Fat
This episode of the Fierce Fatty Podcast discusses 49 potential benefits of being fat, challenging negative stereotypes. It covers advantages related to disease outcomes, social interactions, mental health, and physical survival.
- 205: Stages of Fat Identity: Signs You're Thriving or Trapped
This episode of Fierce Fatty Podcast explores the stages of fat identity, distinguishing between thriving in self-acceptance and being held back by diet culture. It offers a roadmap to track progress and unlearn negative messages about bod…
- 204: Part 2: NYT "Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer": What It Gets Wrong
This episode continues an analysis of the NYT opinion video "Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer," examining the conflict between individual weight loss decisions and the political aims of fat liberation. It discusses how fo…
- 203: NYT "Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer": What It Gets Wrong
This episode of Fierce Fatty Podcast examines the New York Times video "Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer." The hosts argue the video inaccurately portrays body positivity and fat liberation, instead repackaging anti-fat s…
- 202: Part 2: The Truth About Weight Loss Surgery: Does It Really Make You Thin and Healthy?
This episode, part 2 of a series, examines weight loss surgery, covering weight loss, mental health outcomes (with significant trigger warnings), pediatric surgery, and informed consent. It includes discussions of suicide, depression, and…
- 201: The Truth About Weight Loss Surgery: Does It Really Make You Thin and Healthy? (Part 1)
Does weight loss surgery make you thin and healthy? What percentage of people is it successful for? Are the side effects worth it and what are they exactly? This episode is a deep dive into "bariatric" surgery AKA "weight loss" surgery AKA…
- 200: Ozempic/Wegovy (GLP 1s) - Where Are We Now? (Part 2)
It's part 2 of the GLP 1 deep dive! In this episode, we are covering "food noise," the weird things that people are reporting happening to their bodies on GLP-1s, horrid stuff that's happening in the UK, lawsuits, safety planning for those…
- 199: Ozempic/Wegovy (GLP 1s) - Where Are We Now? (Part 1)
Wegovy, (often referred to as Ozempic) was approved by the FDA in June 2021. Now that we have lived 4 years of a GLP frenzied hellscape, there must be new data on how well GLP1's work and how many lives they have saved. The numbers must be…
- 198: The Ultimate Harm: Fat in Healthcare
Some people think that anti-fat bias is just about flippant comments, hurt feelings and harmless jokes. What many don't realize is that anti-fat bias can be deadly. Today, we are joined by Sarah and Tam, who are sharing their stories. Sara…
- 197: Liberals Love Fat Shaming People They Don't Like
Have you seen the JD Vance memes that have been circulating the internet? In them, the meme creators have increased his body size to make him look fat and then laugh at the idea of him being fat. That's the joke. So hilarious (/s). JD Vanc…
- 196: Fat Monica and Other Fat Tropes in Media
What have we learned about who fat people are from the media we consume? What are the common stereotypes we see again and again? In this episode, I answer those questions and analyse different examples of fat media including the dreaded Fa…
- 195: Fat Harm: The Medical Model of Fatness
How can we convince healthcare providers to examine the harm they cause when they tell fat people to lose weight and deny us care? It can be pretty hard to realize that you haven't been providing evidence-based care so it's a challenge! Th…
- 194: How to Protect Yourself From Anti-Fat Bias This Holiday Season
It's NOT the most wonderful time of the year for a lot of fat folks because many will be spending time with anti-fat family and then once you survive that it's into the "New Year New You" diet culture dog shit. Ugh. Want some tactics to ov…
- 193: Fat in Healthcare and Ideological Anti-Fatness
Having a bigger body and trying to access healthcare can be a struggle at best and lead to mistreatment, misdaignosis and death at worse. I go over the 5 stages of subpar healthcare in this episode, talk about the root of the issue and sha…
- 192: Ozempic (Wegovy) 2 Years On
Almost 2 years ago I released a 2 part podcast on Wegovy and so I think it's time for an update! Is it true that semaglutide shows reduced cardiac event risk? What have been people's experiences? Is everyone on it now and have we "cured" f…
- 191: Michael Pollan, Organic Food and Determinants of Health
Should we be listening to the seemingly reasonable advice from food journalist Michael Pollan who says "Eat food, but not too much." How much power does what we eat and how we move our bodies have on our health? What about organic food?? T…
- 190: Being Fat And Unhealthy - Is It True That if You Really Loved Yourself You'd Lose Weight?
I'm on my holidays and so we have a replay for this episode from 2021 which is still super relevant. Let's listen! P.S. This is when I went by Victoria and she/her pronouns. "Self love means caring for your body which means losing weight!"…
- 189: 6 Ways Hating My Fat Body Almost Ruined My Life
What would my life be like today if I had never worked to unlearn anti-fat bias? I was so fortunate to stumble upon the message "It's ok to be fat" over a decade ago and it absolutely revolutionized my life. My life was being ruined by my…
- 188: Fat at Work Stories
327 people have completed my workplace anti-fatness survey and shared their stories. In today's episode, I am revealing the stats on what percentage of fat folks have experienced anti-fatness at work, which marginalized group is affected t…
- 187: DEI's Big Fat Problem: Fat Discrimination at Work
Let me ask you a question: have you ever had diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training that was focused on size inclusion or anti-fat bias? Has anti-fat bias even been a footnote in any DEI training that you've had or seen? I asked th…
- 186: But Aren't We in an "Ob*sity" Epidempic?
We allllll know that fatness is spreading like wildfire and is contagious and who is going to think of the CHILDREN?!!? ERMGHED!" Is it true that we are in an epidemic and everyone is getting fatter? Do fat people need to hurry up and lose…
- 185: Oprah Leaves WW Board After Using Weight Loss Drugs
Seemingly there are non-stop stories and notifications of celebrities and influencers being on a new "weight loss journey" after starting on weight loss drugs. Now, Oprah is among that cohort and it has had an impact on her relationship wi…
- 184: Organized Anti-Fat Fuckery with Tigress Osborn
The villainous tricksters behind the veiled push to "advance fat rights" (when in reality they just want to sell weight loss drugs) are at it again. Tigress Osborn from NAAFA is here to stop them though! She joins me on the show to talk ab…
- 183: AITA for telling my DIL she wasn't invited due to her weight
Have you ever read the "Am I The Asshole" questions on Reddit? If you don't know what AITA is: People ask the internet if they were in the right or wrong about a situation that happened in their life. Well, these questions are a source of…
- 182: Dealing With Anti-Fat Family During the Holidays
Woah nelly, can family be trying or what? Especially if you're the only one talking up about bad behaviour and feel like the black sheep or are being told you're "tooooo sensitive". If we want to (or have to) spend time with family, having…
- 181: Fat Liberation Gone Too Far? Misconceptions and Mistakes
Some folks can come in contact with fat liberation and turn away shaking their heads at the things that we believe. The thing is, often what they understand about fat liberation is incorrect, a misunderstanding or just plain false. First I…
- 180: Being On Reality TV Almost Killed Me
Today we are talking about the the truth about reality television and how devastating it can be to the lives of those featured. There have been incredible numbers of reality TV stars who have died by suicide and I was almost a part of that…
- 179: How to Feel More Confident in Your Body
http://www.fiercefatty.com/179 How the heck do you feel more confident in your body anyway? In this episode, I go through step by step the actions to take. Get ready to make some notes, or not, I ain't the boss of you. Plus, the story of s…
- 178: When a Loved One Diets and Hates Their Fat Body: Listener Questions
Listener questions! Questions include: My mum blames her poor health on her weight and won't listen when I tell her about anti-fat bias, what should I do? Help, I have just been diagnosed with diabetes! Is it actually unhealthy to be fat?…
- 177: I Want to Lose Weight! Coming to Terms With an Anti-fat World: Listener Questions
Listener questions part 2! Questions include: Help! I want to lose weight, but not for aesthetic reasons anymore but because the world is inaccessible. How do I cope? How to find a doctor who is fat positive? Is it true that biology dictat…
- 176: Lisa Marie Presley Died From Weight Loss Surgery: Legends That Fatphobia Stole Part 2
With the news of the cause of death for Lisa Marie Presley recently I thought it was time to expand the list of famous people who have died at the hands of fat hate or diet culture. The first part is episode 145, but you don't need to list…
- 175: 6 Things You Could Be Doing That Supports Anti-Fatness (And Can Ruin Body Confidence)
I hate my fat body and I don't know whhhyyyy! Have you ever thought this? If so, you need to check out this episode where I share the 6 things you could be doing inadvertently that perpetuated anti-fatness and could harm your body confiden…
- 174: Is The AMA Saying BMI Should Be Scrapped!?
The American Medical Association released a press statement saying that the use of BMI is problematic. Is this good news?? The AMA famously went against their own expert advice to classify fatness as a disease with the BMI as the way to di…
- 173: The Psychology of Hunger
Today we are looking at the Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study, the Children of HungerWinter, and the Minnesota Starvation Experiment to answer the question what does hunger do to our mental and physical wellbeing? Massive trigger warning: mention…
- 172: The Science of Protecting Ourselves From Anti-Fat Bias
Anti-fatness is everywhere, yuck! Do you know what weight bigotry does to our brains and bodies? If not you'll hear all about it in this episode. More importantly, you will also hear about what the science tells us about how to survive thi…
- 171: Fat Sex and Overcoming Anti-Fat Bias
Fat sex! How does society view fat bodies and how do we view our own fat bodies when it comes to sex and desirability? What impact does that have on the way we relate to others sexually? I talk about how sex was one of the final ways anti-…
- 170: The Full NEDA Controversy Explained
NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) have been in hot water what seems like recently, but actually they have been disappointing people for a while now. If you have seen posts on social media and aren't sure what the whole story is…
- 169: Intuitive Eating for Pets and Dealing With Anti-fat Family
Can pets eat intuitively? Are we messing with their natural ability to eat until they're full by only feeding them at certain times and in certain amounts? Or will some pets just eat forever if we let them? What about fat pets? Should we p…
- 168: Will Getting Plastic Surgery Mean I Am Anti-fat? Listener Questions!
We have listener questions today! From plastic surgery worries to new type 2 diabetes diagnoses. From being genderqueer and fat to reclaiming the word fat in conversations. Let's hear from you :) Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.…
- 167: I Am Terrified People Are Judging Me!
So many of us are anxious about people negatively judging our appearance and body size. And let's be real; people DO judge us and that sucks! So should we hide away and never venture out for fear of that judgement? Do people who seem to no…
- 166: The Alleged "Cost" of Fatness on Society
When we see headlines about the cost of fatness on society and what a terrible burden that is - are those numbers real? How do they come up with that number? We are looking at the supposed burden of fat people in Canada today and their $7.…
- 165: "Weight Loss" Surgery Stats and Stories (part 3)
Does weight loss surgery make you thin? What percentage of people is it successful for? Are the side effects worth it and what are they exactly? This episode is a deep dive into bariatric surgery AKA "weight loss" surgery AKA stomach amput…
- 164: What Would You Say to Someone Who Claimed You Are Promoting "Ob*sity"?
Today we have listener questions! What do you say to someone who claims you are promoting fatness? What things can you do to be a helpful fat ally and what things aren't so great? Where can I find fat trans and nonbinary masculine represen…
- 163: Hustle Culture vs Anti-Fat Culture
How do anti-fat culture and hustle culture share characteristics? How intertwined are they exactly? And what about the links to white supremacy culture? I am a recover(ed/ing) hustle culture enthusiast and long-removed anti-fat culture sup…
- 162: Fat People Barred From Home Ownership, Adoption and More
Did you know that in some countries (like Ireland), people with a BMI that is deemed "too high" are unable to buy a property? Fat people are turned away from IVF clinics and their ability to parent an adoptive child can be deemed insuffici…
- 161: PE in School And The Horrific Harm Fat Kids Experience
If you went to school and were/are fat then there is a sizeable chance that you have a least some stories to tell about the harm your experienced, specifically about physical education (PE) classes. From government-mandated fitness tests t…
- 160: How Life Changes After You Discover Fat Liberation and Anti-Diet (The Good the Bad and the Annoying)
Discovering fat liberation and anti-diet was life-changing for me! There have been so many shifts in my ways of thinking and a huge change in how I now experience the world. What are these changes and how many of them are good, bad and jus…
- 159: Anti-Fat Bias in the Workplace
What is it like to be fat in the workplace? I asked you to share your stories and I will be sharing the stats. Is there a difference in how fat men vs fat women are perceived and treated? And how much distinction do we see between smaller…
- 158: Fatness as a Disease and "Ob*sity" Medicine's Giant Flaws
There has been a shift in recent years to embrace fatness as a disease and in fact, the American Medical Association did do just that in 2013, against advice from many experts. Is the premise of larger body sizes as inherently "diseased" h…
- 157: Intergenerational Food Trauma
What did you learn from the people who raised you about food and weight? How did their caregivers talk to them about diets and fatness? Today we have a super VIP special guest; my Mum! We talk about The Great Starvation (Irish Potato Famin…