Jess and Megan discuss the documentary Your Fat Friend (2023), beautifully directed by Jeanie Finlay, about blogger, writer, podcaster, and activist Aubrey Gordon. We discuss the mental health effects of anti-fatness and also how not to be a dick.

Watch Your Fat Friend Here.

Sources: 

• "Your Fat Friend." IMDB. Link.  
• "'I'm Big in a Lot of Ways': Activist Aubrey Gordon on reclaiming fatness in a new film about her life." The Guardian. Link.
• "The Burden of Weight Stigma." American Psychological Association. Link. 
• "Challenging Weight Bias in the Doctor's Office- and in your own thoughts." Mayo Clinic. Link. 

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