⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Today's episode is inspired by a post I saw on Instagram last weekend where someone was asking if having a weight loss goal made them fatphobic. The comments section was interesting because a lot of people seemed very confused about what that word even means. I was tempted to write a novel in response, but them I remembered that I have a podcast. So I decided to turn my comment into content.

In a world where every other person you know is taking a GLP-1 and being super skinny is cool again, we need to talk about the very real pull you might be feeling to lose weight.

On this episode we talk about:

• What fatphobia even is (and why we shouldn't take the word literally).
• The difference between systemic fatphobia and internalized fatphobia.
• Why you might feel shame around having a weight loss goal even if nobody is actually shaming you.
• Why we need to stop considering being called "fatphobic" an insult and instead look at it for what it actually is.
• How our individual lived experiences about our weight and its correlation with our health and happiness affects our perception of weight loss.
• Why it's so important to not conflate health, fitness, and weight/body size.
• Better questions to ask yourself besides when part of you does want to lose weight.
• 3 books I recommend to help you unpack all of this for yourself.
• So many other important things!

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