
Fierce Fatty Podcast
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!
Latest episodes

Nov 23, 2021 • 54min
106: Medical Fatphobia
Medical fatphobia - it’s just being told to lose weight, right? Nah, not so much. Of course pretty much every fat person has faced weight bias when encountering health care providers but a lot of people don’t know how rampant and nonsensical fatphobia is in healthcare. I’m sharing 30_ examples today. Plus I talk about the levels of fatphobia. TW: Ton of horrific examples of medical fatphobia, I let you know when that starts. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/106 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org The Bubonic Plague in... San Francisco?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtG_5YHaWms Dying Fat: https://youtu.be/71Z677IXUak https://www.instagram.com/nic.mcdermid/ https://ravishly.com/3-levels-of-fatphobia

Nov 16, 2021 • 50min
105: Eye Rolling Misconceptions About Fat Positivity
There are so many misconceptions about fat positivity and I will happily dispel them today! Also...if you really were body positive would you want to pursue health? Do we owe ourselves health? Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/105 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Working toward eradicating weight stigma by combating pathologization: A qualitative pilot study using direct contact and narrative medicine: https://mcusercontent.com/7a8bc7d91775aad77a0d21345/files/93f3a8f2-8caf-92c1-0fff-745ef5069092/Working_toward_eradicating_weight_stigma_by_combating_pathologization.pdf

Nov 9, 2021 • 59min
104: BMI, the Fat Spectrum and Who Is Classed as Fat?
Do you know why the BMI is racist? Who gets to claim the awesome title of “fat”? What the heck is “death fat”? Answers coming your way, rat bastard! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/104 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org The BMI is Racist and Useless By Christine Byrne: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bmi-scale-racist-health_l_5f15a8a8c5b6d14c336a43b0 Inclusive Language For Higher-Weight People by Ragen Chastain: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/inclusive-language-for-higher-weight?r=c8nqp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= The Problem with Person-First Language by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/the-problem-with-person-first-language/ The Fat Spectrum by Fluffy Kitten Party: https://fluffykittenparty.com/2021/06/01/fategories-understanding-smallfat-fragility-the-fat-spectrum/

Nov 2, 2021 • 47min
103: What is a “Good Fatty” and “Bad Fatty”?
If you are struggling to really get into a place of loving your fat body you may be scared of being seen as a "bad fatty" or letting go of your "good fatty" identity. What the heck even is a good fatty and bad fatty and which one should we be? Is it helpful to know these different tropes or does categorising fat people like this cause harm? Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/103 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org If you want to donate to me on PayPal you can do it here: https://paypal.me/fiercefatty FF blog post: http://fiercefatty.com/blog/the-good-fatty-vs-bad-fatty-false-dichotomy FF Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVTzxQlv-aa/ Stacy Bias: http://stacybias.net/2014/06/12-good-fatty-archetypes/ 9 Ways to Defy the ‘Good Fatty’ Trope: https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/02/9-ways-defy-the-good-fatty-trope/

Oct 26, 2021 • 1h 10min
102: Hypnosis for Weight Loss and Unlocking Gender Expectations from Fatphobia
Today we have stories of hypnosis for “food addiction” and weight loss and discuss if the method of hypnosis is any more effective than traditional diets for weight loss. I also talk about the intersection of gender identity, performing femininity, and fatphobia. PLUS transracial vs transgender identities. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/102 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org If you want to donate to me on PayPal you can do it here: https://paypal.me/fiercefatty Why We Shouldn’t Compare Transracial to Transgender Identities: https://bostonreview.net/race-philosophy-religion-gender-sexuality/robin-dembroff-dee-payton-why-we-shouldnt-compare Hypnosis: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hypnosis Is Hypnosis Real? Here's What Science Says: https://time.com/5380312/is-hypnosis-real-science/ Hypnotherapy for “ov*rweight” and “ob*se” patients: A narrative review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095496420301229 Hypnotherapy for “ov*rweight” and “ob*se” patients: A narrative review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095496420301229

Oct 19, 2021 • 57min
101: Are Fat People at Higher Risk From COVID?
Now that the panini has been going on for a while the science nerds have been able to collect more evidence to support the idea that fat people are going around eating people in the street and giving them covid. Right? Or are other science boffins telling us something else? Let’s look at what we know so far and discuss inequalities in healthcare - and one glaring issue that you may never even heard about. TW: there are some mentions of violent healthcare fatphobia in this episode, plus talk about needles. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/101 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Cat’s Study Survey found here - tinyurl.com/VaxxC19 Cat’s blog post: https://www.friendofmarilyn.com/blog/onprotectingfatpeoplefromcv19 Even when getting vaccinated against Covid, fatphobia runs rampant - Ally Garrett: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/14/even-when-getting-vaccinated-against-covid-fatphobia-runs-rampant Vaccine Injections for Fat People: https://www.fatbesties.ca/blog/vaccine-injections-for-fat-people Resisting fatphobia in the time of COVID-19 - Medical Xpress: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-resisting-fatphobia-covid-.html Research paper called Resisting the problematisation of fatness in COVID-19: In pursuit of health justice: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420920315235 Weight and prognosis for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection during the pandemic period between 2009 and 2011: a systematic review of observational studies with meta-analysis: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23744235.2016.1201721?journalCode=infd20

Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 8min
100: Is Weight Loss a Mindset Issue?
I held the belief that I was fat because there was something "wrong with my brain" for a long time. Weight is a manifestation of trauma on the body, isn't it? If I had my life together then I'd be thin, right? I talk about how those beliefs are so prevalent in the self-help and online business world. Plus I answer questions on how to tell people to stop talking about weight and diet culture without alienating them (or losing them as your customer!). Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/100 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org I’m a Life Coach, You’re a Life Coach: The Rise of an Unregulated Industry: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/06/life-coaching-brooke-castillo-unregulated-industry Boundary Boss: https://bampowlife.kartra.com/page/BB

Oct 5, 2021 • 49min
099: Did Rebel Wilson Gain Weight To Become Famous?
What’s with all these formerly fat celebs losing weight and seemingly throwing their fat fans under the bus? Is it true that Rebel Wilson used fatness as a way to capitalize off fat bodies? Are we allowed to be mad and sad if they are no longer fat? Let’s talk about it! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/099 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Fat Fab Feminist: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdLilmIza4/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdtEu5pNeD/ Fat Tats on TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@fat_tats/video/7012964667987381510? lang=en&is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7014169928077542917 Rebel talking 2016 article: https://globalnews.ca/news/2801731/rebel-wilson-says-she-gained-weight-to-get-famous/

Sep 28, 2021 • 45min
098: Does Anti-Diet Mean Anti-Vax?
Is being anti-diet is a fringe theory based on one study from the 50’s? Does questioning bad science mean that you also question vaccine science? Is it ok to be hesitant? Are anti-diet proponents conspiracy theorists? The answers to these questions are in today’s show! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/098 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org Edadhd_therapist: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBhS6jpIQR/

Sep 21, 2021 • 56min
097: When Your Spouse Isn’t Attracted to Your Fat Body
How the heck should you react if your spouse confesses your body is a turn off? Luckily (lol) I have experienced this very thing and if you're in the same boat, I got some advice for ya! Also we are talking about plus size dating, leaving vegetarianism, and weight science, it's a jam packed episode! Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/097 Free Training: The 4 Simple Steps to Feel Confident in Your Body and Around Food ... Even If You Believe It's Not Possible! https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/org WHY I WAS HAPPY WHEN MY BOYFRIEND TOLD ME HE WASN’T ATTRACTED TO ME: http://fiercefatty.com/blog/why-i-was-happy-when-my-boyfriend-told-me-he-wasnt-attracted-to-me MY PARTNER TOLD ME I WAS NO LONGER ATTRACTIVE: http://fiercefatty.com/blog/my-partner-told-me-i-was-no-longer-attractive How Can You Ignore The Correlation Between Weight And Health?: https://danceswithfat.org/2021/09/14/how-can-you-ignore-the-correlation-between-weight-and-health/
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