Chala Tyson-Tshitundu On Being a Fat Kid and Loving the Food You’re Afraid Of
Release Date: 04/19/2021
The Pride Episode
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When your fatness takes up all the space in the room, where is the room for queerness? On this special Pride episode, Big Calf host Amanda Richards and producer Allison Specketer discuss how growing up as a fat kid kept them from exploring their queerness in different ways — in Amanda's case, getting bullied for her weight in childhood kept her from coming out until her thirties. This episode is about being gay, being fat, and figuring out how both to both inhabit and love those things about yourself.
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The Fruitless Childhood Search For a Fat Celebrity Icon
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Long before the time of Lizzo, many of us searched high and low for a fat celebrity to look up to. On this episode of Big Calf, host Amanda Richards and producer Allison Specketer discuss the fruitless childhood search for a fat celebrity icon, including queen of pantsuits Camryn Manheim.
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Jordan Underwood On a Lifetime of Fighting Your Bullies Online
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Chala Tyson-Tshitundu On Being a Fat Kid and Loving the Food You’re Afraid Of
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On this episode, we're talking to Chala Tyson-Tshitundu about their lifelong passion for food, how they dreamt of turning it into a career, what got in the way, and what brought them back to the pursuit of their dreams, and ultimately, themselves.
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Kendra Austin On Being a Horny Fat Kid
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The F*cked Up Fat Kid Fantasy
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The F Word
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The word fat is technically a neutral descriptor, but for fat kids, it's often so much more than that. On the second episode of Big Calf, host Amanda Richards and producer Allison Specketer discuss the three-letter word that, for better or worse, means something different to everyone.
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Lydia Hudgens On What Happens When Fatphobia Is a Family Heirloom
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Fat kids experience fatphobia from external sources, but what happens when criticism for your weight also happens at home, and has for generations? Photographer Lydia Hudgens talks about what it's like when fatphobia is a family heirloom.
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Big Calf
Big Calf
A podcast about being the fat kid.
info_outlineA huge part of growing up as a fat kid is being afraid to pursue certain dreams and ambitions. You might have felt like you couldn't succeed because you were fat, you might have been shamed into believing you were incapable because of the size of your body, or you may have simply lived with an intrinsic belief that because you were fat, you didn't deserve the things you wanted.
On this episode, we're talking to Chala Tyson-Tshitundu about their lifelong passion for food, how they dreamt of turning it into a career, what got in the way, and what brought them back to the pursuit of their dreams, and ultimately, themselves.