Asia Hall - Different Ways to Frost our Cakes

Asia Hall talks about her experience auditioning for “Mo’Nique’s F.A.T. Chance.”
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Interviewer: So what was it like for you to be part of something so positive?
Asia Hall: It was actually an amazing experience. Oh my god, I never thought it was going to be like what it was. You’re in a room with, literally, there [...]

Deb Malkin: The Word Fat.

Deb Malkin speaks on her language of self-definition.
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I definitely am comfortable with the word fat. I mean, it’s part of the language that my community uses. And I like the words like curvy. I like the words are attractive, like Zaftig. But I don’t like them in the sense that…when they’re used as euphemisms [...]

Stacy Bias: The Shame Was More Important than Living

Stacy Bias speaks on childhood, compulsion, shame and the hierarchy of worth.
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My mom and dad were both big. My dad was about 6′4″, 350lbs, maybe even more than that, I don’t know. He was a very stocky guy, very Burly — his arms were just MASSIVE, his forearms. And he had a belly on [...]

Stacy Bias on Comfort and Comfort-Seeking

Stacy Bias speaks about comfort, shame and the roots of compulsion.
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Passions and Interests…Wow, that is an open-ended question, isn’t it? I’m passionate about people, like, my friends, my family, myself — like, life lessons. I’m really passionate about learning. Not necessarily academic learning, but spiritual learning; self-betterment. Music, art, the Internet (I’m such a [...]

Liv McClelland - Fat Vs. BBW

Liv McClelland talks about the language she uses to describe her body.
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Interviewer: Do you describe yourself as fat, or what language do you use to describe yourself?
Liv: I think moreso now I say fat. Like, I put a personal ad on Craigslist.org and that’s how I described myself. I don’t say [...]

Liv McClelland - Fat in the Family

Liv McClelland talks about fat and family.
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We have a lot of fatties in my family. My mom is fat. My mom kind of fluctuates between a size 12 and a size 20. She just kind of fluctuates in between there, depending upon what’s going on in her life. My dad actually has now got [...]