Not Ugly Pod

At the Not Ugly Pod, host Serita Fontanesi (she/her) has conversations to challenge our thinking about beauty and ourselves. LIke, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod. Stay golden!

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back! This week Angel Austin (@sacredspaceforfatbodies) joins host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) to discuss colonization and dominance, learning to show up exactly as themselves, and reflecting on what truly matters. LIke, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

Happy (belated) Intersex Visibility Day! To honor this transformative day Liat Feller (@liatfeller) joins host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta). Together they discuss Liat’s experiences as an intersex person, the power of rest, and how they make space for joy and healing. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

Back, back, back again! This week Holly Cotton (@hollycotton_) joins host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) to discuss finding yourself after a crisis, dating, and raising self-loving children. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

Let's get witchy, friends! This week indigenous Playboy Bunny, tarot reader, and psychic medium Brittany Leigh Gaddy (@brittanyleightarot) joins host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta). The two share their experiences with ED recovery, unlearning their own colonized perceptions of beauty, and the power of being baddies. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

In the season finale, host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) is joined by Nia Patterson (@thefriendineverwanted & @thatniapatterson). The two discuss top surgery as a beauty treatment, divesting from beauty standards, and shopping while fat. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

You're in for a real treat this week! Host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) is joined by ad creative director, artist, and seductive organ donor Mandy Caruso (@primadonna_praxis). The two chat about snail cream, beauty as a symbol of power and status, as well as irl beauty vs online beauty. TW: talk about eating disorders. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

This week's episode features host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) in conversation with guest Stephanie N Campos (@stephaniencampos). The two talk about baby Botox, applying makeup to stay sane during the panini, and their journeys to recovery from eating disorders. TW: mention of childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

Another one! This episode is part 2 of Captolia Eaton's (@captolia.online) conversation with host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta). This time around the two discuss being magnetic in Miami, defunding the cop in our minds, and influencing others to be their most authentic selves. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

Natalie Sanders (@bodyposibarre) joins host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) on this week's episode. Together they discuss nightly massages, their shift from body positivity to body neutrality, and setting boundaries about body talk with friends and family. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.

Host Serita Fontanesi (@seritafonta) is joined by this week's guest, Nike Aurea (@nikeaurea). Together they discuss the struggles of conditional pretty privilege, their critiques of the body-positive movement, and how to tell haters and their unwelcomed opinions to buzz off. Please don't argue with or cancel them. Like, rate, subscribe, and follow @notuglypod on all platforms.