It’s a very compassionate thing to do to see yourself as you are and not hate yourself.” — Allison Graham on building fat community in her hometown
Advocate and community-builder Allison Graham joins guest host Emily Christensen for a conversation about why she likes the word fat, body positivity vs. fat liberation, and how anti-fat bias shows up in the work she does as a therapist and advocate for survivors of sexual violence.
More recently, Allison has been working to build fat community in Wichita, Kansas, and she discusses her motivation and goals around that work.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Periodical Podcast, in which Allison interviews photographer and “How to Carry Water” documentary subject Shoog McDaniel.
**Allison and Emily do mention weight, weight loss and body size over the course of our conversation. We also talked about sexual violence in the context of Allison's work as a therapist, and advocate. If these are sensitive subjects for you, please take care.
Learn more at reprofilm.org or follow us at @reprofilm. The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!
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