Weight For It
Weight For It unpacks the nuanced thoughts of fat folks, and of all folks who think about their weight all the time. Through narrative storytelling, and some memoir, host Ronald Young Jr. hopes to have the conversations that we tend to avoid when it comes to our bodies.
Episodes
Editor Sarah Dealy sits down with Host Ronald Young Jr. as they reflect back on this season of Weight For It, and pontificate on the future of the show.
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
Credits
Creator/Host - Ronald Young Jr.
Editor - Sarah Dealy
After 5 episodes of pontificating on weight host Ronald Young Jr. starts to truly consider what escaping from our culture of fatphobia looks like. Featuring activist and writer Da’Shaun Harrison.
Special thanks to Jon Breeding, Tracy Cox, and Da’Shaun Harrison
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
In a collaboration with Articles of Interest, Host Ronald Young Jr and Editor Sarah Dealy work with Avery Trufelman to find out what’s the deal with plus sized clothing? Why do fat folks get the ‘cold shoulder’?
Special thanks to Mayra Mejia, Molly Goodman, Stacy Toth, Brittany Saunders, Maddie Hughes, Hannah Leonhard, Lauren Downing Peters, Jessica Hinkle, Jen Wilder, Marcy Guevara-Prete, Leila Kelleher, Natalia Mehlman...
Host Ronald Young Jr. finds himself at a crossroads. He doesn’t feel equipped to make a choice so he seeks out the stories of those who have.
Special thanks to Caroline Hamric, Michael Jefferson aka Mass Potential, and Tracy Cox
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
Host, Ronald Young Jr. goes through a breakup and thinks maybe it’s time to lose weight. But before he does he needs to take a quick visit to his doctor.
Special thanks to the doctor…
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Follow Ronald Young Jr. on Twitter, Threads, IG, and TikTok - @ohitsbigron
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In this episode, we take a trip with host Ronald Young Jr. to the past. Back to college in Richmond VA, at Virginia Commonwealth University. Where our host was just a straight sized teenager leaving his home for the first time and figuring out what type of person he was going to be, and what type of partner her would choose.
Special thanks to Damon Young, and Caitlin Scanlan
In the premiere episode, Host Ronald Young Jr. is pondering his own desirability. Is he an eligible bachelor as a fat man? He seeks solace in body positive and size-affirming spaces and discovers something he finds a little unsettling.
Special thanks to Jessica Taylor Dicken, Mayra Meijia, and Dr. Caitlin Gunn
If you have a story about weight you’d like to share with us, send us an email at weight@ohitsbigron.com
Introducing Weight For It! The show that tells the stories of folks who can't keep weight off their minds...
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