BFF: Black, Fat, Femme

BFF: Black, Fat, Femme

"The B.F.F. Podcast” gives voice to two of the leading queer, fat and Black changemakers while calling in the world to examine and understand what it means to love oneself unapologetically - in a world where loving oneself often feels impossible.

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June 24, 2025 100 mins

This week we welcome our favorite final girls, Kim and Ket from "Kim and Ket Stay Alive...Maybe" podcast for a mid-summer horror kiki. We talk weapons of survival, Michael Meyers getting in his ring steps and our favorite /not so favorite horror franchises. Jon also throws flowers at Los Angeles Parking Patrol. 

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This week we welcome scholar, activist and movement maker Tigress Osborn on to discuss fat advancement, policy and why we all should care more about inclusion - even when it's not sexy. We also remix the last segment and discuss why we love our bodies exactly the way they are. 

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This week your BFF's kick it with therapist & healer Emely Rumble to talk discuss why literature can be healing and why it's so important to jot down your story. We also discuss east coast/west coast vibes and scream, "F*** ICE" from the top of our lungs. 

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This week your kick off pride month celebrating queer history, discuss what's at stake for our queer youth and what words of affirmation we have for those who are scared of what the future might look like. We also examine whether Joho might just be a native New Yorker. 

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May 27, 2025 70 mins

This week your bffs break down what it means to be gender expansive in a world that is constantly trying to keep us trapped in the binary. We also talk our love for Taco Bell and why folks need to mind their business when folks say they don't partake in alcohol. 

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This week your bffs talk about what they have learned from being in the Beyhive, the struggles that marginalized people have to ignore perfection and the impact it has on Black youth. We also talk about why Sofi has the WORST layout ever and why you too should be rejecting the tariffs. 

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May 8, 2025 73 mins

This week your BFFs get into their tech bag and discuss how tech has changed their lives as they’ve grown up and the realness of Black Mirror (why it gotta be Black?!). We also discuss why we hate self check out. 

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This week the BFF's talk to the stylish and ever etherial Danali Joël about Black art, Black influence and why people need to keep their thoughts and opinions on religion to themselves. Amen? 

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This week your BFF's are joined by your favorite's fave Star Amerasu to talk being a digital girl in a digital world and why we all want to make space Gayle King & Katy Perry's permanent home. 

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April 22, 2025 67 mins

This week your BFF's dive into a conversation about faith, spirituality, the easter bunny (we know we late) and yarmulkes. Grab you a cup of the blood of Christ before Joho drinks it all! 

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April 15, 2025 55 mins

This week, your BFF's talk Rupaul Drag Race Season 17, why drag is so important in this climate and who truly deserves to be in the top 4. 

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April 8, 2025 72 mins

This week, Joho flips the script on Doctor Jon Paul, and puts them in the hot seat to talk alllll about their book, "Black, Fat, Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself." Also, Joho has some words for furniture makers!

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This week your BFF's are joined by Marie-Adélina (Loveable Trans Auntie) to talk all things trans joy, visibility and why we need to uplift the trans community now more than ever. We also dabble into Jordan's Taco Bell obsession. 

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This week your BFF's are joined by the queen Goddess Latrice M*tha F*ckin' Royale - A house fave contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race and We're Here fame - to talk he legacy in drag, what it was like to be asked to write a foreword on a book and why the book is so important and needed now. 

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March 18, 2025 68 mins

Originally released March 20, 2023. 

This week we discuss what it means to be outspoken, how Jon loves a secret menu and why all debt should be forgiven. 

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This week your BFF's chat with Marcy Guevara-Prete about sizism, fat fashion and why The Plus Bus is so much more than just a boutique. We also get into a conversation about forgiveness and why we are gonna need to offer more grace to those in community, especially now. 

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This week your BFF's link with the illustrious Bay Davis to talk being Black 365, why we need to redefine community (yes we go there) and why we are so thankful to be Black, fat, femmes. 

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February 25, 2025 71 mins

This week your BFF's share their thoughts about living in (not-so-always-sunny) SoCal and what things folks need to consider when they tell BFF's that they will be "fine" in this climate, considering all the things we are up against. We also revisit the topic of authenticity and talk openly about why we need to stop telling folks NOT to be scared. 

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This week your BFF's continue to celebrate Black History Month by talking to our favorite accomplice Jessica Marie Garcia about why, now more than ever - we have to work in solidarity to get free. We also talk about the true meaning of farm-to-table and why in 2025, we don't need another thinking piece. 

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This week your BFF's celebrate Black history by hanging out with the one and only Jade & XD (Jade & XD/Gettin' Grown) to talk about both our favorite Black history moments and our favorite Black history anthems. We also give the cold and the horns in NYC their flowers. 

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