Episodes
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Tracey Weise: Competence in Care
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Guest: Dr. Tracey Weise, ARPN, Clinical Director Identity Wellness in Anchorage, Alaska
Dr. Weise joins Auntie Vice to talk about what competent care for LGBTQ+ folks looks like in a medical setting. After working for six years as a forensics nurse, Tracey returned to school to get certified in mental health. She has a deep understanding of the how much trauma members of the LGBTQ+ community carry and how important it is to be competent when treating folks in this population. We chat what competence looks like (hint: it isn't just putting a rainbow flag sticker on your site), and what we should expect from healthcare providers.
She talks about Adverse Childhood Events, how they change the brain and body of everyone long term, what trauma-informed medicine looks like, and about starting Alaska's only gender and queer specific healthcare center. She is just awesome! Your should definitely listen.
SItes and Socials
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Tristan Taormino: An@l Sex Made Me
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Guest: Tristan Taormino (author, educator, film maker)
Tristan Taormino, preeminent sex educator and author, joins Auntie Vice to chat about her new memoir A Part of the Heart Can't Be Eaten. The memoir focuses largely on her relationship with her gay father. She chat about her career as a sex educator and a feminist porn producer, depression, and her new, energizing relationship in her 50s.
Sites and Socials
Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaning Open Relationships
The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women
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Monday Jul 31, 2023
Tigress Osborn: NAAFA
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
In this episode of Fat Chicks on Top, our guest Tigress Osborne, the director of the National Association for the Advancement of Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), joins us to discuss the importance of embracing the term "fat" and advocating for fat people. Tigress shares her journey of becoming comfortable with using the word and highlights the need for a supportive community in the fat liberation movement. Tigress discusses the challenges of using the word "fat" with medical professionals and seeking healthcare as a fat person. She emphasizes the importance of advocating for oneself by setting boundaries and expressing preferences when talking to doctors. Tigress also mentions an upcoming event featuring an activist who has created a document outlining their preferences for interacting with doctors. The conversation then shifts to the intersectionality of fat acceptance. Tigress and the hosts discuss the need to consider race and other marginalized identities when discussing weight and discrimination. They recognize the discrimination faced by LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and other marginalized groups, and reject the idea of prioritizing certain identities over others. The hosts delve into the history of NAFA, acknowledging its past focus on cisgender white women and discussing their efforts to create a more inclusive organization. They emphasize the importance of addressing oppressive structures and actively challenging them. Tigress, as the newly appointed executive director of NAFA, outlines her vision for the organization, which includes expanding its reach and impact. She discusses the need for more funding in the fat liberation movement and proposes forming partnerships, such as working with Dove, to increase resources. The conversation then shifts to the issue of size discrimination and the lack of explicit laws prohibiting it. Tigress and the hosts discuss efforts to pass legislation that protects fat individuals from discrimination and highlight the empowerment of fat people in various areas of life. The hosts acknowledge the increasing representation of fat people in media but also emphasize the need for more diverse and nuanced portrayals. They critique the tendency to dismiss anti-fatness based on the success of a few individuals and highlight the importance of having deeper conversations about representation and body image. Tigress shares her excitement about the growing number of books by and about fat people being published. She also discusses the barriers that fat authors face in the publishing industry and the need for systemic change. The conversation then touches on the influence of pharmaceutical companies in the weight loss industry and the objections to the terms "obesity" and "overweight" in the fat activism community. The hosts emphasize the importance of body autonomy and informed consent. The episode concludes with expressions of gratitude and mentions of the NAFA's initiatives, including Fat Liberation Month and a petition for the Campaign for Size Freedom. The hosts also share information about their collaboration with Fun Factory and recommend a book and dildo package deal for bisexual individuals. Remember to like, subscribe, and review Fat Chicks on Top, and visit their website for more information.
Sites and Socials
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
Sign up for the NAAFA Newsletter
Find Tigress Osborn at @IoftheTigress on IG, Twitter, and other social media
Books and Media Recommendations in this episode
Fatizen graphic novel series
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
"When Killers Get Caught" with Brittnay Ransom
Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins (Hulu)
Reginald the Vampire (Hulu series)
Fat Vampire by Johnny Truant
Survival of the Thickest on Netflix
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Monday Jul 10, 2023
Kate Sloan: Juicy Girl
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Guest: Kate Sloan (writer, podcaster)
Kate Sloan joins Auntie Vice to chat about life as a sex writer and podcaster. They cover kink, living with Bipolar disorder, chronic pain, sex, and how D/s dynamics can be healing.
Sites and Socials
101 Kinky Things Even You Can Do
200 Words to Help You Discuss Sex and Gender
Mac Liquid Last Black Eyeliner
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Auntie Vice Responses to Listerner Questions
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
This episode Auntie Vice responds to questions from listeners.
If you have a question you want answered, please email AuntieVice@FatChicksOnTop.com and I'll answer you on an upcoming episode!
Links from this episode:
Thompson, Mark et al. (2004). Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice.
Beckett, Cooper and Lyndzi Miller. (2023) The Pegging Book.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Martha Madrigal & Charles Tyson Jr.: Full Circle
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Guests: Martha Madrigal & Charles Tyson, Jr., Full Circle Podcast hosts
Martha and Charles review the latest and greatest headlines in the LGBTQ+ news world weekly on their podcast, Full Circle. They join Auntie Vice to talk about what is going on the the queer world and how they stay grounded while being pummeled with bad news. Matha and Auntie Vice chat about surviving two plauges (AIDS and COVID), and what living through the Reagan years taught us for the current onslaught of anti-Trans, anti-queer hate.
Sites and Socials:
https://linktr.ee/fullcirclethepod Linktr.ee
https://fullcirclethepodcast.godaddysites.com/ website
https://twitter.com/FullCirclePod Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclethepod/ Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclethepodcast?lang=en TikTok
https://iammarthamadrigal.wordpress.com/ Martha's website
https://philadelphiadance.org/dancejournal/philadelphia-dance-talk-radio/ Charles radio show
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Cathy Reisenwitz: This Woman is Awesome!
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Guest: Cathy Reisenwitz, Sex & the State substack newsletter
Cathy Reisenwitz, sex worker and writer, joins Fat Chicks on Top to chat about masculinity, Evangelicalism, loneliness, and more! When I discovered her newsletter, Sex and the State, I had to have her on the show. She has a lot of amazing insights into structural barriers to success, access to servicers, sex work, masculinity, and America. I love how she breaks down large systematic issues into critical discussion pieces.
Sites and Socials
Newsletter: Sex and the State on Substack
Website: https://cathyreisenwitz.com/
Twitter, Instagram, and OnlyFans @CathyReisenwitz
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Lori Sweetman:Comes Into Herself
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Guest: Lori Sweetman, LGBTQ+ advocate and life coach
Lori Sweetman joins Fat Chicks to talk about working as a K12 teacher, transitioning into an LGBTQ+ youth advocate, coming out as queer after marrying a man and living for others for more than a decade.
Socials and Website
IncludeLGBTQ.com (professional site)
Lori@IncludeLGBTQ.com (email)
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Mir Green: Caffinatrix
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Guest: Mir Green, Owner of Wicked Grounds and kink educator
Mir Green joins Fat Chicks on Top to talk about the intersection of kink identities, queerness, and politics. Tune in to find out how they organized the community to keep Starbucks from building in the Leather District in San Francisco, grouwing up queer in a 3-stoplight town in the dessert, the importance of community, and crushing the patriarchy. This episode will leave you wanting to rise up and fight the power!
Socials and Websites
Blog recommended by Mir We Hunted the Mammoth
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Monday Apr 04, 2022
Devyn Stone: Striving & Thriving
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Guest: Devyn Stone, Kink Educator
Devyn Stone, kink educator and therapist, joins Auntie Vice to talk about how he became a kink educator, neurodivergence, the fawn response, and more! He talks about how he came to know he processed information differently from other people and how that understanding opened up his world.
He also discusses the upcoming Thrive conference - a conference dedicated to the psychological aspects of kink. The conference is free, online, and can be attended with a brief registration.
Register for Thrive at www.ThriveVirtualConference.com.
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