Fat Lot of Good

6. Happy Fat with Sofie Hagen

In this episode, Helen is joined by Sofie Hagen to talk about her new book Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World that Wants to Shrink You (out now!) Among many other wonderful things, Sofie talks about the original Fat Activists who campaigned for, well, their basic human rights, explains how to be a good friend to a fat person and treats us to a saucy story about a semi-famous Danish musician… Sofie Hagen is a comedian, writer, podcaster and fat activist. You can find her podcasts at Made of Human and Secret Dinosaur Cult. THEY. ARE. GREAT. You can follow Sofie <a href="https://twitter.com/SofieHagen" target="_blank">@SofieHagen</a> on Twitter and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sofiehagendk/" target="_blank">@sofiehagendk</a> on Instagram. Find her tour dates and sign up for her newsletter at <a href="http://www.sofiehagen.com" target="_blank">www.sofiehagen.com</a>.  In the podcast, Sofie also recommends the following people:Megan Crabbe who you can find <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bodyposipanda/" target="_blank">@BodyPosiPanda</a>.Substantia Jones who you can find <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adipositivity/" target="_blank">@adipositivity</a>. Fat Lot of Good is presented by Helen Thorn and produced by Maddie Hickish. The theme tune was composed by John Thorn with jingles by Simon Toner.  Helen is on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/helenwearsasize18/" target="_blank">@helenwearsasize18</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/helen_thorn" target="_blank">@helen_thorn.</a> You can find Maddie <a href="https://twitter.com/maddiehickish" target="_blank">@maddiehickish </a>on both instagram and twitter.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

A funny and honest podcast about our bodies - what we think of them, what we put in them, what we do with them and what it really means to be a fat person in a thin-obsessed world. Helen Thorn, comedian, one half of the podcast duo Scummy Mummies, loud mouth and fashion blogger asks a range of experts, comedians and blatant show-offs about their relationship with their bodies and how and why this has changed over the years. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.