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10 episodes. And it got really emotional really fast. I want to have more stamina. Listen to some classics selected by the shows host, Ira Glass. In that moment, something changed. Because if you were concerned about my health, you would also be concerned about my mental health, which has spent the past 28 years being slowly eroded by statements like the above. What are you talking about? The show pioneered a new form of audio narrative journalism. And then they prayed with us. Or at least, that's how I remember it. Yeah, I'm sure people in the audience-- I mean, well, a guy came running out with a chair. In fact, without this program, I don't think I could survive, because I'd feel like-- I've just been reborn, actually. Yeah, but I was determined to not be fat forever. I looked at my pile and began debating what would stay and what would go. Paul's fitness program wouldn't just keep tabs on students' exercise. A painting by Fernando Botero, photographed by Edgar Zuniga, Jr. I had trained myself not to care what people thought, and I'd done a good job of it. She worried-- and she worries still, all the time-- about destroying chairs by sitting on them. Back to regular case. So we're in this situation, where a third of all Americans are classified as overweight, another third of us are obese. Everyone was there. I just had to be thin. ", Instead, he said, one time, when you were drunk, you told me, "if you ever propose to me, don't do it in the bullshit way that dudes usually treat fat girls-- like it's a secret, or you're just trying to keep me from leaving you. And it really had an impact on me. Now, I'm down to 270. With Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, G.J. Our production staff-- Zoe Chace, Sean Cole, Neil Drumming, Karen Duffin, Stephanie Foo, Chana Joffe-Walt, Miki Meek, Jonathan Menjivar, Robyn Semien, Alissa Shipp, Lyra Smith, Matt Tierney, and Nancy Updike. It just was me as a human. I still take phentermine. When I hold my arms and legs out, I still look like a flying squirrel. I'm Ira Glass. And they're the ones I find that are often the strongest cheerleaders of, this is who I am, and, you have to take me as I am and respect me because of my body not despite it. I tried for the life I wanted, hard. For other individuals, that can be a devastating experience that they never recover from. And I was astonished. Then anything can happen. While writing about all this, I looked up the original exchange. They make me sick. A book Elna discusses in this story is Dietland by Sarai Walker. Now I just have to keep going. You know, packed, sold-out theater. That's how radical this is. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. Today on our program, we're saying maybe that is not the most accurate or the most helpful way to look at this. I enrolled in a weight loss clinic. After that, I knew him. Act Three, How You Doing with Sizes? It's the idea that fat people would come out to their friends and family as fat. And when the two of them are out together, sometimes people assume that because he is slim and good-looking and she is fat that they're not a couple. I waited a few days. Then Oral Roberts had another idea-- to push the fitness program even further. I don't give a shit if you think I lie on the couch all day under the Dorito funnel. But why didn't he see that when he wrote about fat people he was writing about me, Lindy West, his colleague and friend? This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Soon it was a scam I ran all over the city. And plenty of others said basically, sure, it's discrimination but in a good way, like it could inspire lazy people to get in shape. I wore the most ridiculously bold things-- vintage neon green and pink Hawaiian print dresses. And we're doing this show today because I read the book that Lindy just published about this. And I was already on high alert for the chair. WebListen to This American Life on Spotify. So I managed to sort of leap into a crouch. I also got a thigh lift. We've arrived at Act Three of our program. Did you conceive of yourself as fat? WebFull episode 589: Tell Me Im Fat Act Two Its a Small World After All Share a clip Transcript Elna Baker lost a lot of weight, 110 pounds. So why do I have to pretend that I'm OK with it? But we're working on it. It was just bright, happy, funny, smiling people wearing cute outfits. Really, genuinely. Newsy stories that try to capture what its like to be alive right now. But even surgery couldn't remove the extra skin entirely. And on top of that, it's because of their own moral failure? It's just such an unbalanced reward system. Lindy West tells us how she went from being ashamed of her fatness to embracing it, and reads from her book,Shrill. And then I'll be back, and we'll unpack and everything. I am usually up until 4:00 AM. As new Elna, I once went on a date with a cute guy who said to me, I know this is going to sound mean, but I just can't tolerate fat people, and then took my hand for the very first time. Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. With one-third of Americans classified as overweight, and another third as obese, and almost none of us losing weight and keeping it off, maybe its time to rethink the way we see being fat. She wasn't strident about this. There's a bunch of Tumblrs along these lines. Roxane's black. He wasn't alone. Two of the biggest things in Paul's life were coming together-- God and exercise. Season 1. So to actually say, OK, I am fat-- and I have been as long as I can remember, so I don't know why I live in this imaginary future where I, you know, someday I'm going to be thin. It's not a fact at all. Listen now. Stories of everyday people, based on the award-winning public radio show. And how can God have purpose in a person being fat? I mean, at first, I was really uncomfortable. So obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. But if they want to lose weight, they just need to go on Slim Fast for a couple weeks or something. Oh, my god. It's like confirmation that you are giant, that furniture cannot withstand you. And we were talking about fat and beauty and how important beauty is for men. With Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, G.J. Each week we choose a theme. It's sobering to realize just how the past 25 years have just been all about my body. Yeah, definitely. There's another level. The university wants to know what percentage of a student's weight is fat. One night, he told me, "I liked you from the first moment I saw you." My dad might have been acting like he was praying, because he was pretty upset that somebody was treating me like that. I have been overweight for my entire life. Yeah, it is normal. By the way, we double-checked with Lane Bryant. And so that's the number one thing that happens, and it's actually extremely annoying. Listen now. And who's to know which way that decision is going to go? The Best of This American Life: 25th Anniversary Episodes. For WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. It took so much more kindness, hard work, and ingenuity to be a person in the world when I was fat. Then I faked debating which ones to choose. I've lost 25 pounds since last summer, Julie. What do you do with them then? Paul was a Pentecostal Evangelical Christian. I have to go over the lab. I could probably have dealt with that. This American Life: #589: Tell Me I'm Fat June 20, 2016 6:59 PM - Subscribe The way people talk about being fat is shifting. Tell Me Im Fat. Web18 Posted by West Seattle 5 years ago Archived This American Life (Episode 589 Part1) had Lindy West's inside scoop about The Stranger's office battle over being fat and workplace snark thisamericanlife.org/radio- 56 comments share save hide report 67% Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast I'm Ira Glass. And if I don't think I'm going to be comfortable, I simply won't go. I say I have insomnia. (19 minutes), Obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. Oral Roberts still has a physical fitness requirement. Back in 1974, just the idea of regular exercise was cutting edge. OK, so I'm going to jump in here. Now I have a scar that runs completely around my waist, as if a magician cut me in half. The day I was trained, I put it together. (18 minutes), Elna Baker lost a lot of weight, 110 pounds. I was a huge flirt with lots of guy friends. And on top of that, they're ruining America with the terribly expensive diabetes that they don't even have yet? Lindy says in the years since, though, she's noticed-- and Dan says this is true-- he writes about fat people differently. Of course, how Lindy writes about fat people was changed by this as well. Thanks. The newscasters made it seem like this was some crazy Christian thing. WebListen to This American Life on Spotify. Students there still have to collect aerobics points. And we hear how a dollar bill ended up clinching a marriage, after floating around Chicago for years. Description. And it made me see this whole thing differently. Web18 Posted by West Seattle 5 years ago Archived This American Life (Episode 589 Part1) had Lindy West's inside scoop about The Stranger's office battle over being fat and workplace snark thisamericanlife.org/radio- 56 comments share save hide report 67% Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast WebJuly 1, 2022 Act Four: Next Host Ira Glass walks through possible next steps with a pro-life activist who worked on the Texas SB8 bill, that set a precedent for enforcement of abortion bans throughout the country. So now that you're equating the stigmatization of fat people with the stigmatization of gay people, does that mean you're going to stop stigmatizing fat people on this blog?" I didn't know how a substance could alter your state of being. I know exactly how messed up it is. The book has been adapted into a TV show on Hulu, starring Aidy Bryant. Aham took my hand and led me to the back. "Being fat is its own punishment. And they would tell you-- up to your neck. This American Life: #589: Tell Me I'm Fat June 20, 2016 6:59 PM - Subscribe The way people talk about being fat is shifting. Who are these hordes of fat people chasing you around, insisting that eating pot pies all day is awesome and good for your health? Elna Baker is one of the producers of our show. We Won a Peabody Award for Our Coverage of the Fall of Roe v. Wade. And so when I became so focused, so driven, so able not to eat, and so into cleaning, I was certain my prayer had been answered. She says her fat test was like being in a carnival dunk tank. So that stuff is rewiring her brain, and she's thinking about it a lot. I'm taking control over my body. I don't know how they reconcile that, you know? But part of it is being able to say, I feel good and fine about looking this way and being this way. Maybe you remember her story about confronting an internet troll. I would never do that now. And this is after-- so after I'd lost, like, 60 pounds, it was like the racial breakdown. (Still needs work, but on the right track!) We're the same height and used to be the same weight. Yeah, really. A complete lack of empathy. I think I just started nodding a lot to the comedy, like, ooh, yeah. Roxane Gay has written a lot about race and some about obesity in her book Bad Feminist and elsewhere. Then anything can happen. As new Elna, I threw out all my pictures of old Elna and all the pictures in my parents' photo albums too, because I didn't want people to see them. I have been overweight for my entire life. When I was fat and I walked down the street, people would stare. New Elna kissed 16 guys in eight weeks. I refused to believe that people were that shallow. Nothing. WebThis American Life: Created by Adam Beckman, Alex Blumberg, Ira Glass, David Schisgall, Julie Snyder, Christopher Wilcha. WebThis is my first time listening to this episode. A couple of them have succeeded. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. With one-third of Americans classified as overweight, and another third as obese, and almost none of us losing weight and keeping it off, maybe its time to rethink the way we see being fat. It wasn't enough to lose the weight of an entire adult woman from my own body. Stuff like this is all around us. But you wouldn't have ever dated me, ever. Ew! We Won a Peabody Award for Our Coverage of the Fall of Roe v. Wade. My job was to walk down the line of people waiting to go into the theater and divide them into three groups-- dots, generals, and CBS twos. Paul would be in charge of making that home a fit one. I didn't tell him about old Elna. With one-third of Americans classified as overweight, and another third as obese, and almost none of us losing weight and keeping it off, maybe its time to rethink the way we see being fat. WebGet This American Life a Day Early in New York Times Audio. We would have been friends. Enough people get this sentence that Kathy says she is the best-read person in Putnam County. I was Mormon then. I was confused. Now, he was a faith healer. And to get back to our story, her boss is saying these demeaning things about fat people. They'd whipped up a host of reasons why it was right and good to hate fat people-- our repulsive, unsexy bodies, of course, the classic, but also our drain on the health care system, our hogging of plane armrests, our impact on "the children," our pathetic inability and/or monstrous refusal to swap austerity for gluttony, oh, and our health, because they care. She said the problem with "overweight" is that it implies that there is a correct weight for people. But it felt like there was an invisible force blocking me from achieving my dreams. And then they would--. Watch Trailer Stream Now. Exactly. I don't want to pretend that I'm OK with it, and it's not judging anyone else. In fact, the question she's asked most often these days is, where do you get your confidence? I'd hear comments that I would ignore. But I always felt like if I didn't mention it that maybe people wouldn't notice. She had me lay back and pushed wads of gauze in my leg crease like she was putting the stuffing back in a teddy bear. Just a thought. And here was ORU with all its students running around in headbands and tube socks. I'd seen Letterman a few years earlier. From there, she started searching the internet with the intensity, she says, of a teenager looking for porn, only she was looking for sites where they posted images of fat people. Try it." I related more to those books than any I've ever read. I just really can't agree with the logic of the episode. It made me less hopeful about people. Jerri Johnston was one of the students in Paul's new program. But I've accepted it as part of the deal. I got a scholarship to NYU. WebThis American Life. I hope that's not bad to say. "To Dan Savage. Rolls of exposed flesh are unsightly. It's called Hunger. Oh, I'm mistaken for a man all the time. You know, just moving through the world as a big person is hard. Newsy stories that try to capture what its like to be alive right now. Fact is, though, it is a good question. I don't think I've ever actually heard somebody just say those words except in a much smaller context, like somebody puts on a dress and it's like, oh, I'm fat. And Oral Roberts was maybe the most famous televangelist and faith healer in the world. Shame doesn't work. There's a Tumblr called, "hey, fat chick!". Every student had to get a certain number of aerobics points per week. In the after picture, she is outspoken and happy. Elna is one of those rare people who has lost a lot of weight. Each week we choose a theme. You have no idea what I eat, how much I exercise, what my blood pressure is, or whether or not I'm going to get diabetes. Act Three, How You Doing with Sizes? It's sad that new Elna gets everything old Elna wanted, because I think old Elna was a better person than new Elna. Today's program, "Tell Me I'm Fat," in which we ask, should we think about weight differently than we do? You would never have talked-- I mean, you would have talked to me. Watch Trailer Stream Now. Once I lost weight, I realized, it was all because I was fat. Then, as now, being fat was not just seen by lots of people as a medical failing, but a moral one. Download. And I honestly, because I'm vain, want to wear cuter clothes. I Dont Want to Get Thin by Sophie Tucker, Act Two: Sixteen Candles Can Lead To A Lot Of Fire. Well, I'm thrilled with it. Aham took me out for dinner on my 32nd birthday, then suggested a quick nightcap at our neighborhood bar. And I held his hand. Lindy decided to take a stand. And so my roommate was there, and then my friend was there. And it did. And we started to really fall for each other. They might get a point for walking a mile or two for playing doubles tennis or five for bouncing on a trampoline. And then, of course, the chair made a horrible, loud cracking noise, like, five minutes into the show. We've arrived at Act Three of our program. I mean, this was just my favorite one of these fat acceptance blogs. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. And this is kind of an uplifting one. But I said to you that you wouldn't have been attracted to me. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Also, your super fucking obvious and regressive point has been made. Here's how I did it. I picked out more items than I had money for. He writes about obesity for Slate magazine and The New York Times. It's a cruel, subjective opinion. Until this interview, it never occurred to me that a human being could sigh that way over chairs. Usually those were the only rows you saw on television. 805 IMDb 8.4 2007 6 episodes. Now, I'm down to 270. The social costs of Iowa's obesity epidemic are pretty staggering. According to the National Institutes of Health, they include physiological, metabolic, genetic, psychological, social, and cultural factors. Gay is the author of Bad Feminist. I think every individual is different. It was a surprise. We nodded when we saw each other in the hallway. He couldn't even see me when I was fat. Coincidentally, that's the same feeling that drives anti-gay bigots. "I am thoroughly annoyed at having my tame statements of fact-- being heavy is a health risk, rolls of exposed flesh are unsightly-- characterized as hate speech.". They stayed fat. One day, when I was still fat, I'd knocked on his door and asked to borrow a hammer. They cut up my legs from my knees to my groin and took out as much skin as they could. When she lost the weight she discovered it was ALL because of her weight. In the fall of 1974, he took over the school's aerobics program at a brand new $2 million center with a fancy indoor track. And I'd look at them and think, you're so stupid to think that you're happy. Just to give you a sense of how serious ORU was about this and how ambitious, at the beginning of every semester, every freshman went to what they called the human performance lab for skin fold testing. And even when you're Lane Bryant fat, it's a struggle. Web2007 2 Seasons Documentary, Reality. (10 minutes) Song: This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. It was a full-blown grand gesture. And then you have people who are-- I like to call them Lane Bryant fat, which means they can still buy clothes at Lane Bryant, which goes up to 28 in size. Jerri Johnston was too big. Watch Trailer Stream Now. It read as follows. I will take another one at 4:00. WebPodcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows. And it turns out that my memory sucks. It's This American Life. (13 minutes), We close the show with one more excerpt from Lindy Wests book, Shrill. But I don't think it's difficult at all. And now I'm still on it because I'm about to pitch a TV show in LA, and I need to lose even more weight. Description. So it's like falling down, making a scene--. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. In the early 1970s, Paul got this dream job offer. Nothing. Skin fold testing. Yes, it is. When I brought it back, we talked for 20 minutes. I cannot deny Heavenly Father's role in this whole process. And I make sure, are the chairs solid? Later, I asked him why he did it that way-- such a big spectacle, such an event, not precisely our style. It was a very popular and, I imagine, gratifying ticket at the time. Aerobics was brand new. It's just, you're so used to seeing fat people presented as sad and apologetic. This argument over which is the real me, old Elna or new Elna, goes on for days. Her grandfather would tell her flat out, nobody wants to see a fat girl on TV. A year out of college, I took stock of my life. One of the big things was, she saw these photos taken by the actor Leonard Nimoy, the guy who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek. But starting around 2004, 2005, he began writing sometimes about obesity." But it was a painful month. It does seem weird to me too. The older and wiser we get, the more bewildering our past decisions can seem. I just mean she has access to spaces that people like me do not. And I expected something cliche but sweet like, "I wanted to make sure our community was part of our marriage," or, "I wanted everyone to know how much I love you. I'd never done drugs before. Quote, "I was happy when I was overweight. He and I have only been married a month. It just was. I'd just rather not be abused on the internet from inside my own workplace. Act Two In God We Trust When it comes to love, coincidences tend to loom extra-large. 10 more pounds, Hispanic guys noticed me. I didn't matter until I was this size. (5 minutes), If you enjoyed this episode, you may like these. And when I looked at those photos, they made me feel bad, because in the pictures, I looked happy. It's OK. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. What does the dining room look like? With one-third of Americans classified as overweight, and another third as obese, and almost none of us losing weight and keeping it off, maybe its time to rethink the way we see being fat. X-Ray TV-14. But I started to get comments here and there from readers asking how it felt to know that my boss hated me because of my body. And so it's like, let me feel the way I want to feel. I think it's wonderful, and I think it's necessary and a necessary corrective. Students like her were put onto something called the Pounds Off plan. After dropping the weight, I had so much extra skin that I could lay on my side and pull it a half foot in either direction. Thin girls get public proposals, like those dudes are winning a fucking prize. It was a requirement. They included something called a circumferential body lift. She lost 110 pounds, and she's kept it off for years and years. I have been overweight for my entire life. A show inspired by Lindy Wests book Shrill. And I admire that a great deal. Because I was aware of the whole Pentecostal fundamentalist movement of Christianity, and exercise was not a part of that environment. Here's how the provost from back then, Carl Hamilton, explains it now. You know, he just loves a conference room. Act Three, How You Doing with Sizes? Yeah, I mean, and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way. Love, Lindy.". In her 20s, fat made her world smaller. And she says those two things together have a huge impact on the way people perceive her. WebKathy brings a lawn chair for herself and a book. I started recording a conversation with my husband a few weeks ago about some of this to help think through the ideas of this story. An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated. It was not going as planned. New Elna was offered work a month after she hit her goal weight, an entry-level position on an actual TV show. When she was fat, she wasnt able to get a job or a boyfriend and sometimes thought, I wonder if its my weight. She figured no, thats a bad attitude, paranoia. But they're not required to lose weight. But then I'd think, don't be paranoid. First, they take a caliper to the thigh. Your diet will be aided by medicine, he told me-- potassium, serotonin, dopamine, a multi-vitamin, and then phentermine, which would help suppress my appetite. They sat in the order they arrived. When we asked the school about the Pounds Off program, the current administration said they hadn't heard of it. Lindy is married to this guy, Aham, and raising his kids with him. I'm Ira Glass. You've said this thing-- fat is all I ever think about, and it's exhausting. It was just that. Then Dan wrote a blog post entitled "Ban Fat Marriage." For Your Reconsideration. Jun 4, 2023 692: The Show of Delights In these dark, combative times, we attempt the most radical counterprogramming we could imagine: a show made up entirely of stories about delight. Daily. With one-third of Americans classified as overweight, and another third as obese, and almost none of us losing weight and keeping it off, maybe its time to rethink the way we see being fat. Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday A show inspired by Lindy Wests book Shrill. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. 805 IMDb 8.4 2007 6 episodes. Each week we choose a theme. Each week we choose a theme. I asked her to read this part of her story for us here. She got everything I thought I had to lose over 100 pounds to get. And I went back to ignoring him. Quote, "Why stop with gay people? More than anything, this passage from his 2005 book, The Commitment, sums up the overall tone of his stance at the time on fatties. Ew. It's about "ew." There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children who go to watch their school play basketball every Saturday and regard that as their week's exercise. We've arrived at Act Three of our program. 25% for males and 35% for females would be a good cutoff. A show inspired by Lindy Wests book Shrill. He changes the subject to disillusionment in general, says what I'm realizing is the same thing every teenager realizes in every John Hughes movie-- that the world is unfair. So obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. Just let me be me. Live and learn, he texted me. But by the mid-'70s, diet plans were as ubiquitous as they are today. It's no secret. Faron Yoder lives in Amish country in Indiana. And of course, it was a Christian university, so it was almost like a turtleneck bathing suit, right?

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