![]() ![]() She gained the kind of attention and success most writers would gnaw their arms off for, all while working a regular office job at a nonprofit where no one knew about her increasingly successful side-gig - the Clark Kent to Your Fat Friend’s Superman. She started writing a column for Self magazine. Tens of thousands of people followed her on Twitter. Her essays on Medium got thousands of views, sometimes millions. With that moniker, she wrote about the physical and emotional realities of being a fat person in America - the horrors of air travel, of being denied effective medical care because of your size, of being forced against your will to bear the burden of everyone’s messy body image issues. She rose to prominence under a pseudonym: Your Fat Friend. But the fact that she gets recognized at all is notable given that, until 2018, Gordon’s identity was something of a mystery. It’s only happened three or four times, when she’s walking the dog (which she does a lot, to combat writer’s block). Each episode is funny, chatty, and exhaustively researched - like a lecture from your coolest college professor, the one who’s young and knows how to text.ĭespite the show’s success, Gordon doesn’t get recognized in public that much. It’s routinely among the Top 10 health and wellness podcasts on both Apple and Spotify. Since launching in the fall of 2020, the podcast has been wildly successful there was a story about it in the New York Times, and Vulture named it one of the best podcasts of 2021. Every two weeks, she and journalist Michael Hobbes do a deep dive on subjects like the BMI, The Biggest Loser, or Karl Lagerfeld’s diet book, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet. But she’s best known as the co-host of Maintenance Phase, a popular podcast devoted to “debunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams, and nonsensical nutrition advice” - an often bleak but comedically rich area of discussion. Gordon is the author of What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fatand the forthcoming “You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People, which is due out in January. “I laughed, and this person sitting on their front porch whipped their head around and said, 'Is your name Aubrey?!'” "The first time it happened, I was on my phone, and the person I was talking to said something funny,” she said. Her laugh is so distinct that it gets her recognized in public. ![]() It is thunderous and bubbly, with a warmth and power that could lift a fleet of hot air balloons clean off the ground. Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show Maintenance Phaseĭebunking the junk science behind health fads, wellness scams and nonsensical nutrition advice.Aubrey Gordon’s laugh is an event, a force of nature. Links! Pete Evans on COVID-19 restrictions Pete Evans on who gets COVID Introducing the BioCharger Coronavirus treatment spruiked by chef Pete Evans criticised by health associations, to be investigated by TGA - ABC News Pete Evans' company fined for alleged COVID-19 advertising breaches | Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Pete Evans fined $80,000 by health department for alleged unlawful spruiking of devices and medicines Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans under fire for sharing views of UK conspiracy theorist David Icke Pete Evans' boasts he played 60 Minutes Australia like 'game of chess' Oh, for Pete's sake: The rise and fall (and possible rise) of Pete Evans Dumped by sponsors, what happens to Pete Evans now? Sonnenrad, symbol used in shooter's manifesto, explained Pete Evans Is Now Posting Neo-Nazi Symbols And The Far-Right Love It Celebrity chef Pete Evans' Instagram account deleted for 'repeatedly sharing' Covid misinformation Neo-Nazi groups allegedly targeted celebrity chef Pete Evans before infamous black sun cartoon The URL 'Pete Evans For Senate' redirects to unexpected webpage "Celebrity chef Pete Evans has activated his last almond with the Seven Network." Support us: Hear bonus episodes on Patreon Donate on PayPal Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more ![]()
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