10 days? Well, I'm thrilled with it. You can't change it. This American Life They might get a point for walking a mile or two for playing doubles tennis or five for bouncing on a trampoline. This whole nonstop anxiety conversation happens in my head all the time for just basic life functions, like, oh, I have to go do this, you know? WebKathy brings a lawn chair for herself and a book. Our bodies are the home of the Holy Spirit. This American Life Ira talks with Karen Hutt, Director of Religious Education for the First Unitarian Church of Chicago, who one Sunday gave a sermon at the church about her experience as the first black child to integrate the Philadelphia public school system. WebThis American Life: Created by Adam Beckman, Alex Blumberg, Ira Glass, David Schisgall, Julie Snyder, Christopher Wilcha. I mean, this was just my favorite one of these fat acceptance blogs. This American Life I can't get it prescribed anymore, so I buy it in Mexico or online, though the online stuff is fake and doesn't work as well. And so my roommate was there, and then my friend was there. WebThis American Life: Created by Adam Beckman, Alex Blumberg, Ira Glass, David Schisgall, Julie Snyder, Christopher Wilcha. I enrolled in a weight loss clinic. And so when I got back in the dorm and I was talking to my roommates and stuff, they were like, well, you can do it. A book Elna discusses in this story is Dietland by Sarai Walker. Each ended with the guys saying the same exact thing-- "don't tell anyone about this." I was sure it was God. Host: Ira Glass. This next story is about a very specialized example of this kind of moralism. Stories of everyday people, based on the award-winning public radio show. With Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, G.J. Can it really be that so many of us are just weak and choosing to be unhealthy? 589 But I don't think it's difficult at all. Women hit on him in front of Lindy. And one of our staffers, Elna Baker, blurted out, if she put one of those on today, she'd feel like herself again. Before I will go out to eat, I research a restaurant extensively on Google. This American Life Listen now. Then anything can happen. What if I look stupid? Yeah, it is normal. Well, I was praying. I'm not having it. 589 People look right past you, and they don't think that you have anything of value to offer. Newsy stories that try to capture what its like to be alive right now. (5 minutes), If you enjoyed this episode, you may like these. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. So obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. It's saying that no weight is better than any other weight, which, given the health risks associated with greater weight that Lindy acknowledges, it can be hard to get your head around. In one report, the camera shows this guy, an overweight student, sitting shirtless in the lab. When I brought it back, we talked for 20 minutes. Fat people are told all the time they're choosing to be unhealthy. And when I looked at those photos, they made me feel bad, because in the pictures, I looked happy. Quote, "I was happy when I was overweight. Now, I'm down to 270. 379: Return To The Scene Of The Crime 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. Now, my goodness, how can anything like fat be good? And then they had to lose some weight. And so it's like, let me feel the way I want to feel. It was not going as planned. WebThis is my first time listening to this episode. No matter what excuses they drum up about family values and, yes, health, it's all "ew." Listen now. When she lost the weight she discovered it was ALL because of her weight. This American Life Tell Me Im Fat. But coming out as fat, doctors and your family and kind of the entire culture is organized to point out how wrong-headed you are. I asked God to give me the same willpower Jesus had when he fasted in the wilderness for 40 days. Just curious. She'd have to go back to the dorm, say goodbye to her roommates, and go home. Yeah, but I was determined to not be fat forever. And please develop some guidelines or some criteria so those students make progress or do not graduate. Why should I when I'm all right as I am?". It's true people maybe doing too much for public shaming fat peoples or discriminating fat people, but BEING FAT IS NOT HEALTHY, and fat people definitely has to do something about it. That's what I was. 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. Just a thought. According to the National Institutes of Health, they include physiological, metabolic, genetic, psychological, social, and cultural factors. All Episodes Available. What it do to see that? For Your Reconsideration. Our editor's Joel Lovell. It made me less hopeful about people. I walked out cautiously, not sure what had just happened. Prologue Maybe you remember her story about confronting an internet troll. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. And so at this point in my life, I'd say I would err on the side of, let's not hurt somebody. He was deliberately missing the point. Watch Trailer Stream Now. 589 It was just bright, happy, funny, smiling people wearing cute outfits. No Coincidence, No Story And it made me see this whole thing differently. And so what we're going to do today is we're going to present some excerpts from her book. Like, I'm not going to bother you with this. You guys, I've been working really hard on not showing this to people. Morning Edition Weekend Edition Saturday This American Life: 25th Anniversary 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. Here's a journal entry from when I was 22. This wasn't a suggestion. It made the world seem so bleak, like this is the system? They included something called a circumferential body lift. It was 120 people last year. Daniel Engber. And reading these two books was the first time I was able to imagine a parallel universe where I could have stayed fat. But I said to you that you wouldn't have been attracted to me. Yeah, really. A few days later, Dan Savage wrote a response, by the way, three times longer than Lindy's post. And for my part, I see how so much of love is physical attraction, especially at the beginning. A year out of college, I took stock of my life. I was like, really, God? 25% for males and 35% for females would be a good cutoff. "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.". Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Here's the quote. This American Life This American Life Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. No, that's not even true. Fat chicks deserve that too.". Elna Baker is one of the producers of our show. WebPodcasts & Shows Expand/collapse submenu for Podcasts & Shows. I mean, at first, I was really uncomfortable. I just really can't agree with the logic of the episode. Old Elna longed for someone like Andy and never got him. I wanted to know, is this is a thing? In both pictures, she's fat. It was like I was looking at specific parts of their bodies and staring at them-- parts of their bodies that I had always just reviled on myself. I asked her to read this part of her story for us here. It was like Mission Impossible. Paul would be in charge of making that home a fit one. That's crazy, of course. Season 1. I'd never done drugs before. I wish they'd cut it out. I don't want to pretend that I'm OK with it, and it's not judging anyone else. Paul was a Pentecostal Evangelical Christian. She says it took years, involved many humiliations, things she realized. Each week we choose a theme. This week, people revisit those decisions and we revisit a story we aired a year ago with new, fascinating updates about a groundbreaking study that turned out to be false. It just was me as a human. And we hear how a dollar bill ended up clinching a marriage, after floating around Chicago for years. "To Dan Savage. Host Ira Glass interviews Lindy West about her experience coming out as fat. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. And it did. I reject this entire framework. Why were there somber strings at my birthday party? "Almost every day, I hear some kind friend say, Sophie, dear, I think you're much too stout. I wanted to get a job and find love. In the last month and 10 days, I have lost 30 pounds. But you wouldn't have ever dated me, ever. He said, I've probably laid my hands and prayed for over a million-- well over a million-- people. Skin fold testing. Based on the wildly popular public radio show, This American Life explores a theme - fiascos, do-gooders, conventions, the job that takes over your life - and transforms the stories into something funny or poignant, enlightening or bizarre. 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. I looked back over our old email exchange. How long have we been married? Thanks. But if they want to lose weight, they just need to go on Slim Fast for a couple weeks or something. I could gain weight so easily. I know how irritating and how exhausting it is to, for example, climb a set of stairs. All this took was not eating. That was the gold standard for determining body fat in the 1970s. I called the doctor in a panic. I was Mormon then. 589 I should, rather than spending all my time counting almonds, why not try to figure out how to be happy now? For other individuals, that can be a devastating experience that they never recover from. Research help from Christopher Swetala. Lindy is married to this guy, Aham, and raising his kids with him. It's changed my life already. The show pioneered a new form of audio narrative journalism. Aerobics was brand new. Download. I thought we were falling in love. 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. Dan is friends with Lindy today and had no interest at all in coming on to the radio to revisit this fight that they had a couple years ago. No Coincidence, No Story He talked to my producer Zoe about this. Here's something that surprised me. Oh, no, it's white people. WebListen to This American Life on Spotify. OK, I'm going to jump in one more time here, because this health question is actually kind of the third rail when people talk about fat people. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. But we'd met long before that barbecue. Our website-- thisamericanlife.org. Here's the quote. I'm taking it right now, by the way. 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. Remember, this is 40 years before Fitbits. Stephen Lee tells about the time his parents first met his fiances parents, and his future mother-in-law dropped a coincidence bomb. One subset of that is the Christian weight loss movement. X-Ray TV-14. And I'd look at them and think, you're so stupid to think that you're happy. WebKathy brings a lawn chair for herself and a book. I just mean she has access to spaces that people like me do not. And they would tell you-- up to your neck. Back to regular case. She didn't convince him at all. I was timid, pleading. Web2007 2 Seasons Documentary, Reality. But you're not helping. He's a runner. By the way, we double-checked with Lane Bryant. How she went from somebody who never wanted to be noticed as fat or at all, to somebody who tells her well-meaning friends that, yes, she wants them to call her fat, even though it makes them feel a little uncomfortable at first. And so he told me. What he's rejecting is me. She came in holding a bottle of white wine and two Valiums-- one for her, one for me. They're art photos. We're a joke. Oh, my god. I get that you think you're actually helping people by contributing to the alp of shame that crushes every fat person every day of their lives. But as people grew more obsessed with being thin, there was a backlash. "Just take it," the man behind the counter said. And on top of that, they're ruining America with the terribly expensive diabetes that they don't even have yet? After that, I knew him. I've lost 25 pounds since last summer, Julie. Grab a Twinkie and come back in a minute, Chicago Public Radio, when our program continues. Description. And I'm sorry, but I have huge breasts. And then in certain cases, they checked their measurements by dunking students in a giant bathtub. This American Life It read as follows. No Coincidence, No Story Then anything can happen. That's a good fat person. For some individuals, I suppose if they were four pounds over and they didn't meet a goal that they were supposed to meet, not allowing them back in school-- for some individuals that could be a turning point where they could change their life around, and that would never happen again. You're just a thin person who's failing consistently for your whole life. She lost 110 pounds, and she's kept it off for years and years. And I was astonished. Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. Stories of everyday people, based on the award-winning public radio show. In order for my legs to heal, I had to sit alone in a room for a month without any underwear and my legs spread eagle. 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. She says, "Dan was a great boss. Skittles, I thought, only the opposite. Its a Small World 589 With Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, G.J. There must be some other way to think about this. But even surgery couldn't remove the extra skin entirely. 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 began my diet with a prayer for grace. And the women in these photographs were so proud and just full of life. I actually heard you say that. You do happen to be the boss of me, but you are not the doctor of me. So I tried the same thing at a different deli, this time on purpose. Yeah, but you know what's funny? This American Life 10 episodes. No, the medical term is super morbidly obese. 589 So here in the podcast and the internet version of our radio show this week, we are adding this. I emailed Dan privately in November of 2009. The dots were the beautiful people. Our friends, our families, the kids, a cake. Were you afraid it would be hurtful to them? And that was code for, seat them in the back three rows at the balcony-- the nosebleed seats. [LAUGHS] That's weird to say it like that. You know what I'm talking about-- the big table, the white board. What I look like and not what kind of person I was. As long as you're a fat person who's trying not to be fat, that's acceptable. 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. Enough people get this sentence that Kathy says she is the best-read person in Putnam County. There's the person who's maybe 20 pounds overweight, who's fine as they are. WebKathy brings a lawn chair for herself and a book. She'd never got the job she wanted if she stayed fat. The rest of the nation had declared a war on obesity. And at some point, she stopped me and said, the word "overweight" is not preferred. You think fat people are icky. You don't totally admit to yourself you're fat, because, well--. And now I don't have any pictures of myself from ages 12 to 22. And if you listen to our show a lot, you know him. He writes about obesity for Slate magazine and The New York Times. Its a Small World Jerri Johnston was too big. X-Ray TV-14. Rolls of exposed flesh are unsightly. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. 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. It's the idea that fat people would come out to their friends and family as fat. This whole movement almost feels like a slap in the face of everything I've worked hard on changing in my life, especially hearing them say that it's impossible to change! Paul Brynteson may have taught what he called God's diet plan to the kids at Oral Roberts. The thing is supposed to be, God looks inside and sees your heart, right? 805 IMDb 8.4 2007 6 episodes. I'm not concerned with whether or not fat people can change their bodies through self-discipline and choices. Host: 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. 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 it's time to rethink the way we see being fat. And I talked to her about this in our interview. WebListen to This American Life on Spotify. One night, he told me, "I liked you from the first moment I saw you." I just had to be thin. For Your Reconsideration So obesity in America affects a higher percentage of black people than white people. But I also feel like I can't be honest with you, like we won't really get anywhere unless I admit it. I took it at 11:00 AM this morning. I said nothing. It wasn't about saving money. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. They think youre fat because youre weak and cant get control of your own life. The New York Times has officially launched its new audio app for iOS New York Times Audio and we're on there in a big way. I didn't have the incentive without this program to do it on my own. Whatever. He's actually got a doctorate in physical education. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. A show inspired by Lindy Wests book Shrill. You know, we'll pray for you this semester. And if I don't think I'm going to be comfortable, I simply won't go. ", Then I tore into something Dan wrote about fat rolls. Dan's reply was nine words long. Listen to some classics selected by the shows host, Ira Glass. OK, back to her reading. It was a very popular and, I imagine, gratifying ticket at the time. Says she grew up being told the same thing that lots of fat girls are told-- that she'd never have a husband or a family if she stayed fat. Until this interview, it never occurred to me that a human being could sigh that way over chairs. Thin girls get public proposals, like those dudes are winning a fucking prize. ", 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. YOU ARE NOT BREAKING NEW GROUND HERE!" With Ira Glass, Milo Finch, Chris Partyka, G.J. I knew Dan didn't hate me. In her 20s, fat made her world smaller. That if you're fat, you must be lazy or lack self-discipline, that there's something wrong with our country that so many of us can't control our weight. The way people talk about being fat is shifting. "Not my point at all either." Not really. The older and wiser we get, the more bewildering our past decisions can seem. We'd lived in the same small building for four years. If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis that's not on the page. It's not the story we're told. See it? And we're doing this show today because I read the book that Lindy just published about this. CBS two was for fat people, elderly people with a visible illness, people who looked like they might be disruptive, and goths. So before you declared to others, OK, I'm fat, how did you see yourself? Daily. Jogging had only just become a thing. He and I have only been married a month. In 1977, word got out about the Pounds Off program to people who didn't go to Oral Roberts. Old Elna looked for a job for a year and a half. Then anything can happen. We Won a Peabody Award for Our Coverage of the Fall of Roe v. Wade. The post was called, "Hello, I Am Fat." I kept a journal during that time and recently read from it on stage. But at least you have that. I went out with him again. For WBEZ Chicago, it's This American Life. And what did this do to you? New Elna didn't have to be a good person. Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. This American Life: #589 (18 minutes), Elna Baker lost a lot of weight, 110 pounds. Yes, it is. Coming up, does God want you thin? What if I decided that's beautiful? Ha! WebListen to This American Life on Spotify. So I managed to sort of leap into a crouch. Of course, they still didn't agree. She says her fat test was like being in a carnival dunk tank. (Still needs work, but on the right track!) I didn't tell him about old Elna. She just figured she'd just make it work. I know that all of this is wrong. Usually those were the only rows you saw on television. Our program was produced today by Susan Burton, Elna Baker. WebThis is my first time listening to this episode. Echternkamp. "Nope, not at all," I wrote. Yeah, I mean, I think there are different kinds of fatness. First, they take a caliper to the thigh. And we're realizing that our marriage is based on a lie. Daniel Engber takes us into to a particularly extreme moment for this movement. You know, I think the thing that happens most commonly is when I'm flying, I am oftentimes standing in the priority line, because I travel every week. So the least amount of clothing that you can get away with. Lindy writes about what happened between them in her book. Iowa should ban fat marriage. It was a full-blown grand gesture. (10 minutes) Song: Now, I'm down to 270. Newsy stories that try to capture what its like to be alive right now. I would never do that now. It's not a fact at all. And it turns out that my memory sucks. For the next year, he went back to posting semi-regularly about the horrors of the obesity epidemic with no discernible interruption. Musical help from Damien Graef and Rob Geddis. It's dehumanizing. When I was fat and I walked down the street, people would stare. Kurt Braunohler and his girlfriend had been together for thirteen years, and they were still only 30. I take up a lot of space. I wore the most ridiculously bold things-- vintage neon green and pink Hawaiian print dresses. When we asked the school about the Pounds Off program, the current administration said they hadn't heard of it. Download. When you're over a certain size-- it's been explained to me by a few people now-- complete strangers walk up to you on the street and tell you to lose weight. 20 more pounds, white guys noticed me. Once I did all that, I realized I still wasn't actually thin. Really, I am awake because I am on speed. This American Life I was hired to be a page at the Letterman show. An anthology of true stories pertaining to various themes are illustrated. Oral Roberts just made it more explicit. They shoot you dirty looks when they see ice cream in your shopping cart. Ha, ha, ha. If this isn't-- no, no, no. It's mean. In the after picture, she is outspoken and happy. It's just, you're so used to seeing fat people presented as sad and apologetic.
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