Heavy Content

Heavy Content is the podcast where I, your host Sam, watch everything with a fat person in it and tell you how damaging the representation will be to your well being. Coming at you every other Wednesday, sometimes solo and sometimes with a super special guest. Each 40min episode will feature a discussion about fat tropes in the media with some hard take examples. Oh yeah, don't forget to look out for our special segments featured each episode.

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Episodes

Episode 6: SHE'S BACK!

Hello sweet and wonderful listeners. I AM BACK! After a like six month hiatus. I'm sorry, LIFE happened to me really hard. But I'm BACK in a bit way coming LATE to the party to talk about Dumplin'. Take a listen! Follow me on twitter @heavypodcast, on insta @heavycontentcast on fb @heavypodcast If you wanna get real personal, you can follow my personal sosh meeds, twitter @sammymarie and insta @2broke4bingo. Don’t add me on facebook, it’s boring. REMEMBER!!!!! Follow, rate, and fall in love with...

Apr 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 6

The Fat Girl in Love

Well howdy! Welcome to episode 5 of Heavy Content: The Fat Girl in Love. In this episode I explore the trop of fat girls in love in two TV shows: This is Us and My Mad Fat Diary. I talk about starting your very own skincare routine and we do a check in with our now Fat Best Frenemy, Rebel Wilson. As always, remember to like, subscribe, and rate on your podcast listening podcast dealer and let me know what you think! The sosh meeds are: twitter: @heavypodcast insta: @heavycontentcast fb: @heavyco...

Nov 15, 2018•42 min

The Problematic Fave

It's finally here! Join me while I discuss some of my favourite things: problematic characters I love, skincare, and make-up. I will take you on a journey of confusing admiration of the Mindy Project and Gilmore Girls. I will twist you a tale of my never ending love for Mindy Lahiri and Sookie St. James. After that, I will hit you with my brand new segement: a Fat Girl's Guide to Skincare, starting with a discussion of my skincare routine and a whirlwind review of Glossier and Milk Makeup. Of co...

Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 20 min

The Fat Suit Flashback

HELLO! Welcome to the super delayed episode featuring super special guest Jocelyn Tennant. Jocelyn is a fiction and screenwriter from Vancouver, BC and is an all around fashion icon and great person. Tune into this episode to listen to us talk about Friends, New Girl, and Brooklyn 99... and how they tackle the trope of the fat suit flashback. Sit back, relax, and buckle up for this special 1h37m episode. Follow Jocelyn on twitter: @jwbtennant and insta: @jocelynwynne if you can't get enough of h...

Sep 27, 2018•1 hr 38 min

The Sad Fat High School Girl

It's BACK2SCHOOL time, I haven't been back to school in a few years but in honour of my favourite time of year I am tackling the trope of the sad fat girl in high school. You have definitely seen her on your TV before - she's frumpy, she's sad, she's bullied, and all she wants to do is goto the dance with her crush. In this episode, I will talk about the DUFF (the Designated Ugly Fat Friend), Terri from Degrassi the Next Generation, and Insatiable (yup). So lean back, relax, cuddle up with your ...

Sep 05, 2018•1 hr

The Fat Best Friend (or the #FBF)

We have seen this trope again and again. The fat best friend, the #fbf, the sidekick to the conventionally attractive, thin, main character. In this episode, the inaugural episode, super special guest Lindsay Stewart and I tackle three huge examples of this: George Costanza from Seinfeld, Sookie from Gilmore Girls, and Julie from Ladybird. Join us on this adventure as we dissect the #fbf in the media... but also get to some serious talk about how the fat best friend trope exists irl... in our re...

Aug 22, 2018•1 hr 11 min

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