Ep. 16 - Cat Polivoda, Shop Owner, Cake Plus-Size + Fat Activist

Lions on Leashes

Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 16

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Episode description

Cat is a fat intersectional feminist, shop owner, and podcast host based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Her shop, Cake Plus-Size Resale, provides sustainable, affordable, plus-size fashion and body-positive community for plus-size shoppers who have often been left out of the fun of thrifting.

Cat also co-hosts a podcast called Matter of Fat - a body-positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities.

Cat is a community leader, stylish plus-size gal, a proponent of inclusive sustainable fashion, and (when it's not a pandemic) is also a fat pool party planner.

What We Talked About:

- The support of your community

- Fat being empowerment, not a feeling

- Fat Liberation

- Connections & capitalism of social media

- Food & weight are not parallel

- The mental energy you can save

- Mainstream + plus size - all brands could do better

- Healthy at every size

- Inconsistent size charts

- Bringing the fun in shopping

- Changing your mindset (It's the clothes that are the problem, not you!)