<p>Kimberly Dark is much more comfortable being fat than Alan is. The author of Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old helps Alan get used to using the word fat, discusses how horrific it is to be a fat girl in our culture, and works with Alan to figure out whether or not it is ok to fat shame yourself. </p><br><p><br></p><p>You can subscribe to Kimberly's newsletter The Hope Desk at <a href="kimberlydark.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">kimberlydark.substack.com</a></p><br><p>Follow Tubby on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leftofdial_media/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@leftofdial_media</a></p><br><p>Follow Alan on <a href="https://azweig.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Substack</a>.</p><br><p>We want to hear from you. Share your story, your thoughts on tubbiness, or let us know what you thought about this episode. Send us an email at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> or leave us a voicemail at <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.speakpipe.com/Tubby</a>.</p><br><p>Tubby is hosted by Alan Zweig (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alan.robert.irwin/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alan.robert.irwin</a>) and produced by Kevin Sexton (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/soundofsexton/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@soundofsexton</a>). Our Executive Producer is Alan Black (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alanpaulblack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alanpaulblack</a>). Our podcast artwork was illustrated by Brett Lamb (<a href="https://brettlamb.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAads2RTvxHjzrQNroDoDW32QPTElAGgAIAOJ2qyR6MKQWUlo0ip2zl0EHS2GuQ_aem_5kpRIE4FtMxkd4sieZSYFw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">brettlamb.com</a>). Original Scoring by Michael Zweig (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/zweig_michael/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zweig_michael</a>). Our theme song is “The Fat Man”, Performed by Fats Domino, Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Canada Inc. </p><br><p>Alan's new film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvkRmOEk17Q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Love, Harold </a>is the Centrepiece Feature at the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival. It will have its Ontario premiere in Toronto on October 24. Get your tickets <a href="https://www.showpass.com/rwm25loveharold2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>