Body & Fat Liberation Resources

Maintenance Phase

• • Two journalists investigate the junk science behind wellness, diet culture, and weight stigma. Hosted by Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes. Episodes on BMI, Ozempic, and the history of diet culture are essential listening.

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

• • Long-running interviews with clinicians, researchers, and advocates in the HAES and intuitive eating space. Thoughtful, affirming, and full of practical insight.

What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

• • From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast. A manifesto on fat justice that pushes past body positivity into structural change: legal protections, healthcare access, and ending anti-fat violence. Roxane Gay called it 'required reading for absolutely everyone.'

"You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

• • Gordon's NYT bestselling follow-up: a myth-busting handbook with the facts and rhetorical tools to push back against anti-fat bias in real time — in doctors' offices, family conversations, and online. Practical, punchy, and very effective.

Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison, RD

• • A thorough, compassionate deep-dive into diet culture and its harms from a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor.

Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings

• • A rigorous scholarly work tracing the racist roots of anti-fatness in Western culture. Essential context for understanding why body size became tied to morality — and who that harms most.

You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar

• • A short, punchy manifesto from one of fat liberation's most visible advocates. Great for clients just beginning to question diet culture.

Oh Joy Sex Toy — Diverse Bodies & Self-Love

• • Illustrated, accessible comic-style education on self-love, body acceptance, and diverse bodies. Warm, frank, and genuinely joyful.

Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)

• • The professional home of HAES-aligned clinicians and advocates. Their provider directory connects people with therapists, dietitians, and physicians who practice weight-neutral, affirming care.

The Body Is Not an Apology — Sonya Renee Taylor

• • A global movement and media company built around radical self-love. Their content centers intersectionality and is particularly powerful for folx with marginalized identities navigating body image.

National Alliance for Eating Disorders Helpline

• • 1-866-662-1235. Free, confidential support and provider referrals for eating disorder recovery. (We recommend this over NEDA — NEDA's crisis line was permanently disconnected.)