Still Here, Still Fat: What 2025 Took, What 2026 Demands

About this episode

The episode features a roundtable discussion reflecting on the challenges and demands faced by the fat community as 2025 ends and 2026 begins.

Send us Fan Mail As 2025 comes to a close, Big Sexy Chat gathers for an end-of-year roundtable conversation about what this year took, what it revealed, and what the fat community is being asked to carry forward into 2026. Joined by Saucye West, Bruce Sturgell, and Ronald Young Jr., this conversation moves beyond headlines and buzzwords to talk honestly about autonomy, weight loss culture, respectability politics, community fatigue, and the realities of staying visible in a world that keeps a...

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Host: Chrystal Bougon

Guests: Saucye West, Bruce Sturgell, Ronald Young Jr.

Topics covered

• end-of-year reflection
• fat community
• autonomy
• weight loss culture
• respectability politics
• community fatigue
• visibility

Keywords

• fat community
• autonomy
• weight loss culture
• respectability politics
• community fatigue
• visibility
• 2025
• 2026

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