Lindy West's confession

About this episode

Louise Perry interviews Meghan Murphy about Lindy West's memoir and her experiences with polyamory, fat activism, and mental illness.

In this bonus episode, I spoke with Meghan Murphy about Lindy West's new memoir,  Adult Braces , and her account of polyamory, fat activism, and mental illness.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Louise Perry

Guest: Meghan Murphy

Topics covered

• memoir
• polyamory
• fat activism
• mental illness
• interview

Keywords

• Lindy West
• Adult Braces
• polyamory
• fat activism
• mental illness
• memoir
• Meghan Murphy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Adult Braces

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