Amy Pence-Brown

This week’s revolutionary is one you may have heard of or seen before: Amy Pence-Brown. She describes herself as fat, feminist, mother, writer, artist, historian, and body image activist. She grew up in southern Idaho, within a very patriarchal family. Her parents raised their family Mormon for the first 10 years of Amy’s life. After their family broke away from that church, she began showing some feminist tendencies. As she grew up, cut her hair, and began the journey to get comfortable in her own skin, she became the body image activist she is today.Now, Amy—the radical Idahoan she is—believes in opening her heart and her mouth. She is a storyteller who serves people in her community, always spreading a message about self-love. In this episode, she shares how she rebuilt her life after everything fell apart and how she utilizes adversity to fuel her fireSome Questions I Ask: Where did you grow up? What was it like? (1:24)What was your feminist awakening moment? (3:57)Is there a gendered element related to death and dying? (21:56)How did you transition from death-positivity work to body positivity? (28:00)What books would you recommend? (38:09)How did the Rad Fat Collective come about? (40:19)What is the feminist role between health and nutrition, and body positivity? (44:14)Have you ever wanted to just quit? How did you climb out of that valley? (1:02:42)In This Episode, You Will Learn: How cutting her hair helped Amy realize how others felt ownership over her own body. (4:13)About Amy’s experience going to college in Charleston and experiencing white fragility. (11:14)About Amy’s mortician experience. (17:45)How motherhood made Amy an activist. (28:24)How Amy rebuilt her life during the recession after getting laid off. (32:42)Why our society is obsessed with “health.” (46:08About Amy’s radical act of body positivity and social experiment. (55:01)How Amy recovers from burnout and deals with adversity. (1:03:46)Host: Jillian FosterGuest: Amy Pence-BrownResources: The Curvy FashionistaFat HeffalumpBoise Rad Fat Collective“A Stand For Self Love” by Amy Pence-BrownHealth at Every Size by Linda BaconIntuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse ReschThe Beauty Myth by Naomi WolfLindy WestBad Feminist by Roxane GayHere We Are by Kelly JensenThe Body Image Workbook for Teens by Julia V. TaylorAmy’s WebsiteAmy’s InstagramAmy’s TwitterAmy’s Facebook Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.