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Your Fat Friend.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Institutes of Health.
- Human Rights and Public Health.
- Individual and Groups Rights.
- Body weight.
- Family.
- Social media.
- Eating disorders.
- Social change.
- Bullying.
- Obesity.
- COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023).
- Portland, OR.
- Local Subjects:
- United States. National Institutes of Health.
- Human Rights and Public Health.
- Individual and Groups Rights.
- Body weight.
- Family.
- Social media.
- Eating disorders.
- Social change.
- Bullying.
- Obesity.
- COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023).
- Portland, OR.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- United States : Roco Films, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Made over 6 years, director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to NY Times best selling author and beloved podcaster. Her aim? A paradigm shift in the way we see fat people and the fat on our own bodies. Her life changing work has brought her an ardent, international audience but also threats to her life. One of her biggest challenges is getting her parents to listen. Your Fat Friend, a film about fatness, family, the complexities of change and the deep, messy feeling we hold about our bodies.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 12, 2026).
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