Episode 109: Fat Activists Say "Hold The Bacon" And We Unveil Our 10-Point Plan To Groom Your Kids

After Katie and Jesse have a frank discussion about the future of their relationship, they talk about a mind-boggling controversy in the fat activism world and the week everyone became a ‘groomer’ on Twitter. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, you can do so here.

Show notes/Links:

Katie and Nellie!:

Jesse and Destiny!:

Katie and Jesse and Heterodox and… YOU??? (code BARPod): https://heterodoxacademy.org/conference-2022/

Health at Every Size: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4937206-health-at-every-size

Creative Funding: https://lindobacon.com/creative-funding/

Health at Every Size principles: https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/

Mercedes speaks out against Bacon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63524845

Holding Lindo Bacon Accountable for Repeated Harm in the Fat Liberation & HAES® Communities: https://asdah.org/lindo-accountability/

Missing stair/Wet spot: https://bodyliberationphotos.com/2022/03/08/movements-missing-stairs-and-lindo-bacon/

More… stuff:

On Accountability and Starting Points.

https://medium.com/@joslynps/i-have-a-lindo-bacon-story-too-103ca1905bf0

Julia Serano’s scary experiences with Jesse:

Ghostwriter callouts:

Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN, LD (she/her) @CarrieDennett

Lindo Bacon claims that they were transparent with me when they hired me to ghostwrite/edit a new edition of their book “Health at Every Size.”

Sam Dylan Finch @samdylanfinch

I will (gladly) echo Mikey's claims here and confirm that Lindo approached me in 2017 with a ghostwriting opportunity. Lindo has been aware of the gaps in their own understanding and framework for YEARS. Why else approach young, marginalized writers for hierarchical collabs?

Mikey 🔪 @marquisele

Yes, I have been contacted by several someone who Lindo wanted to ghostwrite for them. The most recent one was approached to work on the HAES rewrite that Lindo approached me with but they have VERY similar expertise to LINDO’S, not mine. So they’re not *my* replacement.

A Week Into The Lindo-pocalypse: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63858830

Lindo Bacon speaks out: https://lindobacon.com/accountability/?utm_sq=h11nw4rc60

Lindo Bacon (formerly Linda) @LindoBaconX

I apologize for the harm my words and actions have caused. bit.ly/37l7Gt3

Tema Okun stuff:

https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/richard-carranza-held-doe-white-supremacy-culture-training/

New York City’s School Diversity And Inclusion Efforts Are Fascinatingly Weird

Tema Okun's "White Supremacy Culture" work is bad

Okay, Groomer:

NYT fact-check of Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn claims: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/us/politics/judge-jackson-child-sexual-abuse-fact-check.html

Andrew McCarthy: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/senator-hawleys-disingenuous-attack-against-judge-jacksons-record-on-child-pornography/amp/

Florida bill: https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article259859150.ece/BINARY/HB%201557%20education%20bill.pdf#storylink=readmore_inline

“One would think that protecting elementary school classrooms from adults attempting to sexualize five through nine year olds would be a no-brainer for a movement that seeks to conserve anything worthwhile:”: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/on-the-groomer-debate/

Sachs & Friends: https://pen.org/these-4-florida-bills-censor-classroom-subjects-and-ideas/

Libs of Tik Tok sucks:

Libs of Tik Tok @libsoftiktok

These are the people teaching your kids... Any teacher who comes out to their students should be fired on the spot.

Yglesias on the general grossness:

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

In this vile new discourse, "grooming" is defined as just like same-sex couples existing — exactly why people have been alarmed about the vague wording of the Florida law.

Gawker aggressively gawkering: https://www.gawker.com/media/oh-no-the-anti-trans-bigotry-we-loved-is-starting-to-feel-homophobic

Image: Burbank, CA - March 22: LGBTQ employees and their supporters walkout of Disney Animation protesting CEO Bob Chapek's handling of the staff controversy over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, aka the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Burbank, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)