Aubrey Gordon

I folded in on myself, muscles aching with contraction. That, of course, is... Aubrey Gordon. My pronouns are she, her, and hers. I've written a couple of books, both What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat and You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People. Those are books that I wrote after writing anonymously for several years under the name Your Fat Friend.

I folded in on myself, muscles aching with contraction. That, of course, is... Aubrey Gordon. My pronouns are she, her, and hers. I've written a couple of books, both What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat and You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People. Those are books that I wrote after writing anonymously for several years under the name Your Fat Friend.

I folded in on myself, muscles aching with contraction. That, of course, is... Aubrey Gordon. My pronouns are she, her, and hers. I've written a couple of books, both What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat and You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People. Those are books that I wrote after writing anonymously for several years under the name Your Fat Friend.

And now I co-host a podcast with Michael Hobbs called Maintenance Phase.

And now I co-host a podcast with Michael Hobbs called Maintenance Phase.

And now I co-host a podcast with Michael Hobbs called Maintenance Phase.

I try not to drink very much water so I don't have to go up and go to the bathroom. I also know that my mouth gets dry sometimes, so I bring a lot of mints so I don't have to ask for drinks, which also means reaching over the row and again, reminding them that there's a fat person here who's making them physically uncomfortable in some way, right?

I try not to drink very much water so I don't have to go up and go to the bathroom. I also know that my mouth gets dry sometimes, so I bring a lot of mints so I don't have to ask for drinks, which also means reaching over the row and again, reminding them that there's a fat person here who's making them physically uncomfortable in some way, right?

I try not to drink very much water so I don't have to go up and go to the bathroom. I also know that my mouth gets dry sometimes, so I bring a lot of mints so I don't have to ask for drinks, which also means reaching over the row and again, reminding them that there's a fat person here who's making them physically uncomfortable in some way, right?

Um, I bring my own seatbelt extender and I check for it as often as I check for, you know, my phone or my boarding pass or my wallet. Right. I have a very specific posture and I feel like most fat people I know who fly have similar sort of postures for themselves. I use one hand to grab the opposite elbow so that my arm, so that as little of my arm as possible, um, is in balance.

Um, I bring my own seatbelt extender and I check for it as often as I check for, you know, my phone or my boarding pass or my wallet. Right. I have a very specific posture and I feel like most fat people I know who fly have similar sort of postures for themselves. I use one hand to grab the opposite elbow so that my arm, so that as little of my arm as possible, um, is in balance.

Um, I bring my own seatbelt extender and I check for it as often as I check for, you know, my phone or my boarding pass or my wallet. Right. I have a very specific posture and I feel like most fat people I know who fly have similar sort of postures for themselves. I use one hand to grab the opposite elbow so that my arm, so that as little of my arm as possible, um, is in balance.

Anything that anyone else could interpret as their space, right? So I end up sort of with my back twisted and my elbow pulled off to one side for most of the flight. It's not super comfortable.

Anything that anyone else could interpret as their space, right? So I end up sort of with my back twisted and my elbow pulled off to one side for most of the flight. It's not super comfortable.

Anything that anyone else could interpret as their space, right? So I end up sort of with my back twisted and my elbow pulled off to one side for most of the flight. It's not super comfortable.

When someone near you asks to be reseated, it's usually after everyone else is in their seats, and the whole plane becomes like a theater, right? And everyone's just watching this one thing play out, and you just become aware that there are, like, hundreds of people around you who understand exactly what's happening and don't even feel compelled to check in with you and see how you're doing.

When someone near you asks to be reseated, it's usually after everyone else is in their seats, and the whole plane becomes like a theater, right? And everyone's just watching this one thing play out, and you just become aware that there are, like, hundreds of people around you who understand exactly what's happening and don't even feel compelled to check in with you and see how you're doing.

When someone near you asks to be reseated, it's usually after everyone else is in their seats, and the whole plane becomes like a theater, right? And everyone's just watching this one thing play out, and you just become aware that there are, like, hundreds of people around you who understand exactly what's happening and don't even feel compelled to check in with you and see how you're doing.

People just silently watch and it feels like the clearest referendum that I get that like not one of these people on this plane is thinking of me as a human being who is deserving of their compassion. You know, they're just watching it play out and thinking I would feel the same way or whatever they're thinking.

People just silently watch and it feels like the clearest referendum that I get that like not one of these people on this plane is thinking of me as a human being who is deserving of their compassion. You know, they're just watching it play out and thinking I would feel the same way or whatever they're thinking.