Rusty could barely bring himself to say the word “fat” when filming for the documentary first began six years earlier.
Under the pseudonym “Your Fat Friend,” she began blogging anonymously, spotlighting these ways in which the world makes life harder for fat people.
“Just say fat,” Gordon says in an accompanying voiceover, reading aloud one of her essays.
“Just say fat,” Gordon says in a voiceover in the film.
There’s space for my parents to grow and change, there’s space for the audience to grow and change,” Gordon says.
Persons:
Aubrey Gordon, Rusty, “, ”, ” Gordon, Jeanie Finlay, Gordon, Jeanie Finlay “ It’s, sidelong, —, Phil Sharp, ” Finlay, “ It’s, Aubrey, — Pam, Rusty —, Pam grapples, ” Jeanie Finlay “, Gordon’s, Finlay, “ I’ve, Darren Aronofsky’s, Hal ” —, I’m, Roxane Gay, Aidy Bryant, Annie Easton, Fatphobia, Kate Manne, Desiree Burch, Julie Murphy, Jennifer Aniston
Organizations:
CNN, SNL, Cornell University, Netflix
Locations:
Europe, Canada, Oregon, proofread, London, Fatness