Just… no. Nope, nope, nope.
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“Sifting through various episodes, I did encounter some interesting perspectives. As a formerly fat person who lost 160 lbs in 2008 and who has maintained that weight loss for coming up on 15 years, I find this weekly celebration of defeatism profoundly disturbing. Clearly, “Coach Sophia” has given up - and would like everyone else to join her in wallowing (literally) in dysfunction and unhealthy lifestyle choices. I feel so deeply sorry for the fat people who use this podcast as another crutch/rationalization/justification for their personal abdication of responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.
What prompted me to write this review was the most recent episode featuring a conversation with Virginia Sole Smith - a journalist whose lack of medical education, expertise, or knowledge has seemingly not prevented her from making spurious, unsupported claims about obesity, particularly with regard to children. It was horrifying to listen to “Journalist Virginia” and “Coach Sophia” sermonize about the evils of children reading nutrition labels - the coach seems to have a serious problem with her stepchildren’s mom (who I’m guessing is thin) and the healthy eating habits that woman is trying to inculcate. The “Coach” won’t be happy until those poor kids are auditioning for “My 600 lb Life: The Next Generation”
Besides the step kids’ mom, other villains are youth sports, doctors who insist on addressing obese children’s weight as a health issue, teachers and coaches in general, and school nutrition education curricula in particular. Without so much as a single relevant credential between them, but with hurt feelings and huge load of hatred for thin, fit people (especially those of us who earned it the hard way), “Coach Sophia” and “Journalist Virginia” dish out a load of ill-informed advice and sniveling self-pity. Anyone interested in starting a Go Fund Me to pay the legal fees for bio mom’s petition for sole custody of the stepkids?”
Salazannder via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/24/23
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“Sophia provides a much-needed platform for larger-bodied people to share their stories in a safe, supportive space. The interviews are thoughtful, interesting and insightful. More then anything, I love how the show celebrates body diversity and gives a big middle finger to our weight-stigmatizing...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
06/08/23
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“one of the voices that feeds actual logic to our diet-culture-corrupted brains. thank you, sophia for your poems, ease, and resistance, and for always bringing it back to joy. 💗”
lllvvvmmm via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/21/24
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“this podcast is pure warmth and kindness. I really appreciate how the conversations flow so easily and the topics are shared in a down to earth way (as opposed to academic).”
draWords via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
05/25/24
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