Your Fat Friend
Hosted by Lindner Center of HOPE
Virtual
When
Feb 27, 6:15 PM EST
Price
Free Screening
Available in
Worldwide except Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Lithuania
About the event
Join us for Eating Disorder Awareness Week movie night in learning about weight stigma and hearing about the story of author, advocate, and podcaster Aubrey Gordon.
Please join the Lindner Center of HOPE Eating Disorder Treatment Team on Zoom after the movie showing for a discussion at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84338251533?pwd=bqc4FVcoCf9yZqyXdmELHk6oZ4Dc68.1;Meeting ID: 843 3825 1533, Passcode: 760318
Event Participants
Adrianna Jones
Psychology graduate student
Sharon Brumley
Lead Mental Health Specialist
Allison Mecca
Staff Psychologist
Lorie Walter
Medical Director, PHP
Kathryn Bruno
EDO Specialist
Kelly Bunker
Licensed Independent Social Worker
Cat Lane
EDO Specialist
Annie Ward
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Brooklyn Collett
Social Work Student
Danielle Fisher
Social Work Student
Heather Connor
Licensed Independent Social Worker
Christy Bahan
Registered Dietitian
Heather Dlugosz
Medical Director
Erica Jackson
Lead Dietitian
Elizabeth Mariutto
Clinical Director
Chelsey Zulia
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Anna Guerdjikova
Director of Administrative Services
About the film
Made over 6 years, acclaimed director Jeanie Finlay charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger to NYTimes 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.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 36m
Released
2023
Director
Jeanie Finlay
Producer
Suzanne Alizart, Jeanie Finlay
Writer
Jeanie Finlay