Aubrey Gordon
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About
Podcast host, author, and activist known for being the co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase with Michael Hobbes. She is also known for being the creator of Your Fat Friend along with being the author of 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.
Before fame
She studied at Portland State University before transferring to Brown University. She originally worked as a community organizer before becoming a full-time writer and podcaster and began writing anonymously as Your Fat Friend in 2016. She co-launched the podcast Maintenance Phase in 2020 and published her first book What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat in 2020.
Trivia
She is the subject of the documentary Your Fat Friend which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and won the Audience Award at Sheffield DocFest 2023.
Family life
She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and identifies as queer.
Associated with
She appeared on We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach in November 2023.
