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Lemonada.

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Do you get a lot of online comments about your body?

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Oh, my God. I mean, when I post the videos of me topless with the animated pasty swirling around, people are like, Oh, my God. Put on some clothes, you fat bitch.

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Hey, everyone. Welcome to the Body Collective podcast. I'm Katie Sterino. We're here to change the conversation about weight. We're going to take everything we've learned about shame, unlearnt it and transform it into a source of power. I'm doing it with some of my greatest girlfriends.

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I'm Hunter McRady.

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My name is Ashley Longshore.

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My name is Tracy Moore. You guys, let's base it. We're in a whole new era for the body. With medications on the rise, people seem to be talking about weight more than ever. But how do we do it in a way that feels healthy, empowering, and informed?

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When I got the Teen Vogue job, all of a sudden, I'm getting all these interview requests like, This is a historic moment. What does it mean to be a fat woman in fashion? I was like, Wait, I'm fat?

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Because we can all agree that men like fat women.

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Can you say that again for the listeners?

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I said, I think we can all agree that men like fat women.

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In this series, we're chatting with friends and experts to help us navigate the heart conversation so we can listen to our bodies, advocate for ourselves, and feel comfortable in our own skin.

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I was so devastated because it was so hard for me to find even one thing that I just wanted to love about myself.

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I had never I thought that there was anything wrong with my body. And then I'm like, Oh, my God.

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And that's the fight I have with myself because I have to keep reminding myself, I'm good.

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I'm actually okay. And we're going to hear from you, too. I have also struggled with living in a large body for the majority of my life.

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It has affected my love life.

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We have to get you to lose weight.

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It took me a couple of years to realize that the things that I wanted to love about myself, my big hips, that finally landed me the cover of Sportsillustrated now. Exactly.

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From Lemonada Media and Weight Watchers, The Body Collective is out October third.