BFF: Black, Fat, Femme

This week the BFF's are graced by the legendary Dashaun Wesley (Pose, Legendary) to talk ball culture, how to get your 10's and why it's important to know the history of ballroom before you use ballroom language. Now clock THAT tea.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch and subscribe on YouTube !&nbsp...

This week we welcome Virr to the show to discuss artist we wish got more shine, how their identity inspires their music and what lyrics we have always gotten wrong in songs. Did we also mention we play a round of song association and give Joho their flowers for being named San Diego's Business Journals Leaders of influences. Applause, a round of APPLAUSE!  Send us an email with your thoughts/...

This week, your BFFs sink their teeth into the blockbuster film,  Sinners , by Ryan Coogler, and share how the movie has impacted how they see themselves (and how Annie is the true hero of the story). Then, we get into what the moviegoing experience means to us. Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch an...

This week your bff's talk about the power of prayer, hop into their Iyanla bag (I wonder how she's doing) while confronting generational curses and discuss the best and WORST places to eat (since we both live out of a suitcase).  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch and subscribe on YouTube !  Buy Doct...

This week we welcome our favorite final girls, Kim and Ket from "Kim and Ket Stay Alive...Maybe" podcast for a mid-summer horror kiki. We talk weapons of survival, Michael Meyers getting in his ring steps and our favorite /not so favorite horror franchises. Jon also throws flowers at Los Angeles Parking Patrol.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gma...

This week we welcome scholar, activist and movement maker Tigress Osborn on to discuss fat advancement, policy and why we all should care more about inclusion - even when it's not sexy. We also remix the last segment and discuss why we love our bodies exactly the way they are.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget t...

This week your BFF's kick it with therapist & healer Emely Rumble to talk discuss why literature can be healing and why it's so important to jot down your story. We also discuss east coast/west coast vibes and scream, "F*** ICE" from the top of our lungs.  Want Emely's or Jon's book? Be the first to email us (below) for your chance to win. :D  Send us an email with your thoughts/comm...

This week your kick off pride month celebrating queer history, discuss what's at stake for our queer youth and what words of affirmation we have for those who are scared of what the future might look like. We also examine whether Joho might just be a native New Yorker.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch...

This week your bffs break down what it means to be gender expansive in a world that is constantly trying to keep us trapped in the binary. We also talk our love for Taco Bell and why folks need to mind their business when folks say they don't partake in alcohol.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch and sub...

This week your bffs talk about what they have learned from being in the Beyhive, the struggles that marginalized people have to ignore perfection and the impact it has on Black youth. We also talk about why Sofi has the WORST layout ever and why you too should be rejecting the tariffs.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t...

This week your BFFs get into their tech bag and discuss how tech has changed their lives as they’ve grown up and the realness of Black Mirror (why it gotta be Black?!). We also discuss why we hate self check out.  an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch and subscribe on YouTube !  Buy DoctorJonPaul's...

This week the BFF's talk to the stylish and ever etherial Danali Joël about Black art, Black influence and why people need to keep their thoughts and opinions on religion to themselves. Amen?  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars.  We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t fo...

This week your BFF's are joined by your favorite's fave Star Amerasu to talk being a digital girl in a digital world and why we all want to make space Gayle King & Katy Perry's permanent home.  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars.  We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t fo...

This week your BFF's dive into a conversation about faith, spirituality, the easter bunny (we know we late) and yarmulkes. Grab you a cup of the blood of Christ before Joho drinks it all!  Article reference in this episode: Click Here  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars.  We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackF...

This week, your BFF's talk Rupaul Drag Race Season 17, why drag is so important in this climate and who truly deserves to be in the top 4.  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars.  We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com . Also, don’t forget to watch and subscribe on YouTube !  Buy DoctorJ...

This week, Joho flips the script on Doctor Jon Paul, and puts them in the hot seat to talk alllll about their book, "Black, Fat, Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices in Media and Learning to Love Yourself." Also, Joho has some words for furniture makers! Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars. We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the s...

This week your BFF's are joined by Marie-Adélina (Loveable Trans Auntie) to talk all things trans joy, visibility and why we need to uplift the trans community now more than ever. We also dabble into Jordan's Taco Bell obsession.  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars.  We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show:  BlackFatF...

This week your BFF's are joined by the queen Goddess Latrice M*tha F*ckin' Royale - A house fave contestant of Rupaul's Drag Race and We're Here fame - to talk he legacy in drag, what it was like to be asked to write a foreword on a book and why the book is so important and needed now.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support Victims of the Eaton & Palisade Fires Here!  Make the...

Originally released March 20, 2023.  This week we discuss what it means to be outspoken, how Jon loves a secret menu and why all debt should be forgiven.  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars.  Send us an email with your thoughts/comments about the show: BlackFatFemmePod@gmail.com Buy Jon's book: https://www.doctorjonpaul.com/blackfatfemmebook Watch us on the Tube of You: https:/...

This week your BFF's chat with Marcy Guevara-Prete about sizism, fat fashion and why The Plus Bus is so much more than just a boutique. We also get into a conversation about forgiveness and why we are gonna need to offer more grace to those in community, especially now.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support Victims of the Eaton & Palisade Fires Here!  Make the haters mad and...

This week your BFF's link with the illustrious Bay Davis to talk being Black 365, why we need to redefine community (yes we go there) and why we are so thankful to be Black, fat, femmes.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support Victims of the Eaton & Palisade Fires Here!  Make the haters mad and rate us 5 stars. We want to connect with you more! Send us an email with your though...

This week your BFF's share their thoughts about living in (not-so-always-sunny) SoCal and what things folks need to consider when they tell BFF's that they will be "fine" in this climate, considering all the things we are up against. We also revisit the topic of authenticity and talk openly about why we need to stop telling folks NOT to be scared.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support...

This week your BFF's continue to celebrate Black History Month by talking to our favorite accomplice Jessica Marie Garcia about why, now more than ever - we have to work in solidarity to get free. We also talk about the true meaning of farm-to-table and why in 2025, we don't need another thinking piece.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support Victims of the Eaton & Palisade Fires He...

This week your BFF's celebrate Black history by hanging out with the one and only Jade & XD ( Jade & XD / Gettin' Grown ) to talk about both our favorite Black history moments and our favorite Black history anthems. We also give the cold and the horns in NYC their flowers.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support Victims of the Eaton & Palisade Fires Here!  Make the hate...

This week your BFF's dive a bit deeper into the DEI conversation, while touching on a much needed conversation around capitalism and asking the question, "Can capitalism ever be equitable?" We also get into why Bojangles (didn't) hit in Las Vegas and why people need to walk their dogs on a leash.  Buy DoctorJonPaul's book here!  Support Victims of the Eaton & Palisade Fires Here!&nbs...