Full Body Frequency

SEGMENT 1: Blerd City Con's founder and executive producer Clairesa Clay talks about her Dec. 11-13, 2020 virtual con. We discuss the event along with its featured panels, films, and activities including, comic books, anime, comedy, and horror, and horror's connection to Black life in the U.S. For more information about or tickets for the "Blerd City Virtual Con with Blerd Power" visit, www.blerdc...

Surviving and Thriving during Covid: Literally and Virtually with Clairesa Clay of the Blerd City Con and Nekisha Michelle of The Plus Side of Love *** Blerd City Con's founder and executive producer Clairesa Clay talks about her Dec. 11-13, 2020 virtual con. We discuss the event along with its featured panels, films, and activities including, comic books, anime, comedy, and horror, and horror's c...

Full Body Frequency Episode 221 This past year we’ve been exploring many facets of dating, relationships, and love. And, although we are wrapping up our year-long series on wedding planning, don’t worry, we’ll have more from the experts featured on today’s show in the future. We’re talking top wedding trends from technology to shared floral arrangements with Pretty Pear Bride’s Editor-in-Chief Sha...

Full Body Frequency Episode 220 We’re barely three weeks into summer and it feels like it’s almost over; and, frankly, I can’t think of a better time to talk fashion! Steffany Allen, Full Body Frequency’s fashion contributor and celebrity and brand stylist, is here to talk summer fashion, give us a fall fashion preview, and share the inside scoop on this year's Full Figured Fashion Week. Publicist...

Full Body Frequency Episode 219 https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://twitter.com/lauraricedesign https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Joining me today are three of men-wonderful, romance-worthy men-who are literally in the "thick" of the dating game. My Guests: -Comedian Ron Baker, Jr., https://www.facebook.com/comedianronbaker/; -Malcolm, a health care executive; and, -appe...

Full Body Frequency Episode #218 https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://twitter.com/lauraricedesign https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Today on Full Body Frequency we celebrate the mother have, the mother you lost, the mother village in your life, and the mother in you. It’s no secret that mothers are our first teachers and our first examples and experiences of unconditional...

BEST OF: Full Body Frequency Fit, Fat & Fabulous! the flow Karen Tillman of Large and Loving It returns, @instructnow: *with an official gym update: including, whether or not she's been able to find parking since the onslaught of new members in January; *to update us on her borderline diabetic status; and, * to talk incorporating outdoor activities into our fitness routines. global hotness Yolanda...

Spring Has Sprung and it's time to get you some-ROMANCE! Are you looking for Mr. or Ms. Right or Mr. or Ms. Right Now? Hosted by Laura Rice, this week's Full Body Frequency is talking plus size, spring love! Who better to join her than Art “Chat Daddy” Sims, Chicago media personality and host of WVON’s nationally aired radio show, "Real Talk, Real People," and Damon “Do Ryght” Moore, a New York Ci...

Full Body Frequency Episode #217 https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://twitter.com/lauraricedesign https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Houston-based, health care professional Tandiwe Kone has embarked on a second career as a comedienne. The process of divorcing has laid an inspirational foundation for her comedic stylings and informs her trepidation about getting back in the...

Full Body Frequency Episode 216 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Happy New Year and welcome back to Full Body Frequency! So, the holidays have passed or have they? I don’t think so. There are still plenty of opportunities to dress up, show up and show out; Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. To get u...

Full Body Frequency Episode 215 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ As we go full throttle into the balance of the holiday season, I am beyond thrilled to share the mic with this week’s guest. He is the one and only Brian Duncan of Down To Earth Wine Concepts, https://www.facebook.com/downtoearth.5205/. In thi...

Full Body Frequency Episode 214 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ I’m very excited to have one of my favorite contemporary scholars on Full Body Frequency. She is none other than Brittney Cooper, PhD. Dr. Cooper is Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University....

Full Body Frequency Episode 213 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Everyone likes to travel, right? Well, have you ever considered exploring the world as a backpacker? Honestly, I hadn’t. That’s not until I began reading Edith Bernier’s book, "The Ultimate Guide to Plus-Size Back Packing: Travel Light. Whatev...

Full Body Frequency Episode 212 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY Jes B. aka The Militant Baker, International Body Advocate. Fat Chick. Mental Health Professional. Feminist. Self-Love Enthusiast. Professional Rabble-Rouser. We talk: *The Militant Baker's history of culture jamming with her re-imagining of Ab...

This is Laura Rice and I'm outside of Haute & Co. Bridal Boutique, http://www.hauteandco.com/, having just attended a #bridalgown fitting for LaNita Pearson of One Curvy Bride, http://www.onecurvybride.com/. I'm so honored that she shared this experience with me. Stay tuned to see and hear more on @FullBodyFrequency via SoundCloud, iTunes, and Stitcher https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency/brid...

Full Body Frequency Episode 211 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ This week’s Full Body Frequency is all about dressing and undressing as metaphors for armor, power, masking, and presentation. the flow Yours truly shares my opinion on the the short-lived #DropThePlus campaign, Target’s partnership with Lilly...

Full Body Frequency Episode 210 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Full Body Frequency welcomes film makers, curators, and programmers, Clairesa Clay and Floyd Webb. We discuss their exciting, new projects along with some of this summer’s most anticipated independent, international, and diasporic films. Brook...

Full Body Frequency Episode 209 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ If you’re like me, you love a good love story. One of my close friends and college classmates met a man! He’s perfect for her, she’s perfect for him. Really, they’re just perfect for one another. So, my crew and I are so excited to attend our...

Full Body Frequency Episode 208 https://twitter.com/LauraRiceDesign https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ I can’t believe that this is the first week of August. Where has the summer gone? But before it’s all over, there’s more warm weather to enjoy and lots of places to rock fierce fashion! Speaking of warm places and fashion spaces, popular plus-...

Full Body Frequency Episode 207 https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Today’s show is all about getting your summer groove on! I’m out of the studio and hanging with Tarshel Beards, Full Body Frequency’s resident world traveler; makeup maven, beauty blogger, and holistic goddess in her South Loop, Chicago digs. We talk about changing up our summer beauty regimes-makeup, sunscreens, fragrance...

Full Body Frequency https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Episode 206 My first guest-and you’ve seen her everywhere, from Runner’s World to the Today Show and every media outlet and blog in between-is Krista Henderson. She is the founder, the face, and the BODY of Born to Reign™ Athletics which is about unleashing your inner strength and celebrating your power to reign over your life, your b...

Full Body Frequency Episode 205 https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Meg Burke is a recent graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University. Armed with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in costume design, this curvy costumer is headed out into the real world. We’ll talk about the perceptions of plus-size professionals in the entertainment industry and whether or not she wants OR even could create...

Full Body Frequency welcomes the full-figured and fabulous, award-winning and critically acclaimed writer, director, actress, and producer Carla Stillwell. She’s been in the industry for over 30 years and must have begun her theater career right out of her mother’s womb. Carla and I talk about: -Life as a plus size actress and her one-woman shows "Carla Stillwell: Your Love is Like Hot Fried Chick...

Full Body Frequency https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Episode 203 FOOD Where do celebrities and foodies go for the most delicious fried chicken and EGGNOG waffles? To Melba’s, of course! Melba Wilson, the Harlem born, bred, and buttered restaurateur joins me to talk about her hot new cookbook, "Melba’s American Comfort;" throwing down on the Food Network's Chef Bobby Flay; and making com...

Full Body Frequency www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Episode 202 SHIMMY SHAKIN' Are you curious about the art of big body burlesque? Miz Jellie Mae Jones stops by to help you shake your shimmy! www.facebook.com/HeyJellieMae/ MONEY MAKIN' Do you need advice on investing for a fat-A retirement? Have you thought about life insurance or long-term care insurance? Well you should! Kandi Keyes-Winford...