In 2016, Aubrey Gordon began writing anonymously about the social realities of life as a very fat person, publishing under the name Your Fat Friend. Her work has been covered in The Washington Post, Slate, Teen Vogue and around the world. You can find her writing in The New York Times, Vox, Lit Hub, SELF Magazine, Health Magazine and more. In 2020, she published her first book,What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat. Today, she writes a column for SELF Magazine and co-hosts the podcast Maintenance Phase with Michael Hobbes.

Prior to working as a writer, speaker and podcaster, Gordon spent a dozen years as a community organizer. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Health, Body Image, Nutrition, Discrimination Mental Health, Diversity, Empowerment, Self-Esteem, Self-Image,