Made over 6 years, YOUR FAT FRIEND charts the rise of writer and activist Aubrey Gordon from anonymous blogger “Your Fat Friend” to NYTimes best selling author and beloved podcaster. Her aim - a paradigm shift in the way we see fat people in the world and the fat on our own bodies.

As “Your Fat Friend” she writes with candour and humour about what it means to be a very fat woman in the world. With searing honesty she describes what it’s like to be that fat person on the plane..

… and how the fantasies, peddled by a diet and wellness industry worth $26 billion a year are on a par with the lies that Big Tobacco told the public in the 1950s. (95-98% of diets fail for lasting weight loss). And how the biggest threat to fat people’s health might just be the bias that some many health care providers hold for fat people.

…and about her own fractured relationship to her body.

She spent a decade campaigning for LGBTQIA rights so she knows that change is possible. Now it's time to advocate for herself.

This isn’t about “body positivity” co-opted by brands to sell fat-kinis to size 16 women, it’s about bringing about a paradigm shift in the way that we treat fat people and the fat on our own bodies. It has brought her an insatiable worldwide audience, a book deal and threats to her life.

We follow Aubrey’s rise from anonymous blogger to NY Times best selling author and co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase. The most meaningful change is when her family start listening to her message.

YOUR FAT FRIEND charts the complexities of finding a place in the world when you don’t quite fit.