Kachina Yeager, Dakotah language, + "unprecedented times"
Image of episode cover. Kachina Yeager is pictured from the shoulders up. The photo has a slight sepia tone. Kachina looks at the camera with a closed-mouth smile. Her long hair and large, beaded earrings frame her face.
Below it, the Matter of Fat logo is at the bottom left atop a teal rectangle. To the middle/right this episode’s title is written in white text. It reads: Kachina Yeager, Dakotah Language, + “Unprecedented Times”.
show notes:
Matter of Fat is back with a full-length episode serving you a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities. Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a focus on body size, body positivity, + fat liberation.
It’s been around... uh…. 8 months since the last full episode came out so the Fat Dish is robust. Cat and Saraya started out the episode with an updated version of the segment with a more specific check in about their lives. Any community events will be shared at the end of each episode going forward. In the Fat Dish, the co-hosts acknowledged the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, the importance of police abolition in social change, personal changes over the past 8 months, and the first Podluck taking place the day after release.
You’ll be delighted to hear an interview with Kachina Yeager. Kachina shares her story as a Matter of Fat which includes her internship through Cake Plus-Size Resale. She also provides some beautiful insight into the Dakotah language, independent publishing through her fellowship with Milkweed Editions, and some audio/book recommendations that both Cat and Saraya have added to their rotation.
In the Dirt and Discourse, our intrepid podcasters wade into the excitement and discomfort around relevant pop and cultural happenings. This time around, there isn’t much excitement but it sure is relevant. Cat and Saraya discuss how unhelpful and downright harmful it is to lament gaining weight in the midst of a worldwide panic. “Riots not diets” makes more sense now than ever before.
Thanks for listening and reading! Make sure to rate and review to help MoF engage with the algorithm and go to our website to win big at BINGO. While we haven’t actually generated MoF BINGO cards (yet?), we have compiled a great list of organizations to support like Black Visions Collective, Reclaim the Block, the Minnesota Freedom Fund, MPD150, and Women for Political Change. Also, Kachina provided links to her recommendations and we’ll share out her instagram so you can see for yourself the great content she’s created. Here you go:
local orgs + resources referenced:
Reclaim the Block , Black Visions Collective , MPD 150, Minnesota Freedom Fund - Women for Political Change, Uprising MN, + Reclaim the Block's list for funding the movement
kachina’s info + book recs:
Kachina’s Instagram
Milkweed Editions
Braiding Sweetgrass (special edition preorder) + Braiding Sweetgrass (current paperback edition) can be found at any bookstore and you can call Milkweed Bookstore directly to order as well.
The Vanishing Half, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Beach Read, Well Met
These are links to the publisher. Kachina (and MoF) encourages you to purchase from a local bookstore.