Best-selling author, college professor and writer Roxane Gay's new book Hunger is not one of those happy tales that has a beaming photo of her on the cover, standing in one giant leg of her old pants. As she explains to Mia in this interview, it's also not just a story about obesity. It’s an extraordinary look at the trauma that triggered her to very deliberately gain weight.

‘Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body' by Roxane Gay is published by Hachette Australia on 13 June’ Available via Booktopia 

Show Notes

Your host is Mia Freedman.

With thanks to Roxane Gay

Head to apple.co/mamamia to find a copy of Mia's book Work Strife Balance and Roxane's book Hunger

This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff

CONTACT US

Suggest a guest via: podcast@mamamia.com.au

tweet us @mamamiapodcasts

or join the conversation on facebook

This show is part of the Mamamia Podcast Network

Best-selling author, college professor and writer Roxane Gay's new book&nbsp;Hunger is not one of those happy tales that has a beaming photo of her on the cover, standing in one giant leg of her old pants. As she explains to Mia in this interview, it's also not just a story about obesity. It&rsquo;s an extraordinary look at the trauma that triggered her to very deliberately gain weight.
&lsquo;Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body' by Roxane Gay is published by Hachette Australia on 13 June&rsquo; Available via<a href="http://www.booktopia.com.au/hunger-roxane-gay/prod9781472151117.html"> Booktopia&nbsp;</a>
Show Notes
Your host is<a href="http://www.facebook.com/miafreedmanonline"> Mia Freedman.</a>
With thanks to<a href="https://twitter.com/rgay?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> Roxane Gay</a>
Head to apple.co/mamamia to find a copy of Mia's book Work Strife Balance and Roxane's book&nbsp;Hunger
This podcast was produced by Elissa Ratliff
CONTACT US
Suggest a guest via:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au">podcast@mamamia.com.au</a>
tweet us <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mamamiapodcasts">@mamamiapodcasts</a>
or join the conversation on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mamamiapodcastnetwork">facebook </a> This show is part of the <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au">Mamamia Podcast Network</a>

Riveting stories. Fascinating lives. Australia’s #1 interview podcast, with Mia Freedman.

Riveting stories. Fascinating lives. Australia’s #1 interview podcast, with Mia Freedman.

No Filter

UPDATE: Roxane Gay is The Original Bad Feminist

[Part 1 of 2] Anna Grosman is a Melbourne-based mother of two and staunch advocate for women’s sensual empowerment. She’s recently launched Her Confidant - an elite male escort service that aims to satisfy a woman’s libido, body and mind.

Anna believes that putting a male escort on retainer will be one of the new trends of 2025 - as more and more women decide to go #boysober - rejecting the dating apps and more traditional methods of meeting a sexual partner - which all too often prove to be unsafe and unpredictable.

The men who work for her - who she calls ‘companions’ are rigorously vetted to ensure that her female clients have a safe, respectful and tailored experience.

In this taboo-smashing episode of No Filter, Mia Freedman asks every question you’d want to ask Anna - who sees herself as a feminist madam - and she also speaks with ‘Alexandria’ - one of Anna’s very satisfied customers.

You can hear part two of Mia's conversation here.

Follow Anna on Instagram here.

You can find Anna Grosman & Her Confidant here.

BONUS - Want To Know What Beauty Products Mia Uses? Listen to You Beauty here.

THE END BITS:

Join the Month of MOVE
Get $30 off a Mamamia subscription and get unlimited access to our feel-good exercise app. Head here to get a yearly subscription for just $39.

Listen to more No Filter interviews here and follow us on Instagram here.

Discover more Mamamia podcasts here.

Feedback: podcast@mamamia.com.au

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message, and one of our Podcast Producers will get back to you ASAP.

Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review.  

CREDITS:


Host: Mia Freedman

You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.

Executive Producer: Naima Brown

Audio Producer: Thom Lion 


Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

[Part 1 of 2] Anna Grosman is a Melbourne-based mother of two and staunch advocate for women’s sensual empowerment. She’s recently launched Her Confidant - an elite male escort service that aims to satisfy a woman’s libido, body and mind.
Anna believes that putting a male escort on retainer will be one of the new trends of 2025 - as more and more women decide to go #boysober - rejecting the dating apps and more traditional methods of meeting a sexual partner - which all too often prove to be unsafe and unpredictable.
The men who work for her - who she calls ‘companions’ are rigorously vetted to ensure that her female clients have a safe, respectful and tailored experience.
In this taboo-smashing episode of No Filter, Mia Freedman asks every question you’d want to ask Anna - who sees herself as a feminist madam - and she also speaks with ‘Alexandria’ - one of Anna’s very satisfied customers.
<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/alexandra-hired-a-male-escort/?utm_source=shownotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=nofilter">You can hear part two of Mia's conversation here. </a>
Follow Anna on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/herconfidant/">here</a>.
You can find Anna Grosman &amp; Her Confidant <a href="https://herconfidant.com.au/all-about-anna-grosman/">here</a>.
BONUS - Want To Know What Beauty Products Mia Uses? Listen to You Beauty <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/you-beauty/mia-freedman-cosmetic-surgery-and-skincare/?utm_source=shownotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=nofilter">here</a>.
THE END BITS:
Join the Month of MOVE Get $30 off a Mamamia subscription and get unlimited access to our feel-good exercise app. <a href="https://move.mamamia.com.au/?utm_source=shownotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=quicky&amp;code=MONTHOFQUICKY" data-stringify-link="https://move.mamamia.com.au/?utm_source=shownotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=quicky&amp;code=MONTHOFQUICKY" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Head here to get a yearly subscription for just $39.</a>
Listen to more No Filter interviews <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/">here</a> and follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nofiltermamamia/">here.</a>
Discover<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/" data-stringify-link="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/" data-sk="tooltip_parent"> more Mamamia podcasts here</a>.
Feedback: <a href="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au" data-stringify-link="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-haspopup="menu">podcast@mamamia.com.au</a>
Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! <a href="https://help.mamamia.com.au/en-US/send-a-podcast-voice-note-467960" data-stringify-link="https://help.mamamia.com.au/en-US/send-a-podcast-voice-note-467960" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Send us a voice message</a>, and one of our Podcast Producers will get back to you ASAP.
Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review.  
CREDITS: 
Host: Mia Freedman
You can find Mia on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/miafreedman/?hl=en"> Instagram here</a> and get her<a href="https://miafreedman.substack.com/"> newsletter here.</a>
Executive Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naima_brown_official/">Naima Brown</a>
Audio Producer: Thom Lion  
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

Anna Grosman Owns A Male Escort Agency

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/clips/e2c88676-68c7-4a82-900b-b21b003d88f4/transcript

Today, you’re going to hear a conversation about vulvas. And it’s not something we speak about often. But our guest today has made a living out of photographing them.

Ellie Sedgwick is a body-positive, nude photographer who founded Comfortable In My Skin, a movement empowering people to love the skin they’re in. But, Ellie hasn’t always felt comfortable with her own vulva - she’s gone from being scared to wear swimmers… to considering labiaplasty… to driving around the country to photograph other women’s vulvas for her book, ‘Flip Through My Flaps’.

Listen to the second part of this interview here.

With thanks to Ellie Sedgwick. Follow her at Comfortable In My Skin here. 

Want more with Ellie? Find her extra No Filter episode here.

Listen to more No Filter interviews here and follow us on Instagram here.

Discover more Mamamia podcasts here.

Feedback: podcast@mamamia.com.au

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message, and one of our Podcast Producers will get back to you ASAP.

Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review.  

CREDITS:


Host: Mia Freedman

You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.

Executive Producer: Naima Brown

Audio Producer: Thom Lion 


Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

Today, you’re going to hear a conversation about vulvas. And it’s not something we speak about often. But our guest today has made a living out of photographing them.
Ellie Sedgwick is a body-positive, nude photographer who founded Comfortable In My Skin, a movement empowering people to love the skin they’re in. But, Ellie hasn’t always felt comfortable with her own vulva - she’s gone from being scared to wear swimmers… to considering labiaplasty… to driving around the country to photograph other women’s vulvas for her book, ‘Flip Through My Flaps’.
<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/ellie-segwick-bonus">Listen to the second part of this interview here.</a>
With thanks to <a href="https://www.comfortableinmyskin.com.au/">Ellie Sedgwick</a>. Follow her at Comfortable In My Skin <a href="https://www.instagram.com/comfortableinmyskin_/?hl=en">here</a>. 
Want more with Ellie? Find her extra No Filter episode <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/ellie-segwick-bonus">here.</a>
Listen to more No Filter interviews <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/">here</a> and follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nofiltermamamia/">here.</a>
Discover<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/" data-stringify-link="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/" data-sk="tooltip_parent"> more Mamamia podcasts here</a>.
Feedback: <a href="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au" data-stringify-link="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-haspopup="menu">podcast@mamamia.com.au</a>
Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! <a href="https://help.mamamia.com.au/en-US/send-a-podcast-voice-note-467960" data-stringify-link="https://help.mamamia.com.au/en-US/send-a-podcast-voice-note-467960" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Send us a voice message</a>, and one of our Podcast Producers will get back to you ASAP.
Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review.  
CREDITS: 
Host: Mia Freedman
You can find Mia on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/miafreedman/?hl=en"> Instagram here</a> and get her<a href="https://miafreedman.substack.com/"> newsletter here.</a>
Executive Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naima_brown_official/">Naima Brown</a>
Audio Producer: Thom Lion  
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

The Vulva Photographer [re-release]

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/clips/fb641a68-7db9-4700-b163-b2160185da94/transcript

[Part 1 of 2] Bethany Joy Lenz has been in two cults.

The first is the cult-classic TV series, One Tree Hill, where she played the role of Haley for ten years, alongside cast members Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray.

Yet, what few people knew is that the entire time she was on the iconic show, she was in another kind of cult - the dangerous, isolating, manipulative kind.

In this Australian exclusive, she shares her story with Mia Freedman and explains how she found herself in a cult to begin with, what it cost her - literally and figuratively - and what finally helped her find the courage to leave.

Bethany Joy Lenz has written an incredible memoir about her experience, Dinner For Vampires - you can find it here.

You can hear part two of Mia's conversation here.

Follow Bethany Joy Lenz here.

THE END BITS:

Listen to more No Filter interviews here and follow us on Instagram here.

Discover more Mamamia podcasts here.

Feedback: podcast@mamamia.com.au

Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! Send us a voice message, and one of our Podcast Producers will get back to you ASAP.

Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review.  

CREDITS:


Host: Mia Freedman

You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.

Executive Producer: Naima Brown

Audio Producer: Thom Lion 


Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

[Part 1 of 2] Bethany Joy Lenz has been in two cults.
The first is the cult-classic TV series, One Tree Hill, where she played the role of Haley for ten years, alongside cast members Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray.
Yet, what few people knew is that the entire time she was on the iconic show, she was in another kind of cult - the dangerous, isolating, manipulative kind.
In this Australian exclusive, she shares her story with Mia Freedman and explains how she found herself in a cult to begin with, what it cost her - literally and figuratively - and what finally helped her find the courage to leave.
Bethany Joy Lenz has written an incredible memoir about her experience, Dinner For Vampires - you can find it <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Dinner-Vampires-Life-While-Actual/dp/1668067307">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/bethany-joy-lenz-was-on-a-hit-tv-show-and-in-a-cult-at-the-same-time-part-two/?utm_source=shownotes&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=nofilter">You can hear part two of Mia's conversation here. </a> Follow Bethany Joy Lenz <a href="https://www.instagram.com/msbethanyjoylenz/">here</a>.
THE END BITS:
Listen to more No Filter interviews <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/no-filter/">here</a> and follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nofiltermamamia/">here.</a>
Discover<a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/" data-stringify-link="https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/" data-sk="tooltip_parent"> more Mamamia podcasts here</a>.
Feedback: <a href="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au" data-stringify-link="mailto:podcast@mamamia.com.au" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-haspopup="menu">podcast@mamamia.com.au</a>
Share your story, feedback, or dilemma! <a href="https://help.mamamia.com.au/en-US/send-a-podcast-voice-note-467960" data-stringify-link="https://help.mamamia.com.au/en-US/send-a-podcast-voice-note-467960" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Send us a voice message</a>, and one of our Podcast Producers will get back to you ASAP.
Rate or review us on Apple by clicking on the three dots in the top right-hand corner, click Go To Show then scroll down to the bottom of the page, click on the stars at the bottom and write a review.  
CREDITS: 
Host: Mia Freedman
You can find Mia on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/miafreedman/?hl=en"> Instagram here</a> and get her<a href="https://miafreedman.substack.com/"> newsletter here.</a>
Executive Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naima_brown_official/">Naima Brown</a>
Audio Producer: Thom Lion  
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures

Bethany Joy Lenz Was On A Hit TV Show And In A Cult At The Same Time (Part 1)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/clips/ad3c55df-86f9-4470-9178-b2120045125c/transcript

UPDATE: Roxane Gay is The Original Bad Feminist

In 1 playlist(s)

No Filter

Social links

Follow podcast

Recent clips