"#bannedbodies--AI's Social Media Discrimination with Jen McLellan"
Jessica talks with Jen McLellan, about her recent experience getting banned by Meta on both of her Instagram and Facebook accounts. Jen is a certified birth educated, author and founder of Plus Size B...
7 Dec 202328min
Jen Jacobs, Editor Extraordinaire
Jessica and Making It Awkward editor, Jen Jacobs, reflect on the podcast thus far and look to future episodes. They talk about which topics have gotten the most interest and how the editing process wo...
30 Nov 202320min
Babe, have you eaten today? With @yourdietitianbff
Registered dietitian and social media content creator Clara Nosek, known to many as @yourdietitianbff, talks with Jessica about her journey to become a dietitian and how she started creating engaging ...
22 Nov 202342min
I Asked My Dad About Dehumanization
Jessica talks with her dad about his thoughts about and experience with dehumanization, especially in the 1950s and 60s. She asked him for this conversation because for the last 6 weeks of war between...
17 Nov 202317min
Is Non-binary Identity a 3rd Gender Category?; USPATH Conference Reflections
Making It Awkward went to USPATH and things got awkward a few times. Jessica sits down with Isaac, Gus Klein, and Elijah Castle to reflect on their experiences at the USPATH 2023 conference. They crit...
10 Nov 202332min
The Research on BMI and Gender Affirming Care with Elijah Castle
Researcher Elijah Castle joins Jessica to talk about the research landscape for BMI and gender affirming surgeries and what it (doesn't) show us. They discuss weight stigma, the savior complex of some...
1 Nov 202333min
What Makes Something News? With Lindsay Lee Wallace
Jessica explores how something gets to be news with freelance journalist Lindsay Lee Wallace. Jessica also learns why Lindsay's article about Jessica and her book was not accepted for publication. Fi...
20 Okt 202343min
Alison Pill is Making it Awkward in Film and TV
This week Jessica chats with Alison Pill about her work making it awkward and building a collective. The two also reminisce on how they became unlikely friends.This week's dietitian segment is about w...
12 Okt 202336min
