After her anonymous essays on fatness went viral, the author, podcaster, and activist decided to go public. She tells us what happened to her—and director Jeanine Finlay—next.
, had long thought about fatness in her own life; she said it “shaped my identity,” being a fat person whose unrelated health issues have often been misdiagnosed as symptoms of her weight. In 2017, as Gordon was taking Your Fat Friend to new heights and platforms, Finlay reached out about possibly doing a film about the writer.
But agreeing to star in a movie about yourself and actually making it are very different things. And agreeing to put your real name to your hyper-vulnerable writing is easier said than done. Among the people whose opinion Gordon deeply wanted was her family. Gaining their acceptance was integral in crafting Gordon’s new public identity, for Finlay and for Gordon. Pam, and father, Rusty appear in the film, and their reflections upon their daughter’s success as an activist whose own body is part of her platform make for another compelling narrative.
While these vulnerable moments were uncomfortable for the family, Finlay knew including them was an important part of Gordon’s narrative. “What all of us want is for our parents to see us as the adults that we are,” she said. By the end of thedocumentary, Rusty and Pam are beaming and bragging about their daughter in the front row of her readings; Gordon says they’ve all become closer.
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