Guy Branum is taking a hilarious and deep look at his identity as a stand-up comedian with his new memoir “My Life As a Goddess: A Memoir Through (Un)Popular Culture”. While talking about his new book on “Salon Talks,” Branum addressed fat shaming in Hollywood, including the controversy surrounding the Netflix series “Insatiable” and its use of a fat suit by star Debby Ryan. “It’s a little bit unfortunate that we are talking about ‘Insatiable’ and not something like ‘Dietland,’ which is so good and is about a person with a perspective, and hopes and dreams that exist outside of the fact that she is fat,” Branum told Salon’s Mary Elizabeth Williams.

Branum goes on to compare body size with concepts of sexuality and reproductive rights, citing the idea that people feel like they own others’ bodies and have the right to judge them. In his memoir, Branum describes his own experience with fat shaming. As a young kid watching television, he writes about seeing pictures of obese people pixelated or blurred on a news segment, which he took as implying that being fat was humiliating. But, Branum tells SalonTV, his journey has made him confident and loving of his body, and he’s sure of one thing, “Somebody else’s body is not your deal.”

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