Interpreting While Fat: Access, Identity, and Marginalization of Interpreters of Size - 0.15 PPO

$12.65

Episode Info:

This week, I talked with Windy about being a fat interpreter—and what it means to show up in a field and a society that often sees our bodies before our skills.

We dig into:
🔹 Fatness as identity, not insult
🔹 Micro/macro aggressions on the job
🔹 The emotional + physical labor of taking up space
🔹 Biases in hiring, teaming, and “professionalism”

It’s real, raw, and long overdue.
Fat interpreters exist—and shouldn’t have to be exceptional just to be accepted.

Deaf Spotlight:

Laurie Landry - artist: https://laurielandry.com/

Episode Info:

This week, I talked with Windy about being a fat interpreter—and what it means to show up in a field and a society that often sees our bodies before our skills.

We dig into:
🔹 Fatness as identity, not insult
🔹 Micro/macro aggressions on the job
🔹 The emotional + physical labor of taking up space
🔹 Biases in hiring, teaming, and “professionalism”

It’s real, raw, and long overdue.
Fat interpreters exist—and shouldn’t have to be exceptional just to be accepted.

Deaf Spotlight:

Laurie Landry - artist: https://laurielandry.com/

CEU Info:

  • 0.15 PPO

Educational Objectives: 

Participants, after reviewing the episode, should be able to:

  1. Reflect on their own biases and assumptions related to body size and "professionalism."

  2. Evaluate the impact of interpreter team dynamics, access decisions, and environmental setups on fat interpreters.

Listen to full episode :

  • Apple Podcasts (English & Transcript)

  • Spotify (English & ASL)

  • Youtube (English, ASL, Transcript, CC)

Free to listen to! CEU credit/certificate of completion = $12

*A portion of your payment is donated to a Deaf organization yearly.

This event upholds nondiscriminatory practices and encourages a learning environment of mutual respect and free from bias. Sign Language Studios is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This program will offer 0.15 PPO CEUs, at the Little/No Content Knowledge Level.

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