is there space for fat vegans? with luisa-christie Susty in the City

welcome back to susty in the city! today we’re joined by luisa-christie to discuss whether the vegan movement is a welcoming space for plus-sized people.


hope you enjoy the discussion! we discuss whether the vegan and eco movements exclude fat people, ponder on why there’s a disproportional lack of larger vegan influencers and also have side-chats on vegan cheese, what happens when you get served meat and the positive side of influencing. 


to start, let’s just clarify that when we say ‘fat’ we mean someone mid sized / plus sized and we do not consider it a nasty word. we appreciate people may use it with that intent and that is mean, nasty and not okay. but calling someone ‘fat’ has nothing to do with whether they’re sexy, healthy, active, smart, beautiful, etc. 


hope you enjoy the episode - really keen to keep the chat open and frank in the comments but anything unacceptably rude will be challenged and/or removed. 


this one felt quite special! can’t wait to hear your thoughts! x 


host: nicole whittle  
insta www.instagram.com/veganbeautygirl 
tiktok www.tiktok.com/@veganbeautygirl
youtube www.youtube.com/veganbeautygirl 


guest: luisa-christie 
insta https://www.instagram.com/luisachristie 
tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@luisachristie 
vegal gang https://www.instagram.com/vegalgang 




influencers mentioned:
zachary bird https://instagram.com/zaccharybird?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 
fat gay vegan https://instagram.com/fatgayvegan?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
yasmin johal https://instagram.com/yasminjohalx?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=


gina martin (got upskirting banned) https://instagram.com/ginamartin?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
clare / the little london vegan https://instagram.com/thelittlelondonvegan?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=


aja barber https://instagram.com/ajabarber?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
stephanie yeboah https://instagram.com/stephanieyeboah?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=




0:00 intro 
0:54 the cheese struggle
4:31 vegans can be self righteous prats 
6:48 vegan ‘meat’ 
8:25 have you ever felt excluded from veganism? 
11:00 is there space for fat vegans?
19:40 why influencers are important 
22:42 do eco-brands care about fat customers? 
27:59 you can look hot, sexy AND fat 
32:50 health issues 
38:59 london vs brighton 
45:48 do you like to date vegans?
48:10 when you get served meat 😩
52:58 outro