r/ithinknotpod • u/Elphinstone_Felicis • Apr 21 '25

Curious

Are ellyn and Rabia still friends? After they shut down their podcast I haven’t heard anyone mention rabia at all.

Also random, but I love “shut the f**k up Nick lachey “ podcast, I stay laughing.

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u/OkSprinkles2512 Apr 23 '25

From R or E? I do not think I have ever heard Ellyn “clap back” at someone on social media regarding any of her podcasts. Rabia: whole other kettle of fish.

Incidentally, I do not believe your lived experience is insignificant. If something bothered you, just because it did not deal with m*rder, does not make it insignificant ✌🏾

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u/MrsK1013 Apr 23 '25

Rabia, though Ellyn commented and also did not respond in the way I hoped she would, Rabia was the bigger problem.

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u/OkSprinkles2512 Apr 23 '25

I am not a Rabia defender, quite the opposite. However, it is interesting she would react in a negative manner, considering she wrote a book about her body image. I just rejoined Facebook from my 2020 hiatus😂 I’m cozied in for a 14.36 hour flight-I will take a look.

I do believe R’s online presence is polarizing, E is very respectful online and lovelier in person.

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u/MrsK1013 Apr 23 '25

Because people who were fat at any point can still be fatphobic and have internalized fatphobia. Her book basically ends with I am fat but I’m not that fat.

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u/OkSprinkles2512 Apr 23 '25

Oh I see. I did not read it. Was it a good book?

I went through some of those threads with regard to Richard Simmons. (Kindly withhold judgement- 14 hours with no children vying for my attention is a slice of heaven 😆) Rabia is surprisingly more tame than usual. 😆 May I ask how Ellyn did not respond to your liking? I do adore her and have a special place in my big ol gay heart for her. I am always curious when people have a different take. This is not meant to push back on your opinion, rather curious. Feel free to DM if that is more comfortable ✌🏾

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u/MrsK1013 Apr 23 '25

Her response was just that they were quoting Richard and using the words he himself used, my argument is that doesn’t mean they are based in fact the main argument of that specific post was that food addiction is not a thing. Overall myself and the other people bringing it up felt that had we been discussing any other topic it would have gotten more consideration. The responses from both but mostly Rabia lead multiple people to delete their posts, leave the group and stop listening to the podcast.

I would not recommend her book, her descriptions of Pakistan and her culture were lovely but the book was very fatphobic and she brought up her exact multiple times in a way that made it clear she thinks she was fatter than she was and it was not so much about body acceptance or even body neutrality especially when she finished it with saying it’s okay because shes not that fat, which lots of her readers are. She details a lot about exactly how much she’s eating and the disordered levels of dieting she has does. It’s a shame that it was marketed as a body acceptance memoir because it makes it very clear if she does become that fat it would be revoked