Episode 218: Hairspray (2007)

Pop Culture

• Baltimore Fishbowl | Three familiar faces from John Waters movies – Divine, Ricki Lake and Mink Stole – are still making news in 2025

Fat Watch

• Delaware Online | Delaware bill prohibiting body-based discrimination based on weight, height introduced

• NAAFA | Campaign for Size Freedom

Hairspray (2007)

• Gigi Hadid's thinwashed Hairspray photoshoot

• Nikki Blonsky's drag brunch resurgence

• Watch Hairspray for free on  Youtube.

We highlight Divine, Ricki Lake and Mink Stole—all made famous by John Waters films—and an update on the NAAFA campaign for size-freedom: could Delaware be next? Then we talk about the 2007 film Hairspray staring John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky.