COL757: Fat Bear Week ‘24

Cubs Out Loud

In this episode of Cubs Out Loud, the guys discover Fat Bear Week. Is it a new bear run? No. Listen in as the cubs talk about this celebration of nature and actual bears in the wild and how, in groundbreaking fashion, the gheys co-opt this trend for the sake of body positivity and showing off.

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Show Topic

When Bear social media mashes up with online meme interest! Some of the largest brown bears on Earth make their home at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Brown bears get fat to survive and Fat Bear Week is an annual tournament celebrating their success in preparation for winter hibernation. Then the Bear Community co-opts the ‘fat bear week’ sensation to celebrate their own hirsuteness.

• Fat Bear Week website
• Support the Katmai Conservancy with merch online
• NPR 2023 online article: Fat bears, teddy bears and gay bears, oh my!
• National Parks Service Social Media post: The ‘weight’ is over

And then the gheys stepped in…

• God Bless America
• Calling All Bears
• Reply to Calling All Bears
• Happy #FatBearWeek
• Part Two
• Rubbing a fat bear’s belly
• Should I join y’all?
• To those who celebrate
• Furry boiii
• To all who celebrate
• If ya wanna support this fat bear
• Even the haters and losers
• I heard something about…
• It’s my time to shine
• Here’s a little more