*select pieces of press and interviews from 2015 - present
2023
A Stand for Self-Love: Amy’s Advocacy, Big Sexy Chat podcast, November 2023
Idaho Gears Up for Festive Weekend With Tree Lighting, Winter Wonderland & Wintry Market, November 2023
Party With The Ghosts + Ghouls: A Roundup of Local Halloween Events, Boise Weekly, October 2023
How to Halloween In Boise, From Boise newsletter, October 2023
Boise Bench Comes Alive With Zombie Dolls for 8th Annual Haunted Backyard Event, CBS Channel 2, October 2023
Death, Life, Body Positivity and the Death Cafe with Amy Pence-Brown, Elementary Watson radio show, Radio Boise, October 2023
Meet Amy Pence-Brown, Positive Body Image Activist, Love The Skin You’re In Podcast interview, October 2023
Summery Market Hosts Record Breaking Number of Artists and Vendors, KIVI channel 6 news, June 2023
2022
Wintry Market at the Boise Centre, KBOI CBS channel 2 news, November 2022
On The Scene: Wintry Market This Weekend, Idaho Statesman newspaper, November 2022
Boise’s Insanely Creepy Zombie Toyland Celebrates 7 Scary Good Years, 107.9 Lite FM, October 2022
Making Magazine Maker podcast interview about my work creating beauty in all the ways, September 2022
Minority Report, interview in H & E Naturist magazine, September 2022 issue
Model for Making Magazine, Fall 2022 issue
Discuss your demise and heal over cookies and tea with strangers at Death Café Boise, interview in article in the Idaho Statesman newspaper, Sept 22, 2022
‘It took me 40 years to finally wear my first bikini,’ I’m mentioned in this Australian interview as an important activist, Body + Soul, news.com.au, August 18, 2022
Our Pink Little Free Library Turns 10 Years Old, KTVB channel 7 news interview on the oldest Little Free Library in the Vista Neighborhood - mine!, August 17, 2022
Step Inside an Idaho Death Cafe, Idaho Matters interview on our Idaho NPR station, June 13, 2022
Model for Making Magazine, Spring 2022 issue
2021
Reviving Hilda + Fat Activism with Amy Pence-Brown, Friend of Marilyn podcast interview with Cat Pause in New Zealand, November 18, 2021
Insanely Creepy Zombie Toyland Scares Up Fun On The Boise Bench This Halloween, 107.9 Lite FM, October 2021
Idaho Body Image Activist Unpacks the Pandemic, Body Image & Weight Stigma, Boise State Public NPR, October 2021
Idaho Vintage Market Coming to Expo Idaho Next Weekend, Idaho Press newspaper, September 2021
Real People With Real Stories: Weiser Public Library Hosts Inspirational Lecture Series, Living In The News, September 2021
How Our Relationships With Our Bodies Has Changed, Women Who Travel podcast for Conde-Nast Traveler, September 2021
I’m Dreading Wearing A Swimsuit On A Group Trip, advice column for Conde-Nast Traveler magazine, August 2021
The Suburban Women Problem podcast, hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein chat with women across America about how politics affects their lives, their families, guest expert, Self-Love Is A Political Act with Amy Pence-Brown, July 2021
Curating Boise podcast, guest expert, History & Fat Talk with Amy Pence-Brown, July 2021
Tweens Revolutionize Online Activism, article in the School Library Journal about my body image camps & classes for girls and teens, March 2021
100 Heroes 100 Days, interview with Wren Nicks, March 2021
2020
We Get Exposed to the Iconic Idaho Amy, interview with artist & photographer Grey Johnson, November 2020
‘Creation in the Time of Change’- Local Artists Debut Pandemic-Influenced Works Throughout The Treasure Valley, Idaho Press Tribune, October 2020
Fat Girl Book Club podcast discussing the book Heavy by Kiese Laymon, September 2020
Fat Product Reviews: The Stand for Self-Love with Amy Pence-Brown, YouTube channel, August 2020
BLOOM podcast, live from the Idaho Botanical Garden with Storyfort, poetry reading from my Poems In a Pandemic Series, August 2020
Boise’s Covid Cultural Commissioning Fund Announces Award Winners, Idaho Press, May 2020
An Introduction to Body Positivity as a Social Justice Movement, Faith & Feminism podcast, May 2020
This Amazing Lady Recreates Photos of Hilda, The Curvy 1950s Pinup Girl, Rugzee, May 2020
Amy Pence, blog post about my work by Canadian ME Photo including empowerment photo shoot NSFW, May 2020
2 part podcast interview, Haesy Podcast, April 2020
Featured feminist in On Loan From the Cosmos, a body positive feminist journal, April 2020
Body Positive Parenting, Teen Connectivity - Family Healing Pathways podcast, March 2020
Nutricionista Gordo, Brazilian nutritionist, stand for self-love video, March 2020
Cette femme a recréé 24 images de Hilda, la pin-up ronde oubliée des années 1950, French newspaper publication on Reviving Hilda, March 2020
Mulher recria em fotos imagens de pin-up plus size dos anos 1950, Portuguese newspaper publication on Reviving Hilda, March 2020
Dekle s koledarja je znova zazivelo, Slovenian newspaper on Reviving Hilda, March 2020
Woman Recreates 24 Images Of Hilda, The Forgotten Plus-Size Pin-Up Girl From The 1950s, Bored Panda, March 2020
Body-positive pin ups! Woman, 44, celebrates her curves by recreating cheeky calendar shots of 1950s plus-size pin-up girl Hilda, Daily Mail, March 2020
Post these body positive mantras everywhere, Jackson Hole News & Guide, March 2020
Žena napodobuje slavné obrázky s plus size pin-up modelkou Hildou, Czech Republic newspaper article on Reviving Hilda series, March 2020
Love the Skin You’re In, Messy in the Middle Podcast, January 2020
2019
5 Questions for Amy Pence-Brown, podcast where activists, lawyers, writers, musicians and so many others to reveal the personal stories and lives of incredible people who work every day to improve the lives of those around them through their work and outspokenness through 5 simple questions, December 2019
Annual Wintry Market Highlights Local Business Owners, KTVB news piece on our 9th annual Wintry Market | Handmade for the Holidays, November 2019
Best Neighborhoods For Trick-Or-Treating in Boise, weknowboise.com, October 2019
Toys of Terror, KTVB news piece on our annual haunted backyard zombie toyland each Halloween, October 2019
Featured in the book Girl Boner Journal: A Guided Journal to Sexual Joy & Empowerment by August McLaughlin
Featured in the book In The Company of Men: How Women Succeed in a World Built Without Them by Eileen Scully
Death Cafe, talking as facilitator at the Boise Death Cafe on my own death & funeral, You Know the Place NPR podcast, September 2019
Irvington Theater to Produce First Diversity Series Event to Focus on Women’s Causes, River Journal, September 2019
Idaho Vintage Market, Idahome magazine, Summer 2019
The First Annual Idaho Vintage Market, Greenbelt magazine, Summer 2019
Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab podcast interview, May 2019
All The IRL Fat Pool Parties We Could Find, Allgo, May 2019
Boise Bench Community Gives Vandalized Little Free Library New Life, Channel 2 IdahoNews news story, May 2019
Little Free Library on Boise Bench Repaired After Vandalism, KIVI channel 6 news story, May 2019
Tales of a City: Boise’s past comes to life in it’s historical cemeteries, Territory Magazine, Spring 2019
Taking Up Space: Fat Feminism, Body Liberation and Being An Advocate for Radical Change, University of St. Thomas Newsroom, March 2019
2018
Featured in the book Guerrilla Kindness And Other Acts of Creative Resistance: Making A Better World Through Craftivism by Sayraphim Lothian
Boise Rad Fat Collective helping women partake in ‘radical self-love’ this holiday season, Idaho ABC & FOX affiliate news channels, December 2018
Positively Good Sex Contributes to Positive Health, Idaho Matters, Boise State Public Radio, December 2018
Tommie’s Body Positive Message Heard Around the World, University of St. Thomas, November 2018
Wintry Market 2018, television interview, KBOI Fox affiliate, November 2018
Made in Idaho: Wintry Market Artisan Turns Trash Into Treasure, television interview, KIVI ABC affiliate, November 2018
Boise farmers and artisan markets amp up for the holidays, Idaho Statesman, November 2018
Wintry Market: Handmade for the Holidays, Boise Weekly, (including full interview in holiday gift guide) November 2018
Boise’s Wintry Market, Greenbelt magazine, Nov/Dec 2018
The Zombie Baby Dolls In This Backyard Will Give You The Chills, Idaho Statesman, October 2018
What To Do In Boise This Halloween, Idaho Statesman, October 2018
Holiday Bazaars Are A Blast, interview for Wintry Market in Idaho Press Tribune, October 2018
Episode 3, Idaho: Fifty Feminist States, podcast interview, October 2018
Body Acceptance Is A Radical Act of Self-Love, interview in the Jackson Hole News & Guide, October 2018
The Radical Act of Self-Love, interview on Vital Idaho on Radio Boise, August 2018
Gen X, Age & Body Image, interview on Idaho NPR station Boise State Public Radio, August 2018
Can Gen X Women Love Their Bodies?, written by Amy Keller Laird for TIME magazine, July 2018
Fierce Fatties Summit, featuring nine badass body image activists hosted by BAM POW LIFE, April 2018
The Scout Guide, featuring four Boise bloggers, Spring 2018
Creme de la Corvallis, The Corvallis Advocate, May 2018
Amy Pence-Brown "Taking Up Space: Fat feminism, body liberation, and being an advocate for radical change," Oregon State University, May 2018
The Beauty of Big: Fattitude aims to spread body positivity in Boise, Boise Weekly, May 2018
Fattitude Celebrates Positive Body Image, Boise State Public Radio, May 2018
Self-Love And Raising Body Positive Kids With Amy Pence-Brown, Plus Mommy podcast, May 2018
11 Body Advocates Share Their Secrets for Silencing the Haters, Byrdie Beauty, July 2018
2017
Local Activist Amy Pence-Brown Renovates Architecture Course at Boise State, The Arbiter, February 2017
Amy Pence-Brown To Speak at Idaho State University, The Idaho State Journal, March 2017
Ageism and Body Positivity with Amy Pence-Brown, Fearless Rebelle Radio podcast with Summer Innanen, March 2017
15 Babes Share Their Favorite Rules To Break, Because Wearing Horizontal Stripes Can Get Boring, Bustle, May 2017
Amy Pence-Brown Taking a Badass Stand for Radical Self-Acceptance & Body Image Healing, Life. Unrestricted. with Meret Boxler podcast, July 2017
This Mom Recreated Shots of Hilda, the Original Plus-Size Pinup & It's Glorious, CafeMom, July 2017
First Thursday : Print Boise 2017, Boise Weekly, August 2017
Look Up, Look Down: Printmakers Hunt for Boise History, Idaho Statesman, August 2017
7 Plus Size Women Reveal What They Do When They Want To Feel Sexiest, Bustle, August 2017
Radical Self- Acceptance, Now I've Seen Everything, August 2017
Hawthorne Elementary Opens Native Plants Garden in Boise, Boise Weekly, October 2017
A school is showing off their new outdoor learning space, Idaho Education News video interview, October 2017
Artistic Touch, Amy Pence-Brown Local Tastemaker Holiday Gift Guide, Idaho Statesman Treasure Magazine, November 2017
Idaho Native Plants Learning Landscape & Teaching Garden, Hawthorne Elementary School, Compassionate Boise video interview, November 2017
Best Holiday Markets in Every State, featuring Wintry Market for Idaho, Food & Wine magazine, November 2017
2016
Beauty With Plus, Hungarian blog & accompanying news site
Her Body of Work - “All Bodies Are Good Bodies” Said UI Alumna Amy Pence-Brown, The Argonaut newspaper, February 2016
KXLY Spokane/CD'A UI To Celebrate Bodies of All Shapes and Sizes, February 2016
Hefty.co, February 2016
Promoting Positivity: Body Positive Week Replaces Eating Disorders Awareness Week at UI, The Argonaut student newspaper, University of Idaho, February 2016
View, German magazine, March 2016
A Word With Amy Pence-Brown About Radical Fat Acceptance, Idaho Business Review, March 2016
The Mamalode Podcast, ep. 2, featuring me reading a story and answering questions about my TEDxBoise talk, body image, activism and parenting, March 2016
How 3 TEDxBoise Speakers Want to Reframe Radical, Boise State Public Radio, April 2016
Amy Pence-Brown on Body Image, radio interview for Health Stories Matter, Boise, Idaho, April 2016
SHAPE magazine, April 2016
Why Am I Fat & Happy? podcast interview/show for The Body Poscast, April 2016
Big Curvy Love podcast interview/show, June 2016
11 Influencers Discuss The Difference Between Body Positivity and Fat Acceptance, by Marie Southard Ospina for Bustle, July 2016
Women's Bodies: Security Risk, by Marci Glass, August 2016
Meet Idaho Amy : The Radical Self-Love Warrior, by Shannon Svingen-Jones, FabUplus magazine, fall 2016
Amy Pence-Brown: Fat, Fearless, Feminist Rebel, by Amy Atkins, Boise Weekly, September 2016
Viral Social Experiment: One Year Later & Embrace documentary interview, KTVB, September 19, 2016
Body painting performance art collaboration with Natalie Fletcher for Boise Film Festival interview, KTVB, September 26, 2016
Boise Bench Family Creates Haunted Backyard Hoping To Spark Tradition interview, KBOI, October 2016
Take A Tour of Cloverdale Cemetery for Halloween interview, Boise State Public Radio, October 2016
10 Women Who Seriously DGAF If You Don't Like Their Stretchmarks and Cellulite, Fitness magazine, October 2016
17 Plus Size Influencers Share Their Tips For Coping With Online Harassment, Bustle, November 2016
Amy Pence-Brown: Intuitive Birthing + Coping With Complications and Loss, The Birth Hour podcast, December 2016
Idaho Business Review Names its 2017 Idaho Women of the Year, Idaho Business Review, December 2016
2015
BuzzFeed (story)
BuzzFeed (video)
CJAD Montreal, Canada radio interview
HLN's The Daily Share interview
Boise State Pubic Radio (NPR) interview
The Arbiter Online - Boise State University student newspaper
The Argonaut - University of Idaho student newspaper
The Daily Q interview December 9, 2015
See Jane Do October 2015 radio interview
The Dr. Oz Show, November 23, 2015
Tiny Buddha: Shedding Layers of Pain & Learning to Love Our Bodies
MimiChatter.com: This Woman's Body Positivity Project Should Earn Her Mother of the Year
Shade and Sweetwater: Thank You, Amy Pence-Brown
Courageous Self Love: The Bikini-Clad Beauty Who Is An Actual Goddess
Friend of Marilyn podcast with Dr. Cat Pause, Episode 157, October 2015