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BREAKING: We won an Anthem Award for the #SpoonfulOfLaughter campaign!! Co-created by Dancing Fox and diaTribe: Curiosity, compassion, and connection are kryptonite to diabetes stigma; comedy is the Trojan Horse that gets all three inside the city gates. https://www.anthemawards.com/winners/list/entry/?utm_campaign=anthem5_winner_notifications_1118&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#health/awareness-categories/spoonfuloflaughter/620050

Entry - Anthem Awards

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Brian Fitzgerald May 17, 2025

An Activist, a person with diabetes, and a comedian walk into a bar...

Beth Strachan and I do a podcast about How Dancing Fox teamed up with diaTribe to shift cultural narratives around diabetes with sketch comedy and stand up 🥸
#spoonfuloflaughter

https://brooks.digital/health-nonprofit-digital-marketing/changing-diabetes-narrative-through-comedy/

Spoonful of Laughter: Changing the Diabetes Narrative Through Comedy | Brooks Digital

In this episode, guests Brian Fitzgerald and Beth Strachan take us behind the scenes of Spoonful of Laughter and share how this unexpected creative approach came to life.

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Brian Fitzgerald Nov 21, 2024

The best part of this skit is the juice-box adlib: perfect comedic timing from Ashley Monique. I was on set (you can see me in the background if you squint) and really had to struggle not to crack up. She's @trashleymonique on instagram.

#SpoonfulofLaughter
#dStigmatize

https://youtu.be/5KscTzXDtGk?si=BOo9aipYsa91fCTi

Dating a Person with Diabetes - The WORST Mistake 🚩| Spoonful of Laughter Ep. 3 (Diabetes Stigma?!)

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Brian Fitzgerald Nov 1, 2024

🎤🤡 So an activist, a comedian, and a person with diabetes walk into a bar. The #SpoonfulOfLaughter complete season one is now available. Using laughter to stand up (ha ha) against diabetes stigma.

#dStigmatize

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTSsBI6NOrskpJp0iZlEBJMuw4D9ep8Yx

Spoonful of Laughter

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Brian Fitzgerald Oct 30, 2024

This "I was so high" joke kept coming up among the people with diabetes in our creative playshops. I adore what Kelsy Bascom, Kesha Carter, and Justin Eastzer did with it.

Episode 6 of #SpoonfulofLaughter: That one person who doesn't understand diabetes.

#dStigmatize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuzrPO6Rko&ab_channel=ThediaTribeFoundation

That One Person Who Doesn’t Understand Diabetes | Spoonful of Laughter Ep. 6 (Diabetes Stigma/Shame)

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Brian Fitzgerald Oct 28, 2024

When the dosage of your potentially lethal medication for your life-threatening disease is determined by you and how you're vibing. Episode 6 of #SpoonfulOfLaughter: Diabetes Diagnosis Gone Wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqerTfye-A8&ab_channel=ThediaTribeFoundation

Diabetes Diagnosis Gone Wrong | Spoonful of Laughter Ep. 5

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Brian Fitzgerald Oct 25, 2024

Well hello there. Your glucose monitor is HOT! Episode 4 of #SpoonfulOfLaughter: Enjoying a Night Out with Diabetes.

#dStigmatize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgwARIBDVjk

Enjoying a Night Out with Diabetes | Spoonful of Laughter Ep. 4

There’s no diabetes stigma allowed in this bar. Imagine a place where everyone understands life with diabetes and nobody makes stigmatizing jokes, stares at ...

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Brian Fitzgerald Oct 16, 2024

🥄🤣 Dating a person with Diabetes. Dating with a chronic condition is difficult enough. And when your date accidentally brings diabetes stigma along as a third wheel? Awkward.

Episode 3 of #Spoonfuloflaughter

https://youtu.be/5KscTzXDtGk?si=yhHlJsPjiSZeXuk0