Podcasts about Jes Baker

Vicky Bellman (she/her/hers) embodies the thing that most of her clients are scared of- being fat. Her work with people across the weight spectrum calls into question all aspects of therapeutic support and how we talk about living and eating within diet culture. Also, Sophia becomes a Fat Elder.Vicky is a therapist working in online private practice at Concentric Counselling - she's based in the UK with clients worldwide. She has particular areas of experience in trauma, and in working with disordered eating and eating disorders from a non diet, fat positive perspective. As a fat woman, many of her clients appreciate her lived experience of navigating the world in a bigger body. Joyful in her own fat identity, Vicky is passionate about supporting clients to embody this liberation, and create a more sustainable, fulfilling and affirming life. Vicky also works as a consultant with fellow therapists and healing pros who want to re-energise their practice or incorporate fat positivity into their practice.You can find Vicky on Instagram and her website. Vicky has a weekly newsletter, Fat Bubble, which is a space dedicated to fat affirmation, fat joy and fat delight.Here are the links to Jes Baker and Virgie Tovar.Sophia reads When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny by Blythe Baird.All things Fat Joy can be found here…Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatjoy.life/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@fatjoyTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fatjoypodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fatjoypodcast/Website: http://www.fatjoy.lifePatreon: http://patreon.com/fatjoyAnd if you're a Patreon supporter, be sure to go watch Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Q's with Vicky Bellman. If you'd like this bonus content each week, for as little as $2 per month you can become a Patreon member. You'll be enabling us to offer an honorarium to the podcast's expert guests, which is key to supporting & centering marginalized voices.Deep thanks for their hard work go to Hi Bird Designs and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

Jes Baker's fifth word on this podcast is a swear word. I love her brilliant mind and bold use of language and am so thrilled for you to hear her tools for unlocking the wisdom of your body! The first glitches Jes observed in the Matrix was when she was being raised in Mormonism. Their journey publishing and creating as the Militant Baker focusing on fat liberation for eight years has evolved! "There's a moment where I digested fat stigma intellectually but it didn't get me where I want to go." Jes followed the yeses into training in Somatics. "Somatics is what comes after the intellectual deconstruction of the paradigm that bodies are measured against each other. Systems of oppression rely on our disconnection from our bodies." The spiritual aspects of having a body, creating personal ritual and ceremony is now a big part of what Jes is creating in the world and what they are teaching! Jes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jesbaker Website: https://www.jesbaker.com/ Email list: https://mailchi.mp/bf73dd97aff2/sp9n4n0y76 IG: https://www.instagram.com/themilitantbaker/ Teachers and practitioners mentioned in this episode: Marika Heinrichs: https://wildbody.ca/ Prentis Hemphill: https://prentishemphill.com/ Leah Garza: https://crystalsofaltamira.com/ Jessa Reed: https://www.jessareed.com/ Sonya Renee Taylor: https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/ adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/ Bridget Sweetin: https://www.coach-sweetin.com/ If you find value in this podcast, please consider supporting! Support the Podcast: patreon.com/fkdp --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bevin/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bevin/support

Jen McLellan is a published author, founder of Plus Size Birth, and host of the Plus Mommy Podcast. She helps people navigate the world of plus size pregnancy, shares tips for embracing your body, and laughs her way through the adventures of parenthood. Jen has grown a community of over 230,000 via the Plus Mommy Facebook page. Her work has been featured in major publications such as The New York Times, Glamour, Today's Parent, Huffington Post, and International Doula. She authored the My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide and co-wrote the Amazon bestseller, The Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms. She also has an essay in Jes Baker's book Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls. As a public speaker, Jen has spoken at numerous events, including presenting at the National Institutes of Health. Jen is also a certified childbirth educator, wife, and mother to a charismatic eleven-year-old. Follow along with Jen: https://plussizebirth.com/ Use code: 'birthlounge' for 20% off the 'My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide'

In today's episode of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast, Dani Bryant, a body liberation and drama therapist, helps define what body liberation means, what you need to check off your list in your journey to body liberation, why it's essential to have many perspectives in life, the kind of weight that is not ours to carry, the significance of defining your own version of body love, and more. Learn how Dani Bryant sees body liberation in this episode of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast! About Dani Bryant: In the biz of therapy, Dani's style is "eclectic!" and ebbs and flows depending on the needs of the folks she works with. Her therapy work is always rooted in an anti-oppression framework. She believes the folks she works with are the experts. Her background as a theater maker and artist informs her work as a therapist. She is a performer, playwright, and theater director--creating plays about bodies, eating disorder recovery, community, and identity. Outline of the Episode: [02:00] What is body liberation? [05:07] Our own body liberation does the inner work to help others feel safe in their own bodies [10:13] Embrace what your ancestors couldn't embrace in the past [15:07] Why you need to find your own version of body love and body liberation [20:18] Performers are given distorted messages about their bodies early on [25:15] Writing a one-woman show about body image [30:16] Dani Bryant's evolution as a therapist [35:33] It's okay if your body changes! [38:56] A message to people who want their body liberation [45:13] Fill your life with different voices, especially those you connect with the most! Resources: Website Instagram Linktr.ee Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass, Book by Jes Baker: https://www.amazon.com/Landwhale-Turning-Insults-Nicknames-Image/dp/1580056814 About our host, Meg: Meg is a CCI certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and Founder of The Recovery Collective. She is the host of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Join the Recovery Collective: recoverycollective.mykajabi.com Join 12 Days of Memories: Holiday Food Challenge: megmccabe.lpages.co/12-days-of-memo…food-challenge/

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Natarajana / King Dancer / Lord of the Dance Pose, more commonly referred to simply as “Dancer,” is an iconic and challenging yoga pose that invites us to discover our own courage and compassion. Shiva-as-Nataraj is classically depicted standing atop a mischievous gnome as he dances and plays a drum. A cobra winds around Shiva's neck, his dreadlocks swirl around his head, a ring of fire encircles him, a flame also burns in the palm of his hand. Dancer is a standing one-legged balancing shape, where one foot is lifted behind us, grasped by the hand as we tip forward and reach the other arm forward. It can be a very confronting but rewarding pose and today on the podcast, on the blog, and in the accompanying YouTube video I provide some variations and modifications to help you find dancer pose that allows you to experience all of its benefits. I'm Blythe Stephens, and that's what we're exploring today in episode 64 of the A Blythe Coach Podcast providing weekly dance education & coaching to move through life with balance, grace, & power! What yoga poses or movements do you find especially challenging? What emotions come up for you in these times of challenge? What modifications or variations can help you access the potential benefits of these poses? How can I support your practice? Stay tuned on my YouTube Channel and Blog for more about living a luscious life!! Blythe Stephens, MFA she/her or they/them A Blythe Coach: Dance Education & Coaching move through life with balance, grace, & power DISCLAIMER: A Blythe Coach recommends that you consult your physician regarding the applicability of any recommendations and follow all safety instructions before beginning any exercise program. When participating in any exercise or exercise program, there is the possibility of physical injury. If you engage in this exercise or exercise program, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities, assume all risk of injury to yourself. Sources Myths of the Asanas: The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition by Alanna Kaivalya, Shiva Rea, and Manorama Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body by Jessamyn Stanley Teaching Yoga: Essential Foundations and Techniques by Mark Stephens and Mariel Hemmingway Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life by Dianne Bondy, Kat Heagberg, and Jes Baker

Is the #BoPo movement doing the best it can? Does the hyper focus on positivity drown out the real need to address the negative impacts of body oppression? Learn what author, coach, self-love advocate, and magnificently irreverent force Jes Baker has to say about social media, diet culture, boundaries, and hard conversations that move us forward. "If we wait to be perfect, we won't get anything done." ~Jes Baker

Is the #BoPo movement doing the best it can? Does the hyper focus on positivity drown out the real need to address the negative impacts of body oppression? Learn what author, coach, self-love advocate, and magnificently irreverent force Jes Baker has to say about social media, diet culture, boundaries, and hard conversations that move us forward. "If we wait to be perfect, we won't get anything done." ~Jes Baker

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With guest Shira Lile from Hello Life! Where we talk about: Hello Life, a Cowlitz County organization that provides peer support to people who struggle with eating disorders or negative body image; Contact: hellolifeservices@yahoo.com, helloliferecovery.org, or text or call 971.770.0680 Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders; The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar; Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor;   Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch; The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor; Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon; Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison; The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner; Shrill by Lindy West; Dietland by Sarai Walker; Land Whale by Jes Baker; Embody by Connie Sobczak; Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings; What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon; Untamed by Glennon Doyle; Daring Greatly by Brené Brown; Behind the Before and After:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTY_hCTmI98 https://bookriot.com/best-body-positive-books/ and more!

Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss lots of nonfiction, including kid-friendly science audiobooks and body-positive memoirs, in this week’s episode of Get Booked. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Questions 1. I have been listening to science audio books with my son (7yo) who has really been enjoying them. So far we have listened to the Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, Astrophysics For Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson, and we are currently listening to The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. Anything else you can recommend? All the bonus points if it deals with robots, space, or is any way speculative. Thanks! -Riad 2. Hello. I promise this isn’t just a word problem in disguise, although it sort of feels that way! I used to have a very long commute to work (over an hour each way), which I made more bearable by listening to non-fiction audiobooks. I now have a much, much shorter commute but miss listening to audiobooks. I use my local library’s app, which allows audiobooks to be checked out for two weeks. Since I’m listening for less than an hour a day, I often can’t finish the books that I borrow in time. Can you recommend some great non-fiction that is around 10 hours long? I really enjoy Oliver Sachs, Mary Roach, Michael Pollan, Bee Wilson, Bill Bryson, and Brene Brown and have already listened to everything by these authors that is available. My favorite topics are social science, psychology, the natural world, and food/cooking. I generally don’t enjoy celebrity memoirs, self-help, and am firmly disinterested in sports. Thank you so much for all of your awesome weekly recommendations-I’ve discovered so many new favorites because of your podcast!  -Brenna 3. Hello! I am writing to you in the hopes that you can point me in the right direction. I was recently surprised when I noticed two books on different topics I was reading started to converge. One book is Bregman’s “Humankind: A Hopeful History” and the other is McGonigal’s “The Joy of Movement”. Despite their apparently dissimilar topics (social psychology and exercise), somehow, these two books converged on the ideas that humans are built for connection and cooperation. And suddenly I know I need more of that. I want more of humans building relationships and working towards common goals. I’ve already read Smith’s “The Power of Meaning” and have Ter Kuile’s “The Power of Ritual” on hold at the library. What else can you recommend? Fiction and non-fiction are both OK. TIA. -Lisa 4. I am 35 years old and single and have recently decided to explore the world of on-line dating…bad idea. No need for details of bad experience but it has created a need in me for a good female powered memoir preferably with focus on body image. I have read a lot of the popular ones already such as the beauty myth, body positive power, the body is not an apology, Men Explain Things to Me, and books by Lindy West, Roxane Gay, Samantha Irby, and Jes Baker. I also just purchased Body Talk and have been reading an essay every morning. Any help with finding a good female strong and feel good book would be greatly appreciated. I love your podcast and thank you!! -Noelle 5. Hi, I always thought I was straight but recently I’ve been feeling more attraction towards women/enbys. I am in a long term relationship with a man whom I love and adore and don’t see that ending anytime soon. Basically, I’m struggling with my sexuality and have no good outlet to explore that now. Books have always been the thing I turn to when I’m trying to process important things. Please recommend adult books (preferably one fiction and one non-fiction) that center on wlw relationships and coming to terms with your sexuality. Bonus points for bi/pan rep or enby rep and bonus points for an older character (not a teen). I love contemporary and literary fiction but would be open to an sff. I have not been loving historical recently.  -JJ 6. I’m a Computer Science teacher in Mexico City. I have been teaching high school students about the science behind the magic of technology for about fifteen years. Also, I’m an avid reader and I believe in the power of books in my students’ academic lives. I’m always looking for books about Computer Science or the history of computers to assign them as extra activities for my class (some students prefer reading books instead of coding, and that’s fine with me as long as they learn). Books in English are not a problem since, although we are a Spanish-speaking country, I work at a bilingual school and they understand English perfectly. We have read books like “The Code Book” by Simon Singh, “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage” a beautiful graphic novel by Sydney Padua, “Broad Band” by Claire L. Evans, “The Inevitable” by Kevin Kelly, “The Second Machine Age” by Erik Brynjolfsson, “Code Girls” by Liza Mundy, “Zero Day” by Mark Russinovich, and “Life 3.0” by Max Tegmark. I would love to know if you have any recommendations my students and for me. Of course, there are extra points for books about women in tech and the power of diversity and inclusion, since we all need those messages every single day in our current world.  -Rodrigo 7. My mom has begun seeking therapy for chronic depression that I suspect has been with her for a while now. I’m glad she’s seeking professional help, but I also wanted to get her a book to help lift her up a bit. From what she’s confided in me, some of what is contributing to her depression is that a lot of her identity is tied up in feeling needed/useful as a mom. Now that both her daughters are grown, she thinks we don’t need her anymore (entirely untrue, of course) and that she’s not useful as a person. I’m wondering if there are any books out there about older women finding renewed sense of self or dealing with similar issues that she can see herself in. I’m hoping for something uplifting. She also has triggers around harm to children and sexual violence, so if those topics could be avoided, that would be great. Thanks! -Worried Daughter Books Discussed Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (Gulp, Spook, or Grunt) Scatter, Adapt, and Remember by Annalee Newitz Make it Scream, Make it Burn by Leslie Jamison (9 hours 3 minutes) Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars by Kate Greene (6 hrs 7 min) How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong Northern Light by Kazim Ali (cw: discussion of suicide) Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen #VeryFat #VeryBrave by Nicole Byer The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb Book Club When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams, (cw: attempted assault) 10 Mystery and Thriller Books Starring Older Women Books With Female Protagonists Over 60 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sofie talks to Jes Baker about body liberation, body image and mental health coaching, not being okay, Mormonism, the Internet, and The Chateaux Diaries.Content warning – coronavirus, chronic illness, fatphobia, trauma, hopelessness, US politics, dissociation, body image, hell, religion, online abuse, death threats, stalking, therapy, racism, ableism, homelessness, economic anxiety Artwork by Justine McNicholJingle by Harriet BraineProduced by Dave Pickering Made of Human Podcast online:Twitter: @podmohFacebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcastWeb: madeofhumanpodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/mohpod Sofie Hagen online:Twitter: @SofieHagenFacebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komikerWeb: sofiehagen.comInstagram: @sofiehagendk

Our final timecapsule release is this interview with Jes Baker from the beginning of the year! This ep is all about fatphobia’s expectations for YOU, that Arizona SWEAT, and mental health coaching.Season 6 Premieres December 3rd!! We want to hear from YOU, Fatmily, about what YOU want to hear from US! Do you have episode ideas, guest requests, or questions? Send them to us at fyi@shesallfatpod.com or call and leave a message at (213) 375 5023.Click here for the full shownotes for this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Mom Bod Series We wanted to dedicate a short episode to our listeners to say a big thank you from the bottom of our hearts and send you into summer with a massive cheer: WEAR THE BATHING SUIT!! We know that most of the body positive, “wear the bathing suit” advocates are usually white women in thinner bodies - and that is not exactly helpful or reassuring for the vast majority of people who are living in marginalized bodies in a judgemental world. The reason why we still encourage bathing suit wearing, joyful moving, community gathering summer activities is because being connected to our bodies and each other is where true freedom in life lies. It is a privilege to enjoy activities that require bathing suits, so keeping our privileges in mind will help keep perspective when diet culture and societal norms start screaming otherwise. In this week’s episode we share the definition of body liberation by Jes Baker @themilitantbaker and give 3 quick tips to help Mom’s enter summer with body liberation. Our last takeaway challenge for you is this: put on the suit, enjoy your family, and take the photo. Please don’t forget to tag us on social media (oh and use one of our fun GIF’s by searching for “Mom Genes” in the search bar) and share an episode with a friend to keep the love (and listens) flowing this summer! Wear the jeans, love the genes!   Connect with the Mom Genes community: www.momgenesthepodcast.com IG: @momgenesthepodcast FB: Mom Genes The Podcast group

Join Seth, Chrystal, and Rebecca as they talk about their top picks for children's books about fat positivity. Show Notes: 2:17- Brontorina, by James Howe 2:27- Bunnicula 10:32- Jes Baker 11:21- Steven Universe 18:54- Her Body Can, by Katie Crenshaw and Ady Menchke 24:56- Her Body Can Article 34:08- Love Your Body, by Jessica Sanders 41:03- The Streets Are Free, by Kurusa 54:57- Abigail the Whale, by Davide Cali 1:05:26- The Belly Book, by Fran Manushkin (Not Recommended) 1:07:17- My Great Big Mamma, by Oliver Ka (Not Recommended) Publishers Doing Good Work: -Jessica Kingsley -Flamingo Rampant -Little Brown -Feminist Press   Eating Disorders 15:21-15:35   Find us on the web! Rad Child Podcast: www.radchildpodcast.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Contact us: radchildpodcast@gmail.com Be a guest Donate Buy Rad Merch Shift Book Box: https://www.shiftbookbox.com/ Facebook Instagram Twitter

After seeing Glennon Doyle (and her wife, Abby Wambach) on book tour earlier this week, I wanted to share something that I can't stop mulling over, from an audience question about body image.A few things from this episode:Buy her book! It's available using this link (which supports this podcast): https://amzn.to/3b4vGgP(I read from her chapter called "erikas")Find alllllll the body image resources worthy of a mention on Jes Baker's site: http://www.themilitantbaker.com/p/resources.htmlGet in touch! You can find all the details at www.liznorell.com. And thanks for listening.

Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with who is internationally known for preaching the importance of body liberation, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language. We Talk About: Somatic healing for trauma How we become disconnected from our bodies Feeling more embodied outside of traditional exercise Reclaiming movement outside of trauma and diet culture Prioritizing mental health (and how that supports our overall health) Body liberation Letting go - why diet culture wants us to fear it and why it gives us freedom Integrating body liberation into your lived experience Training your nervous system to heal Inheriting body image struggles from our families Forgiveness Vulnerability Being a better ally Quotable: the second I stopped trying to “LOVE” my body, the less I hated it Connect with Jes On her website: http://www.themilitantbaker.com/ On her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themilitantbaker/ Read her books: Landwhale https://amzn.to/3cH8vul Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls https://amzn.to/333bMQk   Episode Sponsor - Pyknic My favorite Pyknic picks: “Death Before Decaf” Crew Neck https://pyknic.com/collections/women/products/death-before-decaf-coffee-crewneck “Glazed and Confused” Crew Neck https://pyknic.com/collections/women/products/glazed-confused-crew “Morning Glory” Button-Down https://pyknic.com/collections/women/products/morning-glory-womens-button-up-top “Morning Ritual” Tank https://pyknic.com/collections/women/products/morning-ritual-coffee-womens-muscle-tee use code chasingjoy for 20% off your entire order!      

This week Seth is joined by Fat Activists Isy Abraham-Raveson and Edith Bernier for a discussion about hot to talk to kids about Fat Positivity and Fat Liberation!  Show Notes: 4:53- Grossophobie.ca 5:08- The Plus Size Backpacker 14:53- Jes Baker 58:38- Your Fat Friend 1:03:37- Next In Fashion 1:18:09- Lizzo 1:19:22- Steven Universe 1:20:04- Diets Don’t Work/Ditch Diet Culture 1:20:15- Bodyposipanda 1:20:47- Virgie Tovar 1:20:55- Shrill by Lindy West 1:20:57- Shrill, show on Hulu 1:22:03- Cher Corps, Je T’aime (Love Your Body), by Jessica Sanders 1:22:37- Lammily Dolls 1:23:34- Mattel Dolls Diverse  1:23:44- Creatable World Dolls Some Extra Recommendations for Adults: (Thank you Isy!) -The Fat Studies Reader edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay -Fearing the Black Body: the Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings -Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker -Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon -You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar -The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor -Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement by Charlotte Cooper -Caleb Luna (https://www.caleb-luna.com/writings-1) -Sonalee Rashatwar (https://www.instagram.com/thefatsextherapist/?hl=en) -Melissa Fabello [focused on thin privilege] (http://www.melissafabello.com/#writing) Example articles: https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/10/lets-talk-about-thin-privilege/ and https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/concern-trolling-is-bullshit/ -The Body is Not an Apology (https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/tag/weight-size/) -Ericka Hart (http://www.ihartericka.com/#contact) -Other books: https://www.romper.com/p/13-books-every-body-pos-woman-should-read-8550 -Fat Heffalump (https://www.facebook.com/FatHeffalump/) CW Eating Disorders: 2:30-3:40 15:53-16:29 47:28-50:16  52:37-53:07 59:20-1:00:28   CW Suicide: 1:15:55-1:16:33   Find us on the web! www.radchildpodcast.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Contact us: radchildpodcast@gmail.com Be a guest Donate Buy Rad Merch

On the 16th episode of Wreck Your Perfection, I had the immense privilege of interviewing Jes Baker. Jes is an author, international speaker and blogger with a background in mental health where she’s worked as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist, a Peer Support Specialist and Educator. She has two books, ‘Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls’ and more recently, ‘Landwhale’. On her blog, The Militant Baker, Jes preaches the importance of body autonomy, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language. The Militant Baker has been covered hundreds of times by the biggest media platforms including BBC, CNN, Today Show, ABC, Time, and New York Magazine. In this episode we talk about body liberation, the history of beauty culture, reconnecting with your body, and how you can take small steps towards becoming brave. Check out Jes' blog, The Militant Baker. There you can find her books, and resources mentioned in the episode for body image and mental health. In the interview Jes mentions there are books about the history of beauty culture that stem from anti-blackness; 'Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia' is one she recommends. more links for my lovelies: Donate to support the podcast for as little as $5/month through Anchor. Donate to World Food Programme; $20 feeds 40 people! Donate to the Kickstarter campaign for my EP 'Taking Back Me'. The campaign ends March 1st and there's just a few hundred dollars to go! If you have any feedback about the show, DM me on instagram @wreckyourperfection. See you next week! Be well, fail big, and go wreck your perfection. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wreckyourperfection/support

In part two of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Jes Baker about oracle cards, angel cards, crystals, seeing a social justice based psychic, imagination, scepticism, activism, religion, working in a bookstore, coexisting truths, and Kurt Vonnegut.Trigger warning – anxiety, PTSD, guilt, mental illness, therapy, Mormonism, body image, organised religion, diet culture, purity culture, sex, sexuality, online abuse, guilt, trauma, emotional painArtwork by Justine McNicholJingle by Harriet BraineProduced by Dave Pickering Made of Human Podcast online:Twitter: @podmohFacebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcastWeb: madeofhumanpodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/mohpod Sofie Hagen online:Twitter: @SofieHagenFacebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komikerWeb: sofiehagen.comInstagram: @sofiehagendk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In part one of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Jes Baker about putting on an event around body image at the Union Chapel London, travelling, activism, nuance, success, the internet, coaching, the nervous system, therapy, and spirituality.Trigger warning – therapy, body image, fatphobia, bereavement, trauma, pre-verbal abuse, Mormonism, purity cultureArtwork by Justine McNicholJingle by Harriet BraineProduced by Dave PickeringMade of Human Podcast online:Twitter: @podmohFacebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcastWeb: madeofhumanpodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/mohpodSofie Hagen online:Twitter: @SofieHagenFacebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komikerWeb: sofiehagen.comInstagram: @sofiehagendk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kathryn Hack and I discussed Jes Baker’s Landwhale in today’s episode. Kathryn is a body liberation artist and activist so I found her perspective on some of the topics from this book really refreshing. Some of the things we discussed include: -Kathryn’s fat liberation journey -Why Kathryn doesn’t live in doom and gloom about diet culture but rather in hope -Why dualistic thinking within the fat community is too simplistic -How much can we alter ourselves before we are no longer liberated -How we individually connect to our bodies and why processing trauma is so important -How the systemic oppression of fat people tries to keep people confined and how this is a system of cultural programming -How we can use icky feelings to connect to ourselves and release trauma -Body positivity versus body liberation

Today I'm talking about some things impacting women and girls. Some important things to know. Some important things to understand. Some important things to change. No extensive show notes because…well…it's all in the episode title. Tune in. Xoxo Naomi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS MENTIONED:   Love classic & high-quality jewelry that you can customize? If the answer is YES then you have to visit Etsy shop Desert Studios Jewelry.  I got my customized “F*ck The Patriarchy” cuff bracelet from Desert Studios and I love it!  Listeners of the podcast will receive a 10% discount off your purchase when you enter the promo code OUTSPOKENGF2020 at purchase.  But this will only be good through February 29th, 2020 so be sure to check it out!   Personal book recommendations (I am not an affiliate; nor is the podcast is an affiliate)   Thick And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom   The Body Is Not An Apology And Radical Self Love by Sonya Renee Taylor   Celebrate Your Body And Its Changes by Sonya Renee Taylor (book for girls on puberty)   Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker   Visit my website at www.naomiscottclark.com   Send me an email at hello@naomiscottclark.com   And for behind the scenes stories & some laughs…follow the podcast https://www.instagram.com/theoutspokengirlfriend/  (@theoutspokengirlfriend)

Me: “... but I need to lose weight”. Her: “Ok... I can see how you can think that.” Me: “Everything you are sharing with me makes so much sense and I can feel it inside of me, that it's what I need [pause & sigh] … but I need to lose weight”. The tears started to roll off my cheeks. Uncontrollably crying. The tears were coming from the depth of my gut. It was one of those moments when you want to stop crying because you really don't want to cry in front of strangers but you can't... it's not in your control. Her: “Stephanie, your desires to lose weight are valid. It's normal that you want to lose weight. These desires are encouraged every day by the society in which we live in, an environment that is laden with weight stigma, body size discrimination, and fatphobia. It makes perfect sense that you want to lose weight.” I was deeply confused.  Life is on hold until I lose weight I was 38 years old and the last 25 years of my personal life had been a series pressing “pause” and “play”. I only allowed myself to “play” my personal life when I was at a weight that was recognized by others to be ok. If I was gaining weight or not working hard to lose the “not normal excess weight,” my personal life was on “pause”. Her: “So, let's work through this, Stephanie. Why do you want to lose weight? What do you feel will happen when you lose weight?” Me: “ Uhhh.....”  No one ever asked me this question. I never asked myself this question either. My brain was stumped... blank.  Her: “It's normal that you don't know how to answer this question. You likely never thought of the desire to lose weight as optional therefore never considered why you were desiring it.”  She was right by that point it had been 27 years. Since my teens, I had lived on and off diets always chasing “another body”. The truth was my happiness was conditional to the way my body looked. Even when my body looked “ok” it was such a battle to keep it up that I didn't have the mental space or time to fully enjoy my now “allowed happy life”. Me: “I guess you're right...”  Her: “Until we see each other again I want you to ask yourself these questions: Where is the desire to lose weight coming from? What do you feel will happen if you lose weight? Will you be treated differently? Will you feel beautiful? Worthy? Healthy?   As a good perfectionist, I did my homework. I had so many Ah Ah moments... many realizations. It took me a while to fully accept what these questions forced me to see: As a strong, independent & feminist woman, I had given away my power. The journey back to my power The social conditionings of the patriarchy of our modern society had kept me very busy dieting and chasing after the false currency of beauty instead of chasing my dreams. Being consumed by the fear of how my body looks was keeping me away from my power. I found my power. My true power. The power to live my life now. I gave myself the permission to be enough unconditionally to what my body looks like or weight. I no longer needed to be perfect in “all the things” or to make choices to please others in fear of rejection In today's episode, we welcome a guest, Aaron Flores is a Registered Dietician with a private practice is in Calabasas, CA. He uses Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size® in his work to help individuals learn how to make peace with food and their bodies. Aaron is a Certified Body Trust® provider and he also the co-host of the popular podcast, Dietitians Unplugged. On this episode, Aaron and I answered the following questions: Why do we feel the need to lose weight? Is the pursuit of weight loss helpful? Can we take a weight-neutral approach to health? My doctor said I need to lose weight How to manage our medical provider expectation and discussion with regards to bodyweight Mentioned on the show: "So... You Want to Lose Weight?" Workshop Grab your FREE guide to Intuitive Eating    Discussed in the episode: Jes Baker episode Invisible Women book Health Beyond Dieting article Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook Dietician Unplugged podcast 

Me: “... but I need to lose weight”. Her: “Ok... I can see how you can think that.” Me: “Everything you are sharing with me makes so much sense and I can feel it inside of me, that it’s what I need [pause & sigh] … but I need to lose weight”. The tears started to roll off my cheeks. Uncontrollably crying. The tears were coming from the depth of my gut. It was one of those moments when you want to stop crying because you really don’t want to cry in front of strangers but you can’t... it’s not in your control. Her: “Stephanie, your desires to lose weight are valid. It’s normal that you want to lose weight. These desires are encouraged every day by the society in which we live in, an environment that is laden with weight stigma, body size discrimination, and fatphobia. It makes perfect sense that you want to lose weight.” I was deeply confused.  Life is on hold until I lose weight I was 38 years old and the last 25 years of my personal life had been a series pressing “pause” and “play”. I only allowed myself to “play” my personal life when I was at a weight that was recognized by others to be ok. If I was gaining weight or not working hard to lose the “not normal excess weight,” my personal life was on “pause”. Her: “So, let’s work through this, Stephanie. Why do you want to lose weight? What do you feel will happen when you lose weight?” Me: “ Uhhh.....”  No one ever asked me this question. I never asked myself this question either. My brain was stumped... blank.  Her: “It’s normal that you don’t know how to answer this question. You likely never thought of the desire to lose weight as optional therefore never considered why you were desiring it.”  She was right by that point it had been 27 years. Since my teens, I had lived on and off diets always chasing “another body”. The truth was my happiness was conditional to the way my body looked. Even when my body looked “ok” it was such a battle to keep it up that I didn’t have the mental space or time to fully enjoy my now “allowed happy life”. Me: “I guess you’re right...”  Her: “Until we see each other again I want you to ask yourself these questions: Where is the desire to lose weight coming from? What do you feel will happen if you lose weight? Will you be treated differently? Will you feel beautiful? Worthy? Healthy?   As a good perfectionist, I did my homework. I had so many Ah Ah moments... many realizations. It took me a while to fully accept what these questions forced me to see: As a strong, independent & feminist woman, I had given away my power. The journey back to my power The social conditionings of the patriarchy of our modern society had kept me very busy dieting and chasing after the false currency of beauty instead of chasing my dreams. Being consumed by the fear of how my body looks was keeping me away from my power. I found my power. My true power. The power to live my life now. I gave myself the permission to be enough unconditionally to what my body looks like or weight. I no longer needed to be perfect in “all the things” or to make choices to please others in fear of rejection In today’s episode, we welcome a guest, Aaron Flores is a Registered Dietician with a private practice is in Calabasas, CA. He uses Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size® in his work to help individuals learn how to make peace with food and their bodies. Aaron is a Certified Body Trust® provider and he also the co-host of the popular podcast, Dietitians Unplugged. On this episode, Aaron and I answered the following questions: Why do we feel the need to lose weight? Is the pursuit of weight loss helpful? Can we take a weight-neutral approach to health? My doctor said I need to lose weight How to manage our medical provider expectation and discussion with regards to bodyweight Mentioned on the show: "So... You Want to Lose Weight?" Workshop Grab your FREE guide to Intuitive Eating    Discussed in the episode: Jes Baker episode Invisible Women book Health Beyond Dieting article Connect with our guest Website Instagram Facebook Dietician Unplugged podcast 

Jes Baker, body-liberation activist and author of the book Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, discusses her continuing process of recovery from trauma related to food, eating, and fatphobia; why talking about trauma is so important; why she uses the term "body liberation" instead of "body positivity" or "fat acceptance"; why we need to have more nuanced conversations about people's body-liberation journeys instead of reflexively shunning celebrities who've had weight-loss surgery; how the experience of being "small-fat" differs from the experience of being in a larger fat body; why the mainstreaming of body positivity has been so problematic; and lots more. PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about starting movement again after a history of compulsive exercise. This episode originally aired on July 10, 2017. Jes Baker is a Tucson blogger and author who is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she knows for a FACT that every person in this world is worthy of respect and feeling valued regardless of their size, shape, shade, sex, ability, gender, age or health records. She preaches the importance of body autonomy, ALL CAPS, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language. Find her online at themilitantbaker.com, and check out her article on Lisa Frank BoPo.  This episode is brought to you by Christy's forthcoming book, Anti-Diet, which is now available for pre-order! Learn more and pre-order now at christyharrison.com/book. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here: PCOS and Food Peace Course Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a rating, review, subscribe or share the podcast! Doing these small acts of kindness help the show grow and connect more with the concept of Food Peace. Notes: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download Movement and PCOS PCOS and Nutrition blog posts Jes Baker's post on facial hair Jes's Web: TheMilitantBaker.com Jes's Books:Landwhale(aff) or Things No One Tells Fat Girls(aff) Instagram: @TheMilitantBaker PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook Green Mountain at Fox Run Health at Every Size (HAES) Julie Dillon RD blog Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

Aaron and Glenys are excited to welcome to the podcast Jes Baker, author of the books Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living. Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She is internationally known for preaching the importance of body liberation, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language. Jes burst onto the body image scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types - a move that landed her on the Today Show and garnered a loyal following for her raw, honest, and attitude-filled blog missives. In this fantastic episode, she tells us about her revelation that she hadn't been a fat child, turning insults into cool nicknames, and how talking about mental health can be healing.  Learn more about Jes Baker Read Jes' writing at The Militant Baker Check out Jes' books Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com  

On today's episode, we talk about how to liberate your body Only 4% of women will call themselves beautiful. That statistics just broke my heart... The truth is I was part of that 96% not finding themselves beautiful for most of my life. To be real it's almost an act of courage to accept your body in today's world. One of the most powerful agents in liberating myself from body shaming has been the studying of the concept of patriarchal beauty standard. The historical and economic reasons behind where we are with women's body expectations in the year 2000. Fascinating and liberating experience and that's what I want to share with you today. Our guest today is Jess Baker, an author, international speaker and blogger with a background in mental health where she's worked as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist. She described herself as an unabashed fat chick and a proponent of harnessing the magnificent power of shame resilience! What you'll learn listening to this episode: Why only 4 % of women will call themselves beautiful How body insecurity hinders personal and professional productivity: What are the patriarchal beauty standards and how they affect you today Why we must engage in a holistic perspective of health to truly address the issue that is causing suffering How using the word FAT is powerful act towards body acceptance Mentioned on the show: Free Body Acceptance Challenge Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training HAES podcast episode Exercise Trauma podcast episode   Connect with our guest Book: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls Book: LandWhale Website Instagram Facebook

On today's episode, we talk about how to liberate your body Only 4% of women will call themselves beautiful. That statistics just broke my heart... The truth is I was part of that 96% not finding themselves beautiful for most of my life. To be real it’s almost an act of courage to accept your body in today’s world. One of the most powerful agents in liberating myself from body shaming has been the studying of the concept of patriarchal beauty standard. The historical and economic reasons behind where we are with women’s body expectations in the year 2000. Fascinating and liberating experience and that’s what I want to share with you today. Our guest today is Jess Baker, an author, international speaker and blogger with a background in mental health where she’s worked as a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist. She described herself as an unabashed fat chick and a proponent of harnessing the magnificent power of shame resilience! What you’ll learn listening to this episode: Why only 4 % of women will call themselves beautiful How body insecurity hinders personal and professional productivity: What are the patriarchal beauty standards and how they affect you today Why we must engage in a holistic perspective of health to truly address the issue that is causing suffering How using the word FAT is powerful act towards body acceptance Mentioned on the show: Free Body Acceptance Challenge Join the Beyond The Food Community and receive our free audio training HAES podcast episode Exercise Trauma podcast episode   Connect with our guest Book: Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls Book: LandWhale Website Instagram Facebook

In April of 2011, Jen McLellan launched the Plus Size Mommy Memoirs (now called Plus Mommy) blog, housed within the Plus Size Birthwebsite. This award-winning blog, which has received over 4 million pageviews, focused on topics ranging from plus size pregnancy to birth, body positivity to motherhood. A Facebook page and exploded overnight and brought together thousands of plus size women of all walks of life. After blogging for seven years Jen felt a desire to try something new and deeper explore topics surrounding motherhood and body image. The Plus Size Birth website is now focused on conception, pregnancy and postpartum for plus size people. Whereas the Plus Mommy website and podcast hones in on motherhood and body love, while still sharing stories and resources around plus size Pregnancy. Jen McLellan is a published author, founder of [Plus Size Birth](https://plussizebirth.com/) and host of the Plus Mommy Podcast. She helps people navigate the world of plus size pregnancy, shares tips for embracing your body and laughs her way through the adventures of parenthood. Jen has grown a community of over 177,000 via the [Plus Mommy Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/plusmommyblog/)page. Her work has been featured in major publications such as Yahoo Shine, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and International Doula. She authored the [My Plus Size Pregnancy Guide](https://plussizebirth.com/my-plus-size-pregnancy-guide/)and co-wrote the Amazon bestseller, [The Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms](http://amzn.to/2uIQcBN). She has an essay in Jes Baker's book [Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls.](https://plusmommy.com/body-positive-book-club/) As a public speaker, Jen has spoken at numerous events including presenting at the National Institutes of Health. Jen is also a certified childbirth educator, wife, and mother to a charismatic eight-year-old. It was an absolute delight talking to Jen and I am so pleased that she is part of the [Virtual Midwife family](http://hevirtualmidwife.com)  Please join me in my Facebook group [The Virtual Midwife Cafe](https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevirtualmidwifecafe) where I do weekly live mini workshops and share information and resources for pregnancy.

Adiba Nelson: Adiba Nelson is a writer, author, performer, mom, wife, and occasional rabble-rouser. According to Jes Baker, Adiba is the wittiest, sassiest, most survivingest broad you'll ever meet. Adiba Nelson is the girl that maybe you shouldn't take everywhere, but you do anyway. She's that laugh you hear from two blocks away. The girl who tells it like it is, with a wink and a smile, because her mama raised her right. And she has zero qualms about solving heated arguments with a dance battle—she is particularly skilled in the art of 90's dance culture, and will running man you into oblivion. Seriously. She is also a contributing writer to various online sources—everything from HuffPo to My Brown Baby, children's book author, public speaker, size acceptance activist and disability rights/inclusion advocate. Jillian Bessett: The voice in the intro and outro belong to songwriter Jillian Bessett. Jillian Bessett is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose evocative lyrics and welcoming stage presence have endeared her to audiences throughout the southwest music scene. Jillian is currently writing music and gigging with her new favorite instrument the Boss RC-505 Looping Station. Referenced in the interview: Meet Clarebelle Blue: Meet ClaraBelle Blue is the debut children's picture book by Adiba Nelson, and the first book of The ClaraBelle Series. Loosley based on Nelson's own daughter, Meet ClaraBelle Blue is told through the voice of ClaraBelle's mom, Viola. In this funny, sweet, beautifully illustrated book we get to see how like the other kids ClaraBelle truly is, regardless of having special needs. Children reading it will come to find that what ClaraBelle's mom says in the book is true - "she's ClaraBelle Blue, and she's just like YOU!" Sesame Street: Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. Daniel Tiger: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is an animated program for preschoolers ages 2 to 4 which builds on the pioneering PBS series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Won't You Be My Neighbor?: An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host, Fred Rogers. Macro: is a media brand representing the voice and perspective
 of persons of color (“POC”): "We create and finance film, television, digital content, technologies and brands which are driven by people of color that encompass universal themes to which all people can connect and relate." The Full Nelson: Emmy Award-winning documentary about Adiba Nelson. Articles/Essays by Adiba Nelson: Three Ways Burlesque Has Made Me a Better Mom From Period to Post Partum: How my Hysterectomy Changed Me The End Of Black History Month: You Do You, I'm Doing Me My Name is Adiba Nelson and I Am a Food Addict

On this week’s inter-season minisode, we’ll discuss how Sophie went viral, Maggie Rogers, and ~change.~   We are an independent production. If you’d like to support the work we do,  you can join our Patreon by visiting patreon.com/shesallfatpod.  When you pledge to be a supporter, you’ll get all sorts of goodies like our Patreon-only Facebook Group and extra content.   If you are interested in the perks available to our Patrons but you are not able to afford the monthly contribution, apply for our Patreon Scholarship! If you are a member of the Fatmily interested in becoming a sponsor, contact us here.   Need advice? Email/send voice memo to fyi@shesallfatpod.com.   Follow us! Twitter / Instagram / Get updates!   You can find us on: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / Pocket Cast / PlayerFM / CastBox   Need something else? Check out our site: shesallfatpod.com   Download an SAF Wallpaper here!   Mentioned in this episode:   I’m Obsessed: AJ Odneal. Into The Spiderverse. Las Culturistas (+ Mariah For Seuss). I Think About This A Lot. Love After Lockup. Incongruous songs with cool dances. Maggie Rogers. Bon Appetit Test Kitchen Videos. Back With The Ex. Sophie Went Viral. Ask A Fattie: Our holiday break favorites. Jes Baker. Sip On This with Ashley Nicole Black. No Man’s Land - The Wing. See Something Say Something. Bad With Money. The Cut On Tuesdays. Historically Black. Nancy.  Call Your Girlfriend.

Jade Beall is a proud mother and a Tucson, AZ based world-renowned photographer specializing in truthful images of women to inspire feeling irreplaceably beautiful as a counter-balance to the airbrushed photoshopped imagery that dominates main stream media. Her recent work "A Beautiful Body Project" has touched 100,000's of women's lives and garnered global attention from media outlets including the BBC, The Huffington Post & beyond. Jade's book series and media platform feature untouched photos of women alongside their stories of their journeys to build self-esteem in a world that thrives off women feeling insecure. Jade's dream is to inspire future generations of women to be free from painful suffering from years of feeling not enough and embrace their sacred beauty just as they are in this precious moment. Jillian Bessett: The voice in the intro and outro belong to songwriter Jillian Bessett. Jillian Bessett is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose evocative lyrics and welcoming stage presence have endeared her to audiences throughout the southwest music scene. Jillian is currently writing music and gigging with her new favorite instrument the Boss RC-505 Looping Station. Referenced in the interview: In The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf wrote: "“A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” Jes Baker is an author, international speaker and blogger with a background in mental health where she's worked as a BHT, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist, Arizona state credentialed Peer Support Specialist and Educator. Her two books are Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, a bestselling handbook created for those who are beginning their body acceptance journey and Landwhale, a memoir-esque exploration of the complex conversations that arise while navigating the world as a fat woman. Sonya Renee Taylor is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation. Sonya's work as a highly sought-after award-winning Performance Poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. Sonya is a former National and International poetry slam champion and author of two books, including The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love. She is an educator and thought leader who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals from board rooms to prisons, universities to homeless shelters, elementary schools to some of the biggest stages in the world.

After each struggling with negative body image (and generally negative relationships with their bodies), these three soul sisters each charted their own paths toward a more positive relationship to their bodies. In the process? They got back a whole lot of happiness, a whole lot more time to do truly meaningful things ... and a passion for helping others find their own body peace. Resources for more research include: Intuitive Eating, by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch: https://amzn.to/2StgOzz Intuitive Eating (the workbook): https://amzn.to/2StDEqR Big Girl, by Kelsey Miller: https://amzn.to/2Rn5YxH Landwhale, by Jes Baker: https://amzn.to/2LLyYtS Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, by Jes Baker: https://amzn.to/2CGTR6h The Body is Not an Apology, by Sonya Renee Taylor: https://amzn.to/2LHa2DH You Have the Right to Remain Fat, by Virgie Tovar: https://amzn.to/2ApJkeg Health at Every Size, by Linda Bacon: https://amzn.to/2BPr7Xz The Beauty Myth, by Naomi Wolf: https://amzn.to/2RqhU1J Shrill, by Lindy West: https://amzn.to/2StiwAZ Rachel Cole (Feast program): http://rachelwcole.com/ Christy Harrison's intuitive eating fundamentals e-course: https://christyharrison.com/intuitive-eating-online-course Jes Baker's ginormous list of resources: http://www.themilitantbaker.com/p/resources.html

Loving your body is an unattainable goal for most people, so work on simply accepting what you have without guilt or shame, says body liberation activist and writer Jes Baker.

For this episode, I got to chat with Jes Baker who is the author of Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls and Landwhale. We chat about the journey that is self-love and also dive into fat politics. To find Jes online check out her website: themilitantbaker.com or her instagram @themilitantbaker. Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She is internationally known for preaching the importance of body liberation, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language. Jes burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types—a move that landed her on the Today Show and garnered a loyal following for her raw, honest, and attitude - filled blog missives. When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties. Learn more about Jes at TheMilitantBaker.com

On today's episode, Jill and Adam look back at how they're doing on their 2018 reading resolutions, discuss the different ways they handle depression and provide a bunch of different ideas for setting 2019 reading goals.     Books Adam and Jill have read lately:   The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish   The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman   The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie   Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao   The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White   Fraternity by Alexandra Robbins   Pledged by Alexandra Robbins   Born to Run by Christopher McDougall   North by Scott Jurek   Marathon Man by Bill Rodgers   Hunger by Roxane Gay   LandWhale by Jes Baker   You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar   Charlotte's Web by E. B. White   The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

How self-love brings on more stress, being in a large body and still having goals, behaviors and feelings around bingeing, what happens when you stop dieting, how keto melds with self-acceptance, and so much more. TOPICS Why self-love just brings on more stress (08:51) Goals and aspirations in a large body (15:01) Behaviors and feelings around bingeing (21:40) What happens when you stop dieting (28:51) How keto melds with self acceptance and discernment (49:16) RESOURCES Get the FREE keto guide + transcript Questions? Ask me! Submit your keto question The Keto Beginning coupon code: KETOPODCAST for 20% off Fabletics coupon: 2 pairs of leggings for $24 Kettle & Fire Coupon Code: KETOPODCAST for 15% off 6 cartons or more + free shipping

Writer and commentator Lindy West is joined in conversation by body positivity activist Jes Baker for a conversation on feminism, politics, and activism.

Episode 134: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Jes Baker. Jes  is  a  positive,  progressive,  and  magnificently  irreverent  force  to  be  reckoned  with  in  the  realm  of  self-love  advocacy  and  mental  health.  She  is  internationally  known  for  preaching  the  importance  of  body  liberation,  hard  conversations,  strong  coffee,  and  even  stronger  language. Jes  […] The post 134: Interview with Jes Baker appeared first on Seven Health.

This week we discuss children’s programming, #IWeigh, and our favorite fat books of 2018.   This episode of She’s All Fat is sponsored by TomboyX. She’s All Fat listeners get an extra 15% off by entering code “SAF2018” at checkout on tomboyx.com.   We are an independent production. If you’d like to support the work we do,  you can join our Patreon by visiting patreon.com/shesallfatpod.  When you pledge to be a supporter, you’ll get all sorts of goodies like our Patreon-only Facebook Group and extra content.   If you are interested in the perks available to our Patrons but you are not able to afford the monthly contribution, apply for our Patreon Scholarship! If you are a member of the Fatmily interested in becoming a sponsor, contact us here.   Need advice? Email/send voice memo to fyi@shesallfatpod.com.   Follow us! Twitter / Instagram / Get updates!   You can find us on: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / Pocket Cast / PlayerFM / CastBox   Need something else? Check out our site: shesallfatpod.com   Download an SAF Wallpaper here!   Mentioned in this episode:   I’m Obsessed: H.E.R. New Single. Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures. Monster High. Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister. Akata Witch.   The Meat of It: My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum. You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar. Samantha Irby. Landwhale by Jes Baker. Body Positivity Power by Megan Jayne Crabbe. The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor. Reclaiming Beauty Journal & Wisdom Deck by Heidi Anderson with Illustrations by Leah Joy. Julie Murphy. Julie Murphy on Instagram. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli. Dietland by Sarai Walker. Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding. The Belly Book by Fran Manushkin. Diverse Books. Book Riot. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie. Talia Hibbert. Dana Series. Suzanne LaFleshe.

Sofie talks to writer and lecturer, Jes Baker about being Jes Baker for a living, her blog ‘The Militant Baker’, making her own Abercrombie and Fitch fake ads, body image and mental health, shame resilience, making the world a more compassionate place, a Mormon childhood, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, Landwhale, sharing your deepest darkest secrets, absolving emotional abuse, applauding the burnout culture, fatphobia around the world, animals in human clothing, going deep on wheat, replacing religion with activism and defence mechanisms. Trigger warning – fatphobia, Artwork by Linda BrinkhausJingle by Harriet BraineProduced by Sarah Garvey Made of Human Podcast online:Twitter: @podmohFacebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcastWeb: madeofhumanpodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/mohpod Sofie Hagen online:Twitter: @SofieHagenFacebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komikerWeb: sofiehagen.comInstagram: @sofiehagendk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She is internationally known for preaching the importance of body liberation, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language. Jes burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types—a move that landed her on the Today Show and garnered a loyal following for her raw, honest, and attitude-filled blog missives. When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties. In this podcast episode, we talk about how Jes found body positivity and her career trajectory. We spent a good amount of time talking about her recent book, Landwhale. We talk about what it's like to write a book about all the most intimate and vulnerable details of your life and Jes talks about why she believes you should look at old pictures of yourself. We ended the conversation talking about what the world and the body positivity community would look like if she could wave a magic wand and change things.  Jes is a true force to be reckoned with and pure joy to interview. Enjoy! Links mentioned: Learn more about Jes at TheMilitantBaker.com. Jes's blog post about self-portraits and why it's important to love your body now. Jes's famous Abercrombie & Fitch advertisement recreation photo shoot. Join the Mindfulness and Intuitive Eating Group starting up on November 6. Positive Nutrition 101 online course. Leave a review for the podcast here. Join the Nutrition Matters Podcast Community on FB. Donate to the podcast here.

Body-positivity sure seems popular right now—but that conversation is often limited to celebrating slightly larger bodies and slightly broader sizing options. Our guest today challenges those ideas—ands helps us understand what real liberation would look like. Sonalee Rashatwar is a fat, queer, non-binary therapist, community organizer, and donut queen based in Philly. Katel first found out about her as @thefatsextherapist on Instagram, where she posts about body image, fat positivity, and delicious food. > Pleasure is very virtuous. We need food pleasure and sexual pleasure to survive this capitalist nightmare. And it’s okay. I give you permission. > > —Sonalee Rashatwar , The Fat Sex Therapist Sonalee provides counseling to people navigating sexual trauma, body image issues, racial or immigrant identity issues, and South Asian family systems, and she holds workshops on topics like unlearning body image issues. Follow Sonalee:  Instagram | Twitter We talk about: Reclaiming slurs that have been used against you—with a shout out to Jes Baker’s new book, Landwhale Being featured on Breitbart for saying that “thinness is a white supremacist beauty ideal” while speaking at the University of Vermont Expanding our idea of body image issues “beyond body size, eating disorders, and self esteem” using Megan J. Smith’s Repeal Hyde Art Project as a parallel Decolonizing sex and pleasure Triaging trauma responses during this seemingly endless sexual-assault-filled news cycle Getting hyped about “boring self care” Plus: Katel looks great in a $7 metallic jumpsuit Sara’s done eating $14 airport chicken wraps 7–11 sells quinoa? It’s okay to skip the boozie slushies (unless that’s your jam—no judgement!) Sponsors This episode of NYG is brought to you by: Shopify, a leading global commerce platform that’s building a world-class team to define the future of entrepreneurship. Visit shopify.com/careers for more. Harvest, makers of awesome software to help you track your time, manage your projects, and get paid. Try it free, then use code NOYOUGO to get 50% off your first paid month. Transcript Sara Wachter-Boettcher When I want to look like I have it all together, I look to Harvest. Harvest makes awesome software that helps me track my time, manage schedules, and send invoices. I love how easy it is to use on the desktop or on my phone and it’s perfect for freelancers, agencies, or anybody who needs to manage projects and client work. So, go to getharvest.com to try it for free and if you’re ready for a paid account, use code “noyougo” to get 50% off your first month. That’s getharvest.com, code “noyougo.” [intro music plays for 12 seconds] Katel LeDû Hey everyone, I’m Katel. SWB And I’m Sara! KL And you’re listening to No, You Go, the show about building satisfying careers and businesses— SWB —getting free of toxic bullshit— KL —and living your best feminist life at work. SWB Hell yeah it is! Katel, who is on the show today? KL Our guest is Sonalee Rashatwar, aka “The Fat Sex Therapist.” We’re going to ask her just how she got that name and why her work as a fat, queer sex therapist is more important now than ever. Before we get to our interview with Sonalee, Sara, you are about to get surgery. SWB Uhh yes, I am about to get surgery. I’m finally getting my torn ACL fixed, and so by the time this episode comes out, I’ll actually be back home recovering. So, that means that I’ve been spending the last few days really trying to tie up some loose ends. So, I actually just got back from my last business trip for a while. I was in Dallas. KL Uh yee-haw, that sounds like a perfect way to tie things up. SWB You know, actually it was perfect, and I’m going to tell you why. So—okay, so I’m in Dallas, right? And I was speaking at this conference and then I get back to the airport, I’m on my way home and I’d been wearing these heels to speak in and I should have changed out of them earlier and I didn’t, so my feet are killing me. I’m in the security line, the security line is really long. And then there is a canine unit there that’s checking people, sniffing for drugs, right? I’m like, “okay great.” So, now there’s also this agent there who is barking orders at people—where to stand, “no, stop, no, wait,” you know? And like, “take everything out of your hands, you can’t have your phone in your hands, but you need your boarding pass in your hands, but oh your boarding pass is your phone, so okay you can have your phone in your hand now.” And he was just gruff, you know how this is, right? KL Yeah. SWB So, he’s gruff and barking orders and it’s like, “okay, so you need to walk by the dog, but not too fast. Make sure your bag is out of the way so it’s not going to hit the dog in the head.” It was this whole thing, right? Okay, so we go through that, it takes forever. And so then finally I get to the other end of security and it’s like 5pm, I’m not going to get home until like 9, and I am a human person who likes to usually eat food at some point between 5 and 9. And I’m like, okay, I’m in Dallas. It’s a massive hub, right? So I’m like, there’s going to be some options. I can get some food to go, no problem. This terminal I happen to be in was—there were a few restaurant restaurants where I could sit down there, but I didn’t have time for that. And then the to-go options, there was almost nothing. Part of it was under construction. And so I look around and quickly realize that my best to-go food option, my best to-go food option—is an airport 7-Eleven that also sells salads and wraps. [3:23] KL Wow, wow, wow, wow. SWB And I—so, I pick up my salad and then I get on the plane, right? And then the plane is just jammed full and there’s no room for people’s bags, and then we’re in the air and the woman sitting next to me accidentally spills her glass of water all over my laptop keyboard. And she’s apologizing profusely. I’m not even mad at her, but I’m just like, “I just need napkins,” right? [KL laughs quietly] And so—you know—I’m sitting on this plane and I’m just freaking miserable and I finally pull out my 7-Eleven salad. [KL laughs] And I start eating the salad and then I’m like, you know what? This salad is actually kind of okay. It seemed really freshly made, it was full of kale and quinoa, and—you know—nothing was actually wrong, right? I have a decent seat, I have food to eat, I just came from a paid speaking gig, I made it through security without being harassed or profiled. There’s lots of things that weren’t super fun about it, but I am fine. The problem is just that I am done. I am done with being in airports and I am done with looking at sad $14 chicken wraps. I am just done. And so that’s actually why that was the best trip, because the good news is that I am literally done, right? I looked around and I thought, “I don’t want to have to do this,” and then I realized [laughing] I don’t for a while, because I don’t have to go anywhere! [KL laughs] KL That’s right. I mean, that is good. And let me just say that I am shocked and encouraged that 7-Eleven has a salad that not only has kale, but also quinoa in it. Mental note for the next time. SWB I mean, I make no promises about future 7-Eleven salads. [KL laughs] KL That’s fair, that’s fair. But you know, that does make me think of, you know, when I left my last job to—to come to A Book Apart, it was this time where I was all of a sudden seeing this concrete finish line in sight, and I was starting to deprioritize some of the stuff I was doing at Nat Geo. And because I had one foot out the door and I was excited about this new thing that I was going to do, this thing that was coming up, and I was starting to plan for that and think about it. But you kind of can’t really do all of those things at once, so you have to wrap up some loose ends and—so you can get excited about that, or so that you can take a break and—you know—move onto the next thing. So, I totally get that. [5:46] SWB Yeah and then, you know, that’s the thing about my life, is that the way that my work life is set up—or the way I should say that I have set up my work life—is that I don’t really have those kinds of clean starts and stops. Projects come and go, but I don’t have any moments where I can be like, “oh, I used to work at x place and now I work at y place” because I haven’t worked anywhere except or myself for like seven years, and so, you know, during that time it’s like my work has changed dramatically in terms of the types of projects I do or how my days actually look, but there aren’t a lot of finite moments like that where I feel like “okay, done with x, time to move on.” And instead what I tend to do is I tend to add a new thing in, and then at some point if the new thing starts taking up more of my time—like speaking, for example—then I have to start doing less of something else in order to make that happen. But it tends to be kind of gradual, and it tends to feel like a lot of juggling in the moment. KL I know I run into challenges with this because my ongoing day-to-day doesn’t really have these sort of clean boundaries, you know. Yes, I’m running this business, but I’m doing this podcast as a—you know—as a side project right now, and so I always think there’s time and space for more new things [laughing] as they come along and I think it’s really easy to think that, even though it might not be true. SWB Yeah, so I’m kind of looking forward to having a little bit of time after surgery, even though I need to be recovering and that’s not necessarily fun purely. [KL laughs] But—but I like that it’s almost giving me a little bit more of a concrete boundary and the ability to kind of reflect back on what I’ve been spending my time on and then look forward at what I want to be spending my time on. Because I have been running really fast this year. Obviously, we launched the podcast earlier this year and it’s a lot of work to get this off the ground and it’s—you know—it’s really, really great, but it is…it took a lot of time. And then I think about in the past six months, like just six months since I tore my ACL and put off surgery because I had too many things already scheduled. Okay, I looked at my calendar and I actually wrote down where are all the places that I have been, and I’m going to run through them for you real fast. Okay, so first up right after I tore it—I tore it at the beginning of March—right after I tore it, I went to Australia. Right after I got back from Australia, my grandmother died, which was not unexpected, but still tough. And then I turned around and immediately flew to Munich for that to spend a few days with my family and go to the memorial, which was really important to me. So then after that, I had trips to Minneapolis, Paris, Boston, Vancouver British Columbia, and before and after Vancouver I actually made stops in Oregon for various family events. And then I went to Madison, Wisconsin. I went to San Francisco. I went to England. I went to Amsterdam. I went to Atlanta. And then now Dallas. [8:30] KL [laughing] Sara, that’s so much! SWB It is so much! And I didn’t quite realize how much it was until I sat down and wrote that list! And when I realized I needed to have this surgery, but that I had a lot of things scheduled that was going to make it hard to slot it in anywhere, I actually packed my schedule even tighter, so that I could get a lot done before the surgery and then not have to do anything. So, now I have a calendar that is very open. I have to do things like physical therapy. And that is giving me a chance to think about my work life in a little bit more of a before and after kind of way. So, I can think about it like, “what do I want my work life to look like after Thanksgiving when I’m picking up steam again? Where do I want that steam to be going?” You know? KL You know, I think this is great. And it’s—for me, I know it’s hard to run a business and to work for yourself and put boundaries around time that you need for yourself to recoup from surgery or—you know—just take a rest or slow things down. And I feel like even though we are always checking in with each other about how we’re doing and how much we’re doing and how we’re feeling about everything, nothing really ever feels done, and it always feels like we could be doing more and I think it’s really tough to navigate that. SWB Yeah and I think I also have realized that I tend to be a little bit scared of being idle. You know, I grew up feeling like I needed to kind of hustle and always be productive, both because I knew—you know—we didn’t have a lot of money, and I knew I needed to do well in school to get a scholarship, so that I could really afford to go to college. I knew that I also needed to have a job so that I could have a shitty car so that I could get out of the town I hated living in and also have enough money to buy some cigarettes and smoke with my friends. [KL laughs] But—you know—I definitely always felt this need to kind of like, make sure that I was being productive and taking care of things, right? And part of it is that we never had any money—my family never had any money. I remember my mom working so hard pursuing this dream that she had of going to graduate school, getting her PHD—she’s a biochemist now—and so we spent actually a bunch of my childhood with her in graduate school and us living off of her $12,000-a-year stipend as a researcher. And that was basically the money we supported the family with. And so—this was only in the ‘90s, this wasn’t that long ago. $12,000 was not very much money. [10:53] KL Yeah. SWB And so I think some of that history means that I’m used to not giving myself a lot of breaks because I’m used to seeing that modeled around me, but also because I just like to work. I do fundamentally really enjoy it, but being kind of full-speed all the time doesn’t really give you time to reflect or evolve, or to focus on how you want to evolve. And so I’m really looking forward to kind of having this season where I can clear out some headspace and—you know—break out of some of the cycles or patterns that are maybe keeping me stuck in one way of looking at my work and preventing me from really thinking clearly about what I want next. KL Yeah, this makes me think of hearing Sonalee talk about recognizing thought patterns we have—you know—around biases, or race, or body, and unlearning the ones that are not really healthy for us or not helping us succeed. And so maybe some of this is about unlearning beliefs about productivity and idleness. SWB Yes! I absolutely want to think more about that, and I think there’s a lot in that interview that we should be thinking about. So, why don’t we get to it? [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] Career Chat with Shopify SWB So, you know we love to talk about careers here on NYG—and so do our friends at Shopify. This week, they’ve sent us a tip from Daniella Niyonkuru, a production engineer. And—sidebar—I just watched a talk by Daniella called “How Tech Almost Missed Out On Me,” which is such a freaking awesome sentiment. So today, Daniella has three lessons she learned as someone entering tech from an underrepresented background. Let’s hear them! Daniella Niyonkuru First, you should always take chances on the things you want to achieve. I’m currently working in a role that I almost didn’t apply for because I felt like I didn’t tick every box I needed to in the position. You don’t have to be absolutely perfect at what you’re aiming for, so don’t sell yourself short. Second, don’t be afraid to raise your hand. Your opinions are valid. It’s important to find your own safe spaces to practice sharing your ideas. You’ll hone this skill as you go. And lastly, looks, age, race, and gender are not a burden, and these things will never prevent my code from running—but syntax errors will. SWB Daniella’s story is super inspiring. So, if you want to take a chance on something new and work alongside amazing people like Daniella, you should head to shopify.com/careers. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] [13:00] Interview: Sonalee Rashatwar KL Sonalee Rashatwar is a seemingly endless source of positivity and inspiration, and I only know this from following her on Instagram since late this summer. She’s a fat, queer, non-binary therapist who specializes in treating sexual trauma and body image issues, and she’s a community organizer right here in Philly. There is so much we can’t wait to talk to her about. Sonalee, thank you so much for joining us on No, You Go. SR Thank you so much for inviting me. KL So, you’re known as “The Fat Sex Therapist” on Instagram. This really piqued our interest because all of those things—fat, therapy, much less sex therapy—are topics that really don’t get enough attention or conversation. How did that moniker come to be? SR Earlier this year, I was invited to The University of Vermont to do my workshop on race and body image, where we kind of talk about expanding our body image issues beyond body size in talking about things like race, class, documentation status, and understanding body image issues as ways that the state polices and surveils our individual bodies. In this workshop at University of Vermont, I stated that thinness is a white supremacist beauty ideal. And it got picked up by Breitbart, and I was featured on Breitbart in a surprisingly unbiased article. [laughs] But—but what happened after being featured was Breitbart readers descended on my Instagram page and that was when I became known as “the fat sex therapist.” SWB Do you feel like it was almost a reclamation, or just an owning, of what Breitbart wanted to label you as in a way that they had perceived as negative, and you’re like “no, no, no, no, no. That’s me and that’s fine.” [SR & KL laugh] SR Yes! I find it really similar to what Jes Baker has done. She recently published her second book called Landwhale. And “landwhale” is a slur that was used against her, and in this book she essentially talks about all the ways that you can reverse slurs used against us to be like “yeah, this is something that I find hilarious and I wear it like a badge. And if I wear it like a badge, then you can’t hurt me with it anymore.” SWB So, it’s interesting—you know—you talked at the beginning about the work that you’ve been doing around sort of intersections between race and size and body positivity. What are some of the specific things that you work on in your workshop that focus in on race? [16:41] SR One of the first things that we do in my workshop is we expand the idea of body image beyond body size, eating disorders, and self esteem. Those are usually the three suggestions I will get from an audience before doing this workshop on what they think of as body image issues. And what I try to do is trouble that assumption of what the limits of that assumption can be—that they’re really just thinking about this individual experience of the size of my body and the way that it moves through different spaces. So, in the workshop, what I do is expand our understanding of body image issues by presenting some of the artwork created by Megan J. Smith. They have created art—a beautiful art series—for the Repeal Hyde Art Project. And that is their art project. The Repeal Hyde Art Project has created these stunning images that expand our understanding of what reproductive justice and reproductive rights should look like. So, usually when we think about reproductive rights, we think about birth control access or abortion access, contraception. But that’s the limit of usually what we think of as reproductive justice. But what Megan J. Smith does is kind of recenter reproductive justice around marginalized communities like communities of color, indigenous communities, communities under deportation risk. And when Megan J. Smith does this, we identify issues that are—like police brutality. Police brutality is actually an issue that disrupts a healthy, black family because we see that there are super-high rates of black incarceration and indigenous incarceration in the US, and that disrupts a healthy, black family. And that should be considered a reproductive rights issue because reproductive rights and reproductive justice should be the freedom for your family to exist in a way that you think is healthy and good for the entirety of that family’s existence—from birth to death. When we expand our understanding of reproductive justice issues to include all things that harm a family from living its fullest, freest life, then we should be thinking about racism and structural issues too. And this is what we do with body image as well. We expand our understanding of body image issues beyond this individual experience within our body to also think about the ways that the body—sometimes non-consensually—is coded by folks on the outside looking at our bodies. So, when we think about police brutality, oftentimes we see the narrative of a white cop shooting an unarmed, black person. Or an unarmed disabled person, or an unarmed indigenous person. And it is in those cases when a cop is looking at someone’s body and saying their blackness to me is coded as a threat. Their disability is coded to me as this chaotic threat that needs to be quelled. And the same thing for an indigenous person. The indigeneity of someone’s body is coded as “this is a threat.” And so when we think of body image issues beyond individual experience, we get to see these systematic layers that are placed on top of our body that we don’t have control over. And that is the way that we need to expand our understanding of body image issues beyond just body size and thinking about documentation status. If I look like a Latinx person, I am more likely to be stopped and asked for papers—my documentation papers. And that’s a body image issue. Based on my body image and the way it’s coded, I am at more risk for violence and harm, and my body is experiencing a lack of safety when I move through public spaces, unlike other people’s bodies. KL We know that you’re teaching workshops on body issues and unlearning body image issues and breaking down diet culture. I think when you think about that abstractly, it’s like how do we unlearn that and where can we start?” [20:00] SR The first step is always becoming aware of it. So, I live in a black neighborhood in North Philadelphia and it is being gentrified by Temple University students, by me—as someone who is not indigenous to this neighborhood—and I am aware of my anti-black racism every time I get out of my car. I am aware of the ways in which I am more likely to look over my shoulder, to be hyper-aware of my surroundings, in ways that I wouldn’t be if I was walking to my car in the white suburb that I work in. And so the better I can become aware of the ways in which I am presuming risk when I move through the world based on nothing else but racism, I’m better able to check that and say “this is not a real risk. This is based in racism.” Awareness of it helps us to move it and shift it because then we get to change the way that we behave based on that feeling. SWB When you’re talking about things that are specific to body image, do you find that you’re also kind of doing the same thing? So, okay, so what about these feelings about—you know—how I look, or these feelings about how somebody else looks, where are those based, and sort of, what do I need to unlearn there? SR Yes. So, that is a great way for us to understand, where is my discomfort coming from? And when we apply it to body image, when we see a fat person walking around our neighborhood in an outfit that we are usually told fat people shouldn’t be wearing like a bodycon dress or something that is tight fitting or something that shows skin, or something like short shorts—we have usually thought to ourselves, “ugh, why is that person wearing that? That is—don’t they know that’s a fashion don’t?” But sometimes it’s actually an internal projection of “I don’t feel like I am allowed to wear that, or I am deserving of wearing that, and so that person shouldn’t be either.” But that’s really punitive. That’s actually a replication of carcerality, which is this idea that if I commit a crime and I get in trouble for it, then you should too. This retributive justice—you know—eye for an eye. And that’s not actually the way that we’re going to get to a more liberated place, a more liberated version of this shithole of capitalism that we’re in now. There has to be abundance. You can dress like that, and I can dress like that too. [23:35] SWB Yeah—you know—it’s interesting. This reminded me of this realization I personally had several years ago where I realized that I kind of hyper-focused on other women’s midsections. That I would think about whether they were—you know—did they have love handles sticking out of their pants or something like that, right? And I realized, oh, this is something I am hyperconscious of for myself. And oh, why is that? Well, because I had a father who thought it was fun to poke at my belly when I was a kid [SR sighs], and made a big deal about whether or not—you know—you had a chubby belly, right? A chubby belly was a thing that was very ashamed. Well, and that’s all—I mean, okay, he shouldn’t have done that, that was a poor choice— SR Yeah! SWB —but that I was like, “oh, that is a weird shame feeling you are projecting onto other random people out there living their lives— SR Yes. SWB —and man, what if we just let them live their fucking lives?” And when I realized that [SR laughs quietly] then I just like—it changed my whole perspective where I was like—I still sometimes think about it, but I think about it much more from the perspective of like “look at them out there living their life!” KL Yeah. SWB And it was really helpful for me to recognize what that really was and where it was coming from. You know, looking at the world in that way is so small. SR Yes it is. It’s so restrictive. We don’t have to continually replicate this behavior in a way that I experienced and I’m going to pass it on. We don’t have to—you know—continue with the behavior that way. We have a choice. We have a choice to restrict those thoughts, to address those thoughts and challenge them before we replicate the behavior. And I also want to name that this is body image trauma. So, even though it feels like—you know—this is something that I’ve been able to absorb and challenge and reframe and move on from, if you have experienced body shaming, being put on nonconsensual diets as a child, feeling like an eating disorder was passed down to you from a parent or some elder in your family—you know—these are things that are—I would consider are body image trauma. And I also expand it to include relationships that can have this abusive, coercive dynamic to it where—I’ve worked with a client who, there was really explicit conversations within her relationship that included, “if you’re not going to the gym every day, if you increase from this size to this size…” I name these things as body image abuse. When it feels like if your body changes in a way, that the relationship is over, that the love was conditional and we have to throw it all away: you’re no longer attractive to me and it’s over. That’s body—that is abuse, that is abusive. [25:12] KL So, you’ve written also a lot of decolonizing sex. Can you tell us about what that means? SR So first I want to parse out sexuality and gender. So, sometimes folks think of sexuality as just intercourse, but sexuality is so much bigger and includes things like gender. It includes things like body image, type of affection that we like, whether or not we like intimacy or romance. And my work in decolonizing our understanding of sexuality and gender is primarily focused on us becoming aware that the norms and assumptions that we’ve been taught through our parents, our families, grade school, offers us a really narrow set of selections, and that is a form of colonialism, because at least in the US pre-colonialism, indigenous options were way more bountiful. And I’m not trying to claim that all of us should appropriate indigenous ideas or genders or family systems, but depending on where we come from—I’m an immigrant, my family is Indian-American, they’re from India, I grew up Hindu—pre-British colonialism, we had more than two genders, we had more than two sexual orientation options, we had more than one option for our family system where there’s a mom, a dad, and some kids. We just had more options for the ways that families already exist. So, if you think of here in the States, we have families where grandparents raise the children, we have families where an aunt might raise the children, we have families where there are multiple adults. Decolonizing our understanding of normalcy really helps us to understand whatever rigidity we are thinking is automatic or should continue the way it is, it doesn’t have to be that way, especially if that definition or the box isn’t fitting for us. So, if I don’t feel totally female or male, I can pick a different box. There are more options and that’s okay. KL Yeah, I mean I think there are obviously—you know—some very main or obvious ways colonialism has affected the way we think about sex, but what are ways we can reject some of those? SR So, some of the ways that Christianity has been used as colonialism here in the US includes the ways that we think about sex, as well as food. So, when you think about some of the times that you might have thought of yourself as someone better than someone else who was quote-unquote “sluttier” than you—or having more sex than you, or having more kinkier sex than you, or more alternative sex than you, or gayer sex than you—if you thought of yourself as better than the other person, that sense of morality comes from Christian colonialism. The same goes for this idea that if any man enjoys any type of anal penetration, that makes him gay. This is also a form of colonialism, this is a colonial thought. Enjoying stuff up your butt just makes you enjoy stuff up your butt, it doesn’t [all laugh]… we don’t have to shift orientation labels, you just like what you like. [laughs] Another one includes this idea of martyrdom, or kind of like asceticism: if you are starving or if you are abstaining from sex, that that makes you closer to God or holier or better than someone else. These are ideas that also come from Christian colonialism. This idea that gluttony is a sin. This idea that indulging in things that are pleasurable is sinful. Pleasure is very virtuous. We need food pleasure and sexual pleasure to survive this capitalist nightmare. And it’s okay. I give you permission. [29:12] SWB Yes! So I love this connection between sort of like a decadent appetite and a decadent sexual appetite, and the way that those things are so policed, and pushing back against that and recognizing that as part of the Christian colonialist mentality I think is so powerful. You know, I also wanted to ask you about your work as a sexual assault counselor. And specifically, you know, I’d love to hear a little bit about how you got into doing that work, and what specifically—what areas—of dealing with sexual trauma you focus on. SR So I’ve been working in the field of broadly anti-violence work for the last seven to eight years. And anti-violence includes the fields of addressing or offering services for folks who have experienced domestic violence, sexual violence of any kind, as well as human trafficking. So, I came into sexual violence work through my volunteering and through social work school. I specialized in trauma to understand my own trauma, and that is usually the case for most folks who work in anti-violence. Not to out anybody, but everyone who works—everyone who I know who works in anti-violence or gender-based violence work—has usually experienced some type of gender-based violence, whether it’s domestic or sexual violence, I’ve experienced both. And we sometimes look for those trajectories in careers because we’re trying to better understand our own lives. That is what sociology and psychology has always helped me to do and in my work as a therapist, most of what I do is just offer those insights. A lot of permission giving, a lot of acceptance work, self acceptance work, self compassion, things like that. SWB Have you found that as you’ve been sort of working in this space over the course of the me too movement, the Supreme Court nomination, the endless news cycle of extremely triggering stories about sexual violence…have you found that that has impacted your work or impacted the people who you are working with? SR Absolutely. For trauma clinicians everywhere, it has been a harrowing two to three weeks. SWB Yes, me and my therapist just talked about it [all laugh]. I mean, for her, she was talking about how she felt like she needed to bear witness, and she needed to hold space for her clients. And then she had a moment where she fell apart herself, and she needed to have that time for herself. Yeah, but, it’s been rough for me as someone who’s experienced sexual violence, and it continues to be a whole shitty rollercoaster. So, what are you doing to help them navigate this? How do you help them sort of deal with the—you know—the increase in triggering moments, or just the increase in kind of like, I don’t know, general stress and anxiety, as they’re also trying to handle their own trauma? SR Absolutely. So, I use a two-step approach. And this is like triage work, so [laughs] it might feel shitty, because you have other areas in your life that are experiencing these explosions, but we really just need to work on reducing the anxiety of being exposed to graphic details about someone else’s sexual assault on the news. Graphic details about Kava-nope and all that nonsense, and anything else that can be related to increasing anxiety. So, the first step is reducing or eliminating the exposure to the thing that’s—the stimulus—that’s causing the anxiety. So, that might mean taking breaks from any news, even if you’re in the doctor’s office, sitting in a waiting room—you know—asking the receptionist to turn off the monitor. Becoming aware of how much screen time you are visually consuming though social media and looking at and reading the news. How much are your friends talking about it and are you actively letting folks know—you know—coworkers as well, “hey that’s not something that I want to talk about. Can we change the subject?” So, as much as we can, reducing exposure to the thing that is causing us stress. And it might make us feel shitty, because we feel like we have to bear witness, and we should stay informed. But we can’t pour from an empty bucket. So, if exposure to that stuff is actively causing us harm, for the temporary moment—so for a couple of weeks, a couple of months—it’s okay. You’ll catch up on it eventually. If it’s really super important, someone will text you that something really wild happened. The information will get to you. But it’s okay. It’s okay to stay small and isolated and walled off. KL I know that we’re all going through cycles of this, so I just really appreciate you saying that because I think it’s important to hear [laughs] especially right now, so thank you for saying that. Something you share fairly frequently are posts about “boring self care” [KL and SR laugh], and I love this so much. Because [laughs] it seems like even hashtag self care now feels like a competition, so [laughs] I just really love that a lot. What are some of your favorite things to do for self care, boring or otherwise? SR When I tell you what I do for self care, you’re going to be like, “oh, you just take care of yourself!” Uhh yeah, that’s all boring self care is. So, things like if I know that I have to be at work at a certain time the next day, making sure that I’m in bed so that I can get eight to nine hours if I really, really am exhausted that day. So, making sure I have enough sleep, making sure that I pack lunch and snacks for the day so that I—so which also means that I do some grocery shopping a couple times a week. What are some other boring self care? Oh my gosh, doing laundry before I run out of clean underwear! [35:18] KL Yes! [SWB laughs] I love—I love that one! Yes! [all laugh] SWB It’s like literal self care. SR Preparing myself a dinner with fresh vegetables. SWB Yeah! KL Yeah. SR Yes. SWB It’s like these mundane tasks—you know—they’re super mundane, it’s not exciting, it’s not a fancy face mask. But I think that a lot of the stuff it’s like—it’s the kind of stuff where when you’re feeling anxious or depressed or whatever is going on in your life and you’re feeling overwhelmed, it’s like those are the things that are really easy to not do, but then by not doing them, you ultimately feel worse. And so I like this idea of sort of holding space for that and then—I’m going to hold space to make sure I don’t screw up my bedtime rituals just because I’m feeling overwhelmed, because I know that that’s actually better for me in the long run. So, I love boring self care. SR Yeah, it’s like how can your now me take care of future me? SWB Okay, so Katel also was bragging to me [KL laughs] before this interview—straight up bragging—that she is going to a workshop with you that is about unlearning all of these body image issues, and it happens to be on the day that I am getting a very exciting knee surgery. So, I will not be able to join her, which I’m very bummed about. And so, I’m curious, where else can people learn more about your body image work? SR I will be releasing a webinar in December or January for anyone who is outside of Philadelphia and you can keep an eye on my website or my Instagram. I will be releasing opportunities to purchase $20 to $30 tickets for a pretty small-sized intimate workshop that would cover unlearning diet culture, working through body image issues, and expanding your understanding of body image beyond just body size or self esteem. KL Sonalee, it’s been so great talking with you and we hope everyone listening today starts following your work. Where can folks keep up with what you’re doing next? SR The greatest place to keep up with me is on Instagram, and you can find me at Instagram as @thefatsextherapist. If you like or hate something that I said today on the podcast, you can always reach out to me and let me know through my website, and that’s sonaleer.com. S-o-n-a-l-e-e-r dot com. And I have a contact form and I will reply to your email, no matter what. SWB Well, Sonalee, it has been so great to have you, and you will get nothing but love letters from us. KL Yes. [SR laughs] Thank you so much for being on with us today. SR Thank you so much for having me, it’s been such a pleasure. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] KL Hi everyone. Are you getting “I Love That” yet? That’s our biweekly newsletter and it’s real good. SWB Every other Friday we send out personal letters from one of us, plus product recommendations, links to what we’re reading, and more. We also profile an activist, a writer, an entrepreneur, an artist, a candidate, or somebody else who is inspiring us right now. KL So, come on and add a little bit more fuck yeah to your inbox. Head to noyougoshow.com/ilovethat right now and sign up. That’s noyougoshow.com/ilovethat. [music fades in, plays for five seconds, and fades out] FYOTW SWB Hey Katel, what are we fuck yeah-ing this week? KL So, I just hosted a bachelorette weekend in New York City with about a dozen women. It was two nights all weekend, we all hung out in this one big loft and it was great. We had one night where we kind of did a cocktails, happy hour thing, and then the second night where we kind of went all out and did a big hoopla where we went out on the town, we got all dressed up and it was really great, we all looked really wonderful. SWB Yeah, is the fuck yeah that metallic gaucho pant jumpsuit number that you sent me a photo of? You told me that you got it for seven dollars. KL I mean yes, but also my fuck yeah is actually that—so even though I went all out on, you know, the outfit and getting all gussied up and, you know, just making sure we all were having a great time over the weekend—which we did—that night when we all went out and sort of the big night out, I actually decided around 11pm to go back to bed. And I even skipped the boozie slushies that came round—and the shots. SWB I mean, fuck yeah to that actually! [laughing] It sounds like you made a really good choice! KL [laughing] I did! I will say, I felt great Sunday morning and—you know—I feel like most of the time I probably have a little bit of fomo where—you know—it pushes me to have that extra drink or stay out a little later than I should. And that is totally the right time to do it—you know—when you’re hanging out and celebrating with your friends. But I don’t know, in this moment I just needed to do that for myself, and I did. And so yeah, fuck yeah to listening to myself and heading back in! [40:02] SWB Yeah, fuck yeah for listening to yourself, and fuck yeah for taking care of your needs and knowing sort of how much is right for you. Because also you did a lot of organizing. I know that Katel did a ton of work for this thing, because she was telling me about all the different plans and spreadsheets. And so there’s a moment when you’re like, you know what? When you’re done, you’re done. And you did great. So, fuck yeah to you! KL Thanks. Thank you. Well, that’s it for this week’s episode of No, You Go. NYG is recorded in our home city of Philadelphia and produced by Steph Colbourn. Our theme music is by the Diaphone. Thanks to Sonalee Rashatwar for being our guest today. SWB If you like today’s show, then make sure to take a moment and give us a rating or even leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever it is that you listen to your favorite shows. Your support really helps us and helps us spread the word to more people. KL See you again next week! [music fades in, plays alone for 32 seconds, and fades out]

Pleasure can be complicated, hunger can feel like a betrayal, but our bodies were built for pleasure and it's time for you to reconnect with what it means to feel good, to prioritize what brings you delight and joy, and to unpack the old stories that keep you stuck in shame and guilt. My new online course, Power in Pleasure: Reconnecting with Your Hunger, Desire, and Joy, will start enrolling soon, so join the notification list now and get first dibs on the course. Jes Baker on Mormonism, sex, changing bodies, and saying "fuck it". If I had to point to a single person who caused my entire life to pivot and open up, it would be Jes Baker. She is the reason I even started questioning the stories I'd been given about my body. It was her blog, her fierce truths to fat folks, that was the catalyst for my own journey towards healing, towards being more curious about my pleasure and sexuality, towards nearly everything I have come to be at this point in my life. So, it's not an understatement to say that it has long been a dream of mine to interview Jes, and I had so much fun chatting with her for the show. Despite a LOT of technical difficulties, we made it work. From her upbringing within the Mormon faith to confronting her deepest fears around intimacy in love, we cover quite a bit in this episode, and I am incredibly delighted to share it with you. Plus, Patreon supporters, if you support the show at $3/month and above, you score weekly bonus content that you can't find anywhere else. This week's bonus is a big ol' run down of what I learned in Narrative Therapy training. It's a huge fuck-you to traditional therapy and mental health, which I adore. Delight in it by supporting the show at patreon.com/sgrpodcast Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. Resources mentioned in this episode: Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism Jes Baker, Landwhale About Jes Baker: Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She is internationally known for preaching the importance of body liberation, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language. Jes burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types—a move that landed her on the Today Show and garnered a loyal following for her raw, honest, and attitude-filled blog missives. When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties. Learn more about Jes at TheMilitantBaker.com. Stay in touch with Jes on social media on Instagram and Twitter. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

This week Laura chats to Jes Baker, bad-ass author + unabashed fat chick. They sink their teeth into healthism, compassion + just how god damn hard it is to go from dieting to a more intuitive relationship with food + your body.  In this episode they discuss: ✨ Protecting your mental health online ✨ Being gentle with yourself when you're starting out with rejecting diet mentality + to try and let go of shame + guilt ✨ That doing a total 180 from dietland to donutland is totally fine + normal  ✨ How it can sometimes be important to take a break from movement when we're transitioning from exercising as part of diet culture to moving for enjoyment ✨ The fact that self compassion is our best friend on this journey of finding peace with food + our bodies Show Notes {Jes on Insta | Twitter} {The Militant Baker website} {Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls} {Land Whale} {THAT Insta post on body currency} {Self Compassion website} {Self Compassion workbook} {Jes' Spotify playlist} {KC Hossack Pottery} {Book in for Discovery Call w/ Jess at the London Centre for Intuitive Eating} {PRE-ORDER MY BOOK!! on Amazon | Waterstones | Foyles – I’ll share international links when they become available!} {Follow us on Insta!}

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here: PCOS and Food Peace Course Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a rating, review, subscribe or share the podcast! Doing these small acts of kindness help the show grow and connect more with the concept of Food Peace. Notes: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download Movement and PCOS PCOS and Nutrition blog posts Jes Baker's post on facial hair Jes's Web:MilitantBaker.com Jes's Books: Landwhale (aff) or Things No One Tells Fat Girls (aff) Instagram: @TheMilitantBaker PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook Green Mountain at Fox Run Health at Every Size (HAES) Julie Dillon RD blog Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410 for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount. Enter to win a 90-day supply here! (We will be picking 4 random emails from those who enter during September 2018. All will be notified via email.)

In this month's Miss Laura's Corner... Miss Laura reflects on books and movies that have expanded her beliefe in Body Positivity this month. From Landwale by Jes Baker, The Body is Not an Apology, by Sonya Renee Taylor and attending a showing of the movie Fattitude. For more details on this and many more blogs created by Miss Laura and our hosts at www.bcbcpodcast.com

Jes Baker, author of Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls is on the show talking about the difference between body love and body liberation, doing things she never thought she could, the struggle with finding a good relationship with food and more. In this episode, we chat about: - Jes tells her story of how she found fat acceptance and how this changed her life, - What she wants people to get out of Landwhale and why it was such a hard book to write,  - Why “bopo light” is necessary and a needed stepping stone, - The struggle she had in healing her relationship with food and what is working for her right now, - Why understanding things logically is different than implementing it into your life, - The difference between body love and body liberation and how liberation is needed to really heal, - What helped her to do the myriad of things she never thought she could do and her advice for others,  - Why this idea of being bulletproof to criticism and trolling doesn’t exist and why this idea is harmful,  - Why we need more vulnerability,  Plus, so much more! 

Katie interviews Lindley Ashline, founder of stock photography website Representation Matters. Lindley explains why it's so important that we see representations of diverse bodies in the media, and how she uses her platform to create stock imagery featuring people in all types of bodies - large bodies, brown and black bodies, bodies belonging to LGBTQIA+ folks, aging bodies, disabled bodies, tattooed bodies, and more. Lindley also explains how and why businesses and content creators can and should use these types of images in their work, and why it's important that ALL of us diversify the types of bodies we expose ourselves to on social media.  Show Notes: - The Health at Every Size Movement - Meredith Noble's list of body-positive Instagram accounts  - Jes Baker's "135 Ways to Diversify Your Instagram Feed" - Link to the GoFundMe for Katie's Harvard tuition

Bernie is back and we chat about weight and body conversations in the media, including my latest Washington Post story “What if doctors stopped weighing their patients? Healthcare might improve.” and the amazing Self digital issue on weight. All the stories in the package are worth the read, starting with the letter from the editor who said “the way we talk about weight and health is broken” (yes, it is!). Several of the writers were guests on Body Kindness and if you’re ready to catch up, I have the link to their Self stories and their podcast interviews below. And… here’s my first Self freelance piece about the fear of sugar being toxic is worse for you than sugar actually being toxic. Heads up, Bernie and I are planning a 6 week series starting August 20th Body Kindness for guys. We will have group conversations on body image, health, and healing with Bernie and myself co-facilitating. If you’re interested or want more info when reg is up to pass along to someone who may be interested e-mail me. SELF magazine articles and Body Kindness episodes Self: Tess Holliday’s Health is None of Your Business Podcast: Episode 80: Diversity in Fashion with Straight/Curve Documentary Filmmaker Jenny McQuaile (Tess Holliday appears) Self: Ijeoma Oluo curates a series of essays, starting with Lindy West (links to other stories in her series at the top) Podcast: Episode 65: So You Want to Talk About Race with Ijeoma Oluo Self: I’m not trying to lose weight by Jes Baker Podcast: Episode 27: Culture Jamming and Mindful Healing with Jes Baker and Episode 79: Diets Can Kiss My A** with Jes Baker author of Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls Self: The house next door by Sonya Renee Taylor Podcast: Episode 75: Your Body Is Not an Apology, with Author, Poet, and Activist Sonya Renee Taylor Self: Skinny shaming is not the same as fatphobia by Melissa Fabello Podcast: Episode 32: Orgasm Inequality – Achieving Parity in Achieving Climax   --- Help Us Study Body Image Healing Are you a mom-to-be OR postpartum mom and Body Kindness reader living in the U.S.? Please help us study body image healing by completing this survey in collaboration with UNC Charlotte’s MIND-BATCH lab. Visit www.BodyKindnessBook.com/research to learn more and find out how you can get a free e-book and web-based resources. --- Support the show Thank you to our generous supporters! We are working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

Hello again witches, seekers and friends, and thanks for tning in to episode 33 of the fat feminist witch podcast, the show where I do a little ranting raving and wand waving. I am your host, Paige the fat feminist witch, broadcasting from not so sunny southerwestern ontario, and today we are talking about FATPHOBIA! CONTENT WARNING FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE FAT FEMINIST WITCH: I will be discussing some personal experiences with fatphobia that I've encountered lately, and some of it is upsetting. If you've ever struggled with disordered eating or other issues with weight, food, medical malpractice associated with weight, suicidal ideation, fatphobia, and abuse, this could be a difficult episode for you. Be safe, even if that means not listening. I still love you! This is a very personal episode, and doesn't feature any witchcraft, spells, or spiritual tools. I had originally planned to include a segment about magick for fat people, but have decided to make that a seperate episode. I used a lot of sources for research for this episode, and I totally encourage you all to check them out! Want to learn more about fat positivity as a movement and life philosophy? The websites and activists have all helped me, and offer great explainations about common fat positive terms and ideas. https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/ - a great blog run by a rad fat athlete!   http://www.themilitantbaker.com/p/resources.html - Jes Baker is phenomenal in general, but this list of sources is totally out of this world!   These are my fave fat positive twitter accounts: https://twitter.com/KivaBay https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend https://twitter.com/Ok2BeFat https://twitter.com/Fattitudemovie   This fantastic article served as inspiration for like, the whole second half of the episode: https://medium.com/@SpaceShuttle/nobody-owes-you-fat-positivity-on-weight-loss-surgery-as-betrayal-cec65d81f1db   What are fatphobia and fatmisia? https://crankyautistic.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/what-is-fatphobiafatmisia/   Have fat-specific health concerns? Or think you do?http://fatfriendlydocs.com/ - fat-friendly doctors all over the world!   https://danceswithfat.wordpress.com/2015/05/20/fat-people-and-our-knees/   A study about the effectiveness of health At every Size vs. fatphobic abuse:https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-10-9   If you are looking to change your body, this program focuses on your overall health and wellness, and not specifically on your weight! https://workplacewellnessforall.wordpress.com/offerings/wellness-for-all-bodies-program/   I talked about a medication called CONTRAVE in this episode, to learn more from an unbiased source, this wiki article is a really great place to start - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bupropion/naltrexone I read CONSTNT CRAVING by Doreen Virtue in it's entirety for this episode, and it was so interesting. It talks about the connection between food and weight and our moods and mental health.   Connect with me! The Blog: http://fatfeministwitch.com Facebook: The Fat Feminist Witch Twitter: @fatfemnistwitch Instagram: FatFeministWitch Pinterest: FatFemnistWitch   Support the show! Patreon: http://patreon.com/thefatfeministwitch Buy me a ☕ : https://ko-fi.com/thefatfeministwitch   As always the opening and closing track is Back To The 90s (Douglas Mulvey AKA D-REX) / CC BY 4.0)

Body liberation author and speaker Jes Baker joins me to talk about: making bellies visible in plus-size fashion, dressing with a Visible Belly Outline (VBO), dealing with body judgment from other people, the difference between body positivity and body liberation, and the inherent vulnerability of our bellies.

Jes Baker is a positive and progressive force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. Her blog, The Militant Baker garners nearly half a million views every month and has been covered by major media platforms including BBC, CNN, Today Show, ABC, Huffington Post, Yahoo, People, Cosmo, Time Magazine, Upworthy, Buzzfeed, and New York Magazine. Jes is currently on tour with her latest book Landwhale is a truthful and powerful account of the unforgiving ways our culture treats fatness and how to live happily and freely anyway.

Content warning for discussions of diet culture, mental health, and suicide. This episode is a real Momentous Occassion for me because I have been a fan of Jes Baker‘s work for YEARS. She was probably the first body positive activist who crossed my radar, and her “Attractive & Fat” campaign felt revolutionary to me. So … Continue reading Episode 2.18 Landwhales and Fat Liberation with Jes Baker

In her latest book, a memoir aptly titled Landwhale (you’ll find out why in the show), Jes Baker, covers important topics in the body positivity and fat liberation space that need to be discussed in the mainstream culture and she does it all through beautiful writing from her personal experience with a liberal dose of blunt honesty and humor. Jes and I discuss her evolving relationship with her body and how to deal with HAES “trolls”. Plus we discuss why dieting is the greatest scam of them all from her chapter on “Have you ever thought of dieting?”. Available wherever books are sold, check landwhalethebook.com for tour dates and more information! About Jes: Jes Baker is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She believes in the importance of body autonomy, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language. After creating satirical versions of Abercrombie & Fitch advertisements in 2013, she appeared on the Today Show and quickly became one of the leading voices in the current body image movement. When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties. Follow Jes: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Jes' books --- Support the show Thank you to our generous supporters! We are working toward our goal to fund the full season. Can you donate? Please visit our Go Fund Me page. --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness 'simple and true'. Publisher's Weekly says it's 'a rousing guide to better health.' http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V --- Enjoy the show? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Join us on the Body Kindness Podcast Facebook group where you can continue the episode conversations with the hosts, guests, and fellow listeners. See you there! Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.  

Body-liberation activist and author Jes Baker joins to talk about her new book, Landwhale; the value in all kinds of coping mechanisms and why we need to stop demonizing so-called “emotional eating;” the transmission of body negativity, body dysmorphia, and chronic dieting through family members; the swinging pendulum between Dietland and Donutland; and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how to deal with family members commenting on your snack choices, and whether intuitive eating really requires us to eat entirely without distractions. JES BAKER is a positive, progressive, and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She believes in the importance of body autonomy, hard conversations, strong coffee, and even stronger language. When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world, working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties. Find her online at TheMilitantBaker.com Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food , to start your intuitive eating journey. If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions.

Jes Baker (@themilitantbaker) has been a major figure in the fat-positive community for years beginning with her "Attractive and Fat" photo campaign as backlash against Abercrombie and Fitch's anti-fat advertising. Since then, her refreshingly authentic voice has garnered over 77 thousand followers on instagram as well as a wildly popular personal blog. Jes has built her foundation on the idea that #fatgirlsCAN and she continues to shatter society's expectations for fat people with equal parts outspoken advocacy and brazen visibility. I loved getting a chance to sit down with this inspirational woman to talk about complicated topics from "Lisa Frank bopo" to her relationship with movement. Take a listen and join the conversation with us on instagram!    "Every single person right now is being targeted, when it comes to self-esteem and body image, women have historically been the targets of marketing and advertising selling these beauty and weight loss products." - Jes Baker This Week on the Every Body Podcast: How Jes Baker's online presence took off with her "Attractive and Fat" campaign against Abercrombie & Fitch. Discussions on class as it relates to farm culture and how that relates to current gender roles. How the new "health is the new skinny" trend plays into diet culture.  The ways wellness culture is exclusive and damaging to the vast majority of people. Jes's personal recovery process as it relates to her childhood experience with poverty. Jes talks about her complicated relationship with movement and intuitive eating.  The ways Jes connects with her body and finds happiness and fulfillment.  How writing her upcoming memoir, "Landwhale" (May 2018), has played a role in the connection between her mental and physical journey. The ways the "Lisa Frank bopo" movement can fall short for many people.   Additional Resources: Jes Baker's blog: www.themilitantbaker.com  Jes's first book, "Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: a Handbook for Unapologetic Living": https://www.amazon.com/Things-One-Will-Tell-Girls/dp/1580055826 Jes's open letter to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO: http://www.themilitantbaker.com/2013/05/to-mike-jeffries-co-abercrombie-fitch.html?m=1   Rate & Share Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode, head over to iTunes , subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us grow the podcast. Don’t forget to visit our website , follow us on Facebook , Twitter, and Instagram so you never miss an episode!  

Hello, from New Orleans! Hurricane Nate meant I was stuck in Louisiana for an extra day, but it also meant more time at SisterSong's "Let's Talk About Sex" conference. I share a little about what that conference brought up for me and then...it's your questions and my answers. You can see some of the videos from the conference at the show's Patreon page: patreon.com/sgrpodcast You can also see all of the permissions slips folks wrote in my workshop on Twitter if you look at my feed under #LTAS17. Horny Virgin needs help with navigating safer sex conversations when you're engaging in casual sex. How can HV have sex and feel safe? How do you talk about testing and barriers? And, how do you even have sex?  Ali wants to know if she kink-shamed a woman she hooked up with after this woman asked to be seriously injured during their sex without any kind of warning or conversation ahead of time. Masochism and consent are important. Not letting someone know you want them to break bones or skin before getting intimate is NOT consensual. Ash is a 29-year-old virgin who suffers from self-esteem issues because they're overweight and feel like a freak. What can they do to find some confidence, to find partners, especially when people ask them to lose weight? Is there any hope? I have so so much to say about this one. All the feels. Follow Sex Gets Real on Twitter and Facebook. It's true. Oh! And Dawn is on Instagram. Resources mentioned in this episode Fat activists like Jes Baker, Melissa Toler, Bevin Branlandingham, The Body is Not An Apology Instagram accounts to check out include: FatWomenOfColor, FatGirlFlow, ThickLeeyonce, BlessMayFatHeart, QueerFatFemme Explore More Summit has several talks on confidence, bodies, fatness. About Dawn Serra I am the creator and host of the laughter-filled, no-holds-barred weekly podcast, Sex Gets Real. I lecture at colleges and universities on sex and relationships, too. When I’m not speaking and teaching, I also work one-on-one with clients who need to get unstuck around their pleasure and desire. But it’s not all work! In my downtime, I can often be found watching an episode of Masterchef Australia, cooking up something delicious, or adventuring with my sexy AF husband. Listen and subscribe to Sex Gets Real Listen and subscribe on iTunes Check us out on Stitcher Don't forget about I Heart Radio's Spreaker Pop over to Google Play Use the player at the top of this page. Now available on Spotify. Search for "sex gets real". Find the Sex Gets Real channel on IHeartRadio. Hearing from you is the best Contact form: Click here (and it's anonymous)

A thought leader in the field of positive body image and self-love, Jes is indeed what she claims to be…irreverent, a bit of a trouble-maker, and passionate about her drive to fight against fat-shaming, have women be proud of their bodies, and the movement to change the world by loving our bodies.  A Tedx Tucson speaker (watch her 16:27 minute talk on her website themilitantbaker.com) she gives 10 things you can start doing RIGHT NOW to start loving your body.  Listen in on our conversation and be prepared for a straight up mind shift!

Jes Baker, body-liberation activist and author of the book Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, discusses her continuing process of recovery from trauma related to food, eating, and fatphobia; why talking about trauma is so important; why she uses the term "body liberation" instead of "body positivity" or "fat acceptance"; why we need to have more nuanced conversations about people's body-liberation journeys instead of reflexively shunning celebrities who've had weight-loss surgery; how the experience of being "small-fat" differs from the experience of being in a larger fat body; why the mainstreaming of body positivity has been so problematic; and lots more. PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about starting movement again after a history of compulsive exercise. Jes Baker is a Tucson blogger and author who is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she knows for a FACT that every person in this world is worthy of respect and feeling valued regardless of their size, shape, shade, sex, ability, gender, age or health records. She preaches the importance of body autonomy, ALL CAPS, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language. Find her online at themilitantbaker.com, and check out her article on Lisa Frank BoPo.  To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes for this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. You can also text "7STRATEGIES" to the phone number 44222 to get it on the go :) Join the Food Psych Facebook group to connect with fellow listeners around the world!  

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.  On this episode, we talk to Jes Baker of The Militant Baker!  Jes Baker is a Tucson blogger and author who is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she knows for a FACT that every person in this world is worthy of respect and feeling valued regardless of their size, shape, shade, sex, ability, gender, age or health records. Jes’s blog covers a mixture of subjects ranging from the delightful to the uncomfortable. These topics include but are not limited to: notes on the hazardous journey of body acceptance, how to take boudoir photos, rape culture, reasons why you should get a million kittens, equality, feminism rants, why you don't have to be everyone's best friend, and general empowerment. Mostly, Jes just wants The Militant Baker to be a place in the blogosphere that offers fresh and colorful perspective on what is presented as normal to those immersed in our gender bent, body loathing society. She believes in the importance of body autonomy, ALL CAPS, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language.  In this podcast we discuss: - Making the shit you're passionate about your full time job - How the internet is inherently dehumanizing - Dealing with haters and trolls of all kinds - Removing ourselves from the concept of self love to seek total body liberation   and so much more!   ---   You can find Jes on her website The Militant Baker,  on her Facebook, on her Instagram, and her twitter.   --- A very special thank you to our 10$ and 25$ level Patreon Patrons: Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all. If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at flexyourheartradio@gmail.com!    ----   And now for me!   I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and it's on pre-order NOW. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!  You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, soon to be open in Portland, Oregon  You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at Lacy@liberationbarbell.com. I currently have space for private, semi-private and group class clients.     ----   Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill    Keywords! Body Positivity, Fat Liberation, Trolls, Self Employment, Self love 

Jes Baker gives two proud middle fingers to our culture that dictates what is valuable and beautiful. Through her blog, The Militant Baker, her book, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls, speaking engagements, and social media spaces, Jes has disrupted the “thin ideal” by challenging marketing of clothes, perfume, and more showing that fat bodies get to enjoy all the things thin bodies can enjoy. Jes calls in (not calls out) the fat phobic nature of the current body positivity movement and challenges all of us to become aware of intersectionality issues around body positivity as well as how to be an inclusive ally to the fat acceptance movement. Her 3 (not at all) easy steps: 1. Use your voice. 2. Listen 3. Improve. We also get into a great conversation on healthism and the concept of Health at Every Size, and how knowledge doesn’t always translate into practice. We close on how connecting to our own body and building body trust is fundamental to engaging in life. I love that she calls it “a mindful healing”. This podcast will help you better understand the cultural issues that drive your body image issues so you can continue your personal practice of body kindness. --- Get to know Jes Jes Baker is a blogger, speaker, author, mental health professional, cat lover, ALL CAPS user and unabashed fat chick. She is on a mission to turn our society's concept of beauty on its oppressive head as she genuinely knows for a fact that every person in this world is worthy of respect and feeling valued regardless of their size, shape, shade, sex, ability, gender or age. On her website The Militant Baker, she preaches the importance of body autonomy, self-love, mental health, strong coffee, and even stronger language. She also post a million outfit photos because they're fun, political and pretty! Find Jes online Website: http://www.themilitantbaker.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themilitantbaker Tumblr: http://themilitantbaker.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/militant_baker Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/themilitantbaker --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness “simple and true”. Publisher’s Weekly says it’s “a rousing guide to better health.” http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V Did you enjoy the podcast? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

This episode, Joni and Jenni are sharing their favorite body positive resources with you. From Virgie Tovar and Jes Baker, to Ursula the sea witch, we've got a host of bits and pieces of body posi goodness to kickstart your self-love journey. Also featuring: Extreme Home Makeover critiques, a peek into Joni's new column, and Kelsey Skrinde's magnificent belch. If you'd like to drop us a line, please don't. We don't have a phone number. We do, however, have an email address: bodytalk@ravishly.com We'd love to hear from you! Links Is John Travolta OK? http://vh1.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:http:shared:vh1.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/John-Travolta-Creepy-1-1426705316.jpg?quality=0.8&format=jpg&width=980 Tavi Gevinson's essay on liking yourself: http://www.rookiemag.com/2012/01/how-to-not-care-what-other-people-think-of-you/ "Dear Ursula": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLSnNSqs_CQ "My Skin": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q "Body Love Pts 1 and 2": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3f1zii5skA Follow Beyond Before & After on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/beyond_before_and_after/ Find us @ http://www.bodytalkpodcast.com/ Find Joni: www.jonimedelman.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/joniboloney Instagram: www.instagram.com/joniedelman Find Jenni: www.jenniberrett.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/jenni__bee Instagram: www.instagram.com/jenni_bee

This episode, Joni and Jenni are sharing their favorite body positive resources with you. From Virgie Tovar and Jes Baker, to Ursula the sea witch, we've got a host of bits and pieces of body posi goodness to kickstart your self-love journey. Also featuring: Extreme Home Makeover critiques, a peek into Joni's new column, and Kelsey Skrinde's magnificent belch. If you'd like to drop us a line, please don't. We don't have a phone number. We do, however, have an email address: bodytalk@ravishly.com We'd love to hear from you! Links Is John Travolta OK? http://vh1.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:http:shared:vh1.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/John-Travolta-Creepy-1-1426705316.jpg?quality=0.8&format=jpg&width=980 Tavi Gevinson's essay on liking yourself: http://www.rookiemag.com/2012/01/how-to-not-care-what-other-people-think-of-you/ "Dear Ursula": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLSnNSqs_CQ "My Skin": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEhyi8N__Q "Body Love Pts 1 and 2": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3f1zii5skA Follow Beyond Before & After on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/beyond_before_and_after/ Find us @ http://www.bodytalkpodcast.com/ Find Joni: www.jonimedelman.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/joniboloney Instagram: www.instagram.com/joniedelman Find Jenni: www.jenniberrett.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/jenni__bee Instagram: www.instagram.com/jenni_bee

In this week’s episode: Hannah’s Beyoncé experience (spoiler: it was amazing), the weird history of famous Hollywood dudes naming their friend groups stupid things, a solid recap of the film Neighbours II, creepy experiences with customers, ethical shopping for the plus sized lady and why ‘dressing for your body’ is not only a crock, but also a sham. Links: Pussy Posse (WHY) http://jezebel.com/leo-s-pussy-posse-has-rebranded-is-now-called-the-wol-1762262848 The Golden Penetrators (mentioned in this episode of You Must Remember This, which is an amazing podcast!) http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/6/23/charles-mansons-hollywood-part-5-doris-day-and-terry-melcher Surprise, Cosmopolitan GETS IT vis a vis bodies and fashion rules http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/advice/a17812/20-fashion-rules-you-should-break/ Jes Baker and Virgie Tovar, amazing body posi activists! http://www.themilitantbaker.com/ http://www.virgietovar.com/ Cover image: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/43/a5/63/43a56339ea0511dc3fea3a3ccd8e642e.jpg

Jes Baker is a blogger, activist, speaker and author. She is the force behind Smash the Scale, Love the Mirror, #FatGirlsCan and The Abercrombie and Fitch Counter Campaign “Attractive and Fat” She is The Militant Baker! During this podcast Jes Baker talks about how a break up led her to the write the global viral sensation "Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls...So I Will," which resulted in her first book.  We also talk about what it means to be an activist, what happens once a book is released, and plus size travel. I adore this interview and hope you will too!  

We get under your clothes and talk plus size lingerie in this episode of the Big Curvy Love podcast! Chrystal Bougon joins us in the love lounge. She is the owner and founder of Curvy Girl Lingerie AKA America’s first ever plus size lingerie brick and mortar boutique! We start out chatting about plus size lingerie and delve into the world of adult toys for plus size women, the issues curvy women face in buying sexy lingerie, why Chrystal chose to create her own reality tv show rather than hand it over to producers, plus size sex and how she came to be published in Jes Baker's book Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls. 

Jes Baker (The Militant Baker, Body Love Conference) joins Legs for an excellent conversation about body image, positive thinking and how to change the world one thought at a time.

Tune in to our latest episode of the podcast where Anna interviews Jes Baker.