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This week, Karin welcomes Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, sex and relationships educator, to the show for, ”Skin Hunger.”Tune in for a discussion on the intersection of eating disorders and sexuality, how a woman's sexuality is “stolen” from them, restricting sexuality, understanding the full-scope of sexuality in client work, the Five Circles of sexuality, touch at all ages, the concept of Skin Hunger, political values, and more! Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a board-certified life coach who specializing in sex and relationships, as well as author and digital creator, who uses her backgrounds in educational development, holistic life coaching, and sexology to help one be in right relationship to themselves and others through clarifying one's values, building new relational skills, and owning one's truth. As a queer-femme, Melissa believes in the power of community care, which her work is rooted in.In Melissa's various educational work, through social media, workshops and support groups, writing, and coaching, she makes it her goal to warmly, but firmly invite others into conversations around sexual and relational wellness that prioritize values alignment within a liberationist, abolitionist framework. Learn about "Appetite: Sex, Touch, and Desire in Women with Anorexia"Begin your healing journey with KLEDC
Meet FEMINIST WELLNESS EDUCATOR Melissa A. Fabello. Equipped with her PhD in Human Sexuality Studies, she helps folks unpack “health” from a social justice perspective. She focuses on the politics of bodies, sexuality and relationships. She is able to make her work accessible and educational while still being so enjoyable and has been said to be “something close to witchcraft.” She is described as a white, cisgender, thin, middle-class, queer, and “mentally ill” and she lives in Philadelphia with her partner and four sweet cats. In this episode you will learn about:Intersectional feminismOppressive ideology around food, bodies, and beauty in this patriarchal world we live inWhat it means to actually take care of our bodies How to deal with oppression powerfully Genital myths Letting go of taboo around mental illness Stay Connected with Melissa:Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/fyeahmfabello/ - @fyeahmfabello Download our free audio training CLIT TALK CLIFF NOTES: The Ultimate NO BS Guide to Self Pleasure & Sexual Intimacy
This episode's guest, Melissa A. Fabello, is a writer and educator whose work explores the politics of bodies, beauty, and wellness. We chatted about an important (and often overlooked) aspect of health and well-being: relationships. From family to friends to romantic partners, we discussed societal relationship norms and our ability to reevaluate and restructure relationships as needed. You can find the show notes and a full transcript of this episode at www.shohrehdavoodi.com/42.
ADM is begin deze maand ontruimd en gesloopt. Harriet en Sietske praten elkaar bij over wat er allemaal is gebeurd, maar gaan vooral in op het belang van plekken zoals ADM en hoe de stad Amsterdam aan het veranderen is. Verder komen we terug op consent aan de hand van het artikel ‘Touch Too Much: Let’s Talk about Consent beyond Sex’ van Melissa A. Fabello gepubliceerd in het Pleasure issue van Bitch. Heb je vragen of opmerkingen, mail dan naar poetsdiemuur@riseup.net Aanraders: ADM (https://adm.amsterdam) Bitchmedia (https://www.bitchmedia.org) De Frontlinie: Bestaansonzekerheid en gentrificatie in de Creatieve Stad (http://frontlinie.org) De Verloren Vrijstaat – Kinderen van ADM (https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/189959/de-verloren-vrijstaat-kinderen-van-adm) Amsterdam Song van Frans & Durk (https://vimeo.com/128920615?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0Bk-lIj7g7jVwxwyTrjNgbpa-2tB39MdQhto9JaVvunBm1IoaWi5iUBek) 2.Dh5 (https://www.2dh5.nl) Tijdschrift Lover (https://www.tijdschriftlover.nl) LadyFest Maastricht (https://ladyfestmaastricht.nl) The Power van Naomi Alderman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_(Alderman_novel) No Men Beyond This Point (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2556936/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a feminist educator whose work focuses on body politics, beauty culture, and eating disorders. She holds a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies from Widener University, where her research focuses on how women with eating disorders make meaning of their sexual experiences. Previously, Melissa worked as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, Continue Reading…
Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a feminist educator whose work focuses on body politics, beauty culture, and eating disorders. She holds a PhD in Human Sexuality Studies from Widener University, where her research focuses on how women with eating disorders make meaning of their sexual experiences. Previously, Melissa worked as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, Continue Reading…
I’m interviewing Melissa A. Fabello, feminist writer and speaker. We talk about desirability politics, how our conditioned beliefs shape our sexual experiences, orgasms and a primer on feminism. In this episode, we chat about: - How Melissa got into body politics and how this gave her a framework for understanding the world, - Why understanding body image through the feminist lens can be a catalyst to healing, - What desirability politics are and why they are important, - The influence that societal standards have on who we are attracted to, - What to do if your partner is not on board with body positivity, - The role of body image on sexual satisfaction, - The different kinds of orgasms and how we experience them differently, - Why feminism is not the simple belief that men and women are equal, - The importance of intersectionality, Plus, so much more!
Melissa A. Fabello is a feminist writer and speaker whose work focuses on body politics, beauty culture, and eating disorders. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Human Sexuality Studies, and she also works as a freelance digital content strategist, helping individuals and organizations who work in the fields of body image, feminism, and/or sexuality with Continue Reading…
Melissa A. Fabello is a feminist writer and speaker whose work focuses on body politics, beauty culture, and eating disorders. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Human Sexuality Studies, and she also works as a freelance digital content strategist, helping individuals and organizations who work in the fields of body image, feminism, and/or sexuality with Continue Reading…
Melissa Fabello returns! The activist and scholar shares why dieting and restriction reduce our sex drive, how beauty can be reimagined and reclaimed, how the need for affection and intimacy differs from the need for sex, what "skin hunger" is all about, why the Netflix movie To the Bone is so problematic and triggering, how she navigates complex issues in feminism, and a whole lot more! PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about how co-occurring mental-health issues can affect people's hunger and fullness cues. Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance and eating disorder activist, scholar in the field of sexology, and Jurassic Park enthusiast based in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University’s Human Sexuality Studies program, where her research focuses on how women with anorexia nervosa experience skin hunger. You can contact her through her website (melissafabello.com) and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @fyeahmfabello. 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 Melissa Fabello! Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance activist, sexuality scholar, and patriarchy smasher living in Philadelphia. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University’s Human Sexuality Studies program, where her research focuses on how women with anorexia nervosa experience skin hunger. Her body acceptance work focuses on making peace in eating disorder recovery, striving toward eliminating size stigma, and bringing a more radical lens to the mainstream body positivity conversation. In this podcast we discuss: - Thin privilege, and how it functions in our society - Health as just another performance of beauty - How body positivity cannot exist without feminism - How and why dieting just doesn't work (and isn't very healthy) and so much more! --- You can find Melissa on Twitter and Instagram at @fyeahmfabello and subscribe to her newsletter at melissafabello.com. --- 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
When Melissa Fabello talks, sex is bound to come up. It’s her job. As a sexuality scholar and body acceptance activist, Melissa sees so clearly that diet culture, body image, and sexuality intersect in ways that contribute to bodies experiencing oppression. One example is the lack of permission to bring our body pleasure and enjoy our sexual selves. From our basic human need to experience touch as a form of connection, to getting a nice massage, to the “Big O” when we struggle with our body image we are also likely to struggle with allowing ourselves to express desires and to feel pleasure through our bodies. This is not a chat about “here’s what you need to do to have a normal sex life.” In fact, Melissa offers a very interesting answer to this reader question at the end of the show. This conversation will help you understand that girls and women aren’t allowed to experience sexuality in positive ways and that impacts our body image. We discuss the “power dynamics” of subject vs object in our society and, perhaps more important, how you can have a conversation with your partner (or yourself!) in a safe, kind way that can help you grow your body confidence with your clothes on and clothes off. --- Get to know Melissa Melissa A. Fabello is a feminist writer, sexuality scholar, and body acceptance activist whose work focuses on the intersection of sexuality and eating disorders, striving toward eliminating size stigma, and bringing a more radical lens to the mainstream body positivity conversation. She currently works as the Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media site in the world with an audience of several million. She is also a doctoral candidate in Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University, where her research focus is how women with anorexia nervosa make meaning of their experiences with sensuality. Find Melissa online Website: http://www.melissafabello.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/fyeahmfabello Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/fyeahmfabello --- 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.
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Episode 024: On this week’s episode of Real Health Radio I interview Melissa A. Fabello. Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance and eating disorder activist, scholar in the field of sexology, and Jurassic Park enthusiast based in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the […] The post 024: Interview with Melissa A. Fabello appeared first on Seven Health.
Christy talks with the fabulous Melissa A. Fabello, a body acceptance and eating disorder activist and the managing editor of Everyday Feminism. Melissa shares what led her to develop an eating disorder in her early 20s, and why feminism played an important role in her recovery. Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance and eating disorder activist, scholar in the field of sexology, and Jurassic Park enthusiast based in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University’s Human Sexuality Studies program, where her research interest is in how the onset of an eating disorder affects psychosexual development. You can contact her through her website and follow her on Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook. To learn more about Food Psych and our guest, visit christyharrison.com/foodpsych Ready to make peace with food? Join Christy's intuitive eating online course! How healthy is your relationship with food? Take the quiz and get free resources at christyharrison.com/quiz!
Episode 47: Melissa A. Fabello is a sexuality educator, body image and eating disorder activist, and media literacy vlogger based out of Philadelphia, PA. She is a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism and a PhD student in Human Sexuality Studies, where her research interest is in the effectiveness of current sexuality-focused psychoeducational interventions in eating disorder recovery programs. Why am I so ridiculously excited to release this episode? Most of all because Melissa is an incredibly smart woman. She researches. She experiences. She's open-minded, but at the same time, she firmly stands for what she believes in. There are certain people I interview that I want on the show simply because they are awesome, but the conversation doesn't flow as well because they don't have mind-blowing things to say. That is not the case for this episode. I had a ton of questions to ask her that came from my own heart- things I've been dying to understand. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I do! Here's what we talk about: How Melissa became interested in feminism and sexuality in the first place The definition of feminism Can you be a feminist but also "traditional" when it comes to dating? Misconceptions about feminism in the media How the "bra burning" event isn't true, and what actually happened Breaking down the argument about having a female president such as Mrs. Clinton Why boys stop crying when they reach school-age, while girls continue to express themselves safely Genderization of kids before birth Okay, let's talk about Disney for a sec The actual problem with beauty pageants (no it's not the participant's fault) How Melissa adopted an eating disorder after a breakup Eating disorder management vs. recovery The importance of walking away when you feel triggered Here's where you can connect with Melissa: Website Twitter Tumblr Facebook YouTube Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube: maddymoon.com/youtubepodcast Is it about time you learn how to eliminate your own triggers and start your recovery journey with a group of other like-minded women? You can today. Click below!