Podcasts about thin privilege

This is a non-horror solo episode. Unless you count the trauma of growing up fat as horror (personally, I do). It's a weird and vulnerable episode where I talk about pretty privilege, thin privilege, and the frustration of wanting to reject beauty standards while feeling like you need to reach them in order to survive. It's a strange, dissonant space to exist in, but I hope it'll resonate with people like me. See my solo-sode on Body Horror for more content like this. Back to normal* horror movie reviews next time! *normal is relative

Send us a Text Message.This series is about YOU.  YOUR body stories.  YOUR relationship to food and movement, YOUR dieting and un-dieting history and how you feel in the body you're in.Ela and I wanted to understand more about the issues you are dealing with when it comes to body acceptance,  intuitive eating and listening to your body.  How can we navigate a world where thinness is valued above all else and the fitness industry has become diet culture dressed in spandex!First up is Abi, who is a very valued member of the Body Image Fitness community (check out 'Thin Privilege, Oprah and Wearing the Damn Shorts' for my chat with Kim Stacey, founder of Body Image Fitness- the Non-diet, shame free fitness platform for ALL bodies. ) Abi is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist for the NHS and is a very committed member of Body Image Fitness.   She likes to 'hang loose and talk bollocks' with her husband, loves comedy and loves to dance and lifting heavy stuff.  Abi has reclaimed the term fat for herself, and despite struggling with body image and confidence in the past, she is now a strong social justice and fat liberation advocate.Listen to HER story and as Bri Campos likes to say not her' journey' but her body image excavation.  Such a joy to chat with Abi and we'd love to know YOUR body story.   Are you feeling stuck in the 'earn and burn' cycle with your exercise routine, or as summer approaches, are you feeling self-conscious about wearing a swimsuit on the beach? Maybe you just want to stop worrying so much about food or how your body looks.You are not alone and your body is NOT the problem Please reach out if you would like some support. We both have limited slots for Intuitive Eating Coaching, so get in touch with Christine or with Ela.AND if you enjoyed this episode, please share and follow the 'Find Your Strong podcast' and if you have time, write us a short review. It would honestly mean the world. Love to you all, Ela & Christine x

Send us a Text Message.This week I am bringing you a podcast that I was a guest on, as it's topical, hard hitting and I think you'll get a lot out of it, especially if you're struggling with body acceptance as the weather gets warmer and diet culture gets noisier.I'll let Kim take it away:"In the first episode of the "Not a Before Body" podcast, host, Kim Stacey, engages in a compelling conversation with non-diet fitness professional Christine Chessman. They delve into the concept of thin privilege, exploring how societal biases favour thinner bodies and impact individuals in various aspects of life. The discussion also touches on Oprah's influence in the wellness industry and her complicated legacy regarding body image, we talk about weight loss drugs and the nuance behind them. In this episode, as always, we emphasise the importance of self-acceptance, encouraging listeners to embrace their bodies as they are and to wear the damn shorts (even if you are above a size 18!), let's continue to challenge the notion that only certain body types deserve to feel confident and comfortable in their skin."Visit Body Image Fitness to find out more about becoming a member / joining the Disruptor Scheme.Follow Kim on Instagram; @kim.bodyimage.fitnessAnd Christine Chessman; @hellofitnesschristine Are you feeling stuck in the 'earn and burn' cycle with your exercise routine, or as summer approaches, are you feeling self-conscious about wearing a swimsuit on the beach? Maybe you just want to stop worrying so much about food or how your body looks.You are not alone and your body is NOT the problem Please reach out if you would like some support. We both have limited slots for Intuitive Eating Coaching, so get in touch with Christine or with Ela.AND if you enjoyed this episode, please share and follow the 'Find Your Strong podcast' and if you have time, write us a short review. It would honestly mean the world. Love to you all, Ela & Christine x

If you thought we'd prattled on about the history of Thursday a little too much in episode one well we've got some news for you - part two is a BEAST. It's 2 hours and 15 minutes long. Why? Because that's the unsung way. We give their discography a thorough analysis whilst continuing to chart the band's history. We also hear about how Geoff Rickly once slept on Sean's couch, and even take a wee detour in No Devotion, too. An episode for the true Thursday freaks, and also one which contains some Bischoff-esque Attitude error booking (iykyk - wait til the end).

On this week's episode of "The Diet Obsessed Podcast" in my regular segments, I throw out a somewhat contorversial hypothesis about fitness and wellness influencers, are they just genetically blessed to begin with and able to achieve fast results, which then motivates them? I also discuss my healthy habits of the week and a wasabi overload foodie fail story.For my podcast review, I review a podcast called "Burnt Toast" from Virginia Sole-Smith, a feminist writer and fat influencer, who interviewed fellow fat influencer Aubrey Gordon about why we seek thin privilege.If these topics interest you, please follow "The Diet Obsessed Podcast" and subscribe to "Craving More" or "Craving More VIP" premium content through this link: https://linktr.ee/thedietobsessedpodcas?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=01cd6f2f-74f4-40d5-aeb7-091e45e52c91 and don't forget to leave a rating + review!To get 20% off Prolon Products, visit this link: https://prolonfast.com/products/gofast?rfsn=7643165.a5521d&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=7643165.a5521d and use code: VERONICA20 at checkoutFinally, follow me on Instagram @thedietobsessedpodcast @veronica.santarelli and @cannabinoidactivist Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a die-hard Thursday fan, this week's guest comes right out the gates in explaining why Thursday he'll always love. And as it turns out, they're quite an easy band to love due to their ethics and overall affability as a band. Geoff Rickly himself often comes across earnestly and well in interviews, which is something Chris is keen to point out and dive into in the first part of this three parter. In Side A we chat about the band's history, their place in both the New Brunswick, New Jersey music scene, as well as their place in the early-00s emo scene as a whole. At the time, they were touted by some as being the next Nirvana but it was a label that never fit the band. We talk about all that, and their journey to becoming a major label act, in this episode.

Joeita speaks with Kate Mann, Associate Professor Cornell University's Sage School of Philosophy & author of "Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia," which draws on personal experience & rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it. HighlightsThe Insidiousness of Fatphobia - Opening Remarks (00:00)Society's Fixation on Weight & the “Ideal Body” (01:07)Introducing Kate Manne, Author of “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia” (01:59)Philosophical Interest in Misogyny & Fatphobia (02:22)Defining Fatphobia (04:17)Complicated Relationship Between Fatness & Health (06:03)Fatphobia in the Healthcare System (10:15)Weigh-In Process & Weight-Inclusive Physicians (12:27)Diabetes, BMI & Stigma (13:19)Intersections of Fatphobia, Race, Class, Ability & Gender (16:22)The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness (18:28)Thin-Privilege (19:36)Beyond Body-Positivity (22:24)Thinsplaining - Book Excerpt (24:22)Find the Book “Unshrinking: Facing Fatphobia” (27:51)Show Close (28:33)Guest Bio - Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, where she's been teaching since 2013. Before that, she was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Manne did her graduate work in philosophy at MIT and is the author of two previous books, Down Girl and Entitled.“Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia” By Kate Manne from Penguin Random House“An elegant, fierce, and profound argument for fighting fat oppression in ourselves, our communities, and our culture.”—Roxane Gay, author of HungerFor as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a professor, the day her daughter was born. She's been bullied and belittled for her size, leading to extreme dieting. As a feminist philosopher, she wanted to believe that she was exempt from the cultural gaslighting that compels so many of us to ignore our hunger. But she was not.Blending intimate stories with the trenchant analysis that has become her signature, Manne shows why fatphobia has become a vital social justice issue. Over the last several decades, implicit bias has waned in every category, from race to sexual orientation, except one: body size. Manne examines how anti-fatness operates—how it leads us to make devastating assumptions about a person's attractiveness, fortitude, and intellect, and how it intersects with other systems of oppression. Fatphobia is responsible for wage gaps, medical neglect, and poor educational outcomes; it is a straitjacket, restricting our freedom, our movement, our potential.In this urgent call to action, Manne proposes a new politics of “body reflexivity”—a radical reevaluation of who our bodies exist in the world for: ourselves and no one else. When it comes to fatphobia, the solution is not to love our bodies more. Instead, we must dismantle the forces that control and constrain us, and remake the world to accommodate people of every size.Articles:In 'Unshrinking,' a writer discusses coming out as fat and pushing back against bias - NPR InterviewFighting Fatphobia and Embracing ‘Unshrinking': The Ms. Q&A With Kate Manne - MS Magazine Reference:Belly of the Beast The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. HarrisonTo live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness. Hyper-policed by state and society, passed over for housing and jobs, and derided and misdiagnosed by medical professionals, fat Black people in the United States are subject to sociopolitically sanctioned discrimination, abuse, condescension, and trauma.Da'Shaun Harrison—a fat, Black, disabled, and nonbinary trans writer—offers an incisive, fresh, and precise exploration of anti-fatness as anti-Blackness, foregrounding the state-sanctioned murders of fat Black men and trans and nonbinary masculine people in historical analysis. Policing, disenfranchisement, and invisibilizing of fat Black men and trans and nonbinary masculine people are pervasive, insidious ways that anti-fat anti-Blackness shows up in everyday life. Fat people can be legally fired in forty-nine states for being fat; they're more likely to be houseless. Fat people die at higher rates from misdiagnosis or nontreatment; fat women are more likely to be sexually assaulted. And at the intersections of fatness, Blackness, disability, and gender, these abuses are exacerbated.Taking on desirability politics, the limitations of gender, the connection between anti-fatness and carcerality, and the incongruity of “health” and “healthiness” for the Black fat, Harrison viscerally and vividly illustrates the myriad harms of anti-fat anti-Blackness. They offer strategies for dismantling denial, unlearning the cultural programming that tells us “fat is bad,” and destroying the world as we know it, so the Black fat can inhabit a place not built on their subjugation. About The PulseOn The Pulse, host Joeita Gupta brings us closer to issues impacting the disability community across Canada.Joeita Gupta has nurtured a life-long dream to work in radio! She's blind, moved to Toronto in 2004 and got her start in radio at CKLN, 88.1 FM in Toronto. A former co-host of AMI-audio's Live from Studio 5, Joeita also works full-time at a nonprofit in Toronto, specializing in housing/tenant rights. Find Joeita on X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeitaGupta The Pulse airs weekly on AMI-audio. For more information, visit https://www.ami.ca/ThePulse/ About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI's vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal. Learn more at AMI.caConnect on Twitter @AccessibleMediaOn Instagram @accessiblemediaincOn Facebook at @AccessibleMediaIncOn TikTok @accessiblemediaincEmail feedback@ami.ca

In this week's episode, I'm joined by Debbie Saroufim, a body acceptance coach and food trauma healer who helps women, teens and tweens make peace with their body and build up their immunity to diet culture. Debbie's first children's book, Fat & Beautiful: A Book About Why You Can Be Both, was published this spring.Together, we discuss:Debbie's journey from actress to trainer to body acceptance coachThe moralization of health and wellnessLearning to identify diet culture in our self-talkBeing a thin person in the fat acceptance movementConversations between parents and childrenSelf-compassionate intuition and recoveryMore from Debbie:Buy Debbie's bookFollow her on InstagramCheck out her websiteMentioned in the episode:Debbie Lesko episodeMore from Leah:Get access to The Mindset Matters Free Mini CourseApply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching programJoin my self-paced course, The ReturnSubscribe to my personal SubstackFollow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content @leahkern.rdVisit my website to learn more about my coaching offeringsSubscribe to my weekly newsletter to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.Send me a voice messageEmail me: Leah@leahkernrd.comWish there was a way to enjoy getting high without the unwanted side effects of out-of-control eating? Use the code PODCAST for $15 off my Cannabis & Intuitive Eating Workshop, happening on April 18th.

In this episode, Coach Cathy shares her experiences before and after losing 150lbs from both men and women. 

Lisa is joined by Dr. Karla who talks about thin privilege, the body positive movement, diet culture and more. Dr. Karla Lester is a community pediatrician, life and weight coach, is board certified in obesity medicine and Founder of IME Community for Teens where self-love is your superpower to achieve your weight and life goals and make your mark in the world! If you live in Lincoln, you most likely know Dr. Karla as the founder of Teach a Kid to Fish, a local non-profit with a vision of creating community solutions for children's health. Dr. Karla, ActivistMD coaches parents and teens to cancel diet culture and be body positive in a body negative world.She is the author of a children's book, “the magical everywhere”, which you may find on her website imecommunity.com under IME Books.

What is thin privilege? How does it affect your day-to-day? How can those who have thin privilege be better allies and advocates for folx in fat bodies? This week, Billie is joined by Intuitive Eating Counselor, movement teacher, and advocate for change, Lara Days, to address these questions and more. Lara's Instagram Sign up for the Billie's newsletter⁠⁠⁠ for lots of freebies and⁠⁠⁠ click here to join the Rebel Movement Club⁠⁠⁠! Follow Billie @movewithbillie on⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, Tiktok & Facebook Love this podcast? Please share it with your friends, screenshot & tag on social media (@movewithbillie) rate, review and subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebel-movement/message

Five years ago when I first heard Aaron Flores on his podcast, Dietitians Unplugged, I never would have dreamed I'd have a chance to interview him on my own podcast. Today we talk about coaching on Intuitive Eating and Body respect when you have thin privilege, the importance of recognizing your privilege and doing the […] The post Coaching on Intuitive Eating and Body Respect, When You Have Thin Privilege, and Other Thoughts, with Aaron Flores appeared first on Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Intuitive Eating Columbus OH.

On this week's episode of my subscription series "The Diet Obsessed Podcast, Craving More" I discuss some delicious, crispy pizza I had for breakfast after being hungover, plus all the other indulgent food I enjoyed over the weekend.I then discuss an IG post about "Thin Privilege" from a dietician named Brittany Modell who also hosts a podcast called "Foodtherapypod" which I will listen to soon!Finally, I review an episode of "The Taylor Strecker Show" because she finally started on Mounjaro shots for weight loss and went in depth on the side effects she has been experiencing!If these topics interest you, please follow and subscribe to "The Diet Obsessed Podcast" and Craving More:Subscription page:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1876556/subscribe and don't forget to leave a rating + review!Finally, follow me on Instagram @thedietobsessedpodcast and @veronica.santarelli Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa sits down with Elyse Schunkewitz, LCSW again. This time the roles are reversed and Elyse interviews Lisa about the personal, educational, and professional experiences that have shaped the Out of the Cave Group Coaching Program and discuss how Lisa serves her clients. Topics Include: The difference between Out of the Cave and eating disorder treatment The Binge Restrict Cycle Body Image Confidence vs Self-Esteem Systemic Oppression and Thin Privilege  [2:30] Lisa explains how she developed the philosophy that her group coaching program is built upon and shares the influences that has brought her to where she is today, including her lived experience, education and relationships she has built throughout the years [14:00] Lisa shares what it means to work with her as a client inside the 14 week group coaching container [23:10] Lisa gives her thoughts on intuitive eating, anti-diet culture, and eating disorder treatment [42:00] Lisa dives deeper into what she means when she says, “I help people release the addiction of the illusion of control around their bodies.” [52:00] Elyse and Lisa discuss the dichotomy of confidence and self-esteem  Apply for  Group Coaching! - Next Cohort Begins September 2023 Purchase the OOTC book of 50 Journal Prompts Leave Questions and Feedback for Lisa via OOTC Pod Feedback Form  Email Lisa: lisa@lisaschlosberg.com Become a Member of the Out of the Cave Online Community - Includes Two Live Coaching Calls Monthly Out of the Cave Merch - For 10% off use code SCHLOS10 Lisa's Socials Instagram Facebook YouTube

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We are speaking with Coach Mindy Lee Irvine about fueling our Mind, Body & Spirit.   Each of us has our own journey with body positivity and esteem.  Sometimes there is struggle, sometimes there is confidence.   Over our body's history, it may change from factors such as physicality, genetics, emotion, stress, hormones, age progression, medication, life markers,  societal and cultural pressures, and the list goes on.  This is a 2 part series, starting with lessons on fueling our bodies and making the right healthy lifestyle decisions  for you. (not for anyone else)  Coach Mindy is a Nutrition, Mindset and Self Development coach focusing on helping women learn to fuel their bodies, achieve their goals and find health and fitness for all the areas of their lives.   This can include nutrition, mindset and personal coaching.In this episode we discuss body comparison, fueling our bodies, relationships with nutrition and body health, and thin privilege.    Coach Mindy provides us with thoughtful perspectives and tools as we aim to set up habits for a healthy lifestyle-not just change the number on the scale or pair of jeans.Coach Mindy Lee : @coachmindyleeEmotional AgilityPositive Intelligence: http://positiveintelligence.comCoach Mindy will be joining us with further tips and teaching at our Freedom Movement event on May 7.   If you are local to Seattle, I highly encourage you to come.Register Here:  Freedom MovementFreedom Movement is an annual, progressive experience featuring movement, connection, silent disco, and support of local makers.  It speaks to the heart of women needing to renew, reset, and remind themselves of the vigor and beauty they hold on their interior and exterior.  Our experience celebrates freedom and beauty found in all women.  We boldly embrace vulnerable, brave steps toward whole-self confidence and body confidence.  Social Creative Workshops | Social Creative Conversations PodcastAmy Vallejo | founder, co-collaboratorwearesocialcreativeworkshops@gmail.comwww.wearesocialcreative.com@socialcreativeworkshops

Helloooo, and welcome to Season 8 of Mads World! You're about to listen to No Dietary Requirements: Fatphobia & Thin Privilege with Kitty Underhill!This week I'm lucky enough to be joined by model, speaker and body acceptance coach, Kitty Underhill. Kitty uses her platform to help people unpack the negativity they've learnt about bodies, debunk beauty myths and challenge the societal status quo about bodies. She is also the creator of the #TotallyTubular campaign, a campaign which aims to raise awareness and fight the stigma about tubular breast syndrome (TBS). In this episode, we chat about the effects of diet culture, fatphobia, thin privilege, self acceptance vs self love and much more! This episode is sponsored by The Oh Collective - who is on a mission to inspire people to embrace sexual wellness as part of our overall well-being. We all have our share of good and bad sex, The Oh Collective is here to make it even better! I'm so excited to partner with them as they share the same values as Mads World and align well with everything you guys love the most. I'm obsessed with their newly launched massage oil candle, you can burn for 10 minutes and then use the oil for a massage to help relax and enhance sensation. Make sure you check them out at the link in the episode description, they've got everything from sex toys and intimate care products, to weekly educational content, to events across the UK and Europe for you to check out!You can also use the code 'maddylove', for a free all natural lube when you buy one item, and 10% off when you sign up!Check out The Oh Collective website HERE and their Instagram HERE.Click here to find Mads World social media, submit questions to the website, or buy me a coffee. Cover Art: VeredienMusic: The.Jones.Project_93 Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mads-world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscriber-only episodeOn this week's episode of my subscription series "The Diet Obsessed Podcast, Craving More" I discuss some delicious, crispy pizza I had for breakfast after being hungover, plus all the other indulgent food I enjoyed over the weekend.I then discuss an IG post about "Thin Privilege" from a dietician named Brittany Modell  who also hosts a podcast called "Foodtherapypod" which I will listen to soon!Finally, I review an episode of "The Taylor Strecker Show" because she finally started on Mounjaro shots for weight loss and went in depth on the side effects she has been experiencing!If these topics interest you, please follow and subscribe to "The Diet Obsessed Podcast" and Craving More:Subscription page:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1876556/subscribe and don't forget to leave a rating + review!Finally, follow me on Instagram @thedietobsessedpodcast and @veronica.santarelli

Raffela Mancuso is an internet creator speaking on allyship and breaking stigmas. In this episode we chat about how she became an ‘influencer', the cost of having hard conversations, why there is so much discomfort with the term privilege, dismantling diet culture and more. Please note that this episode was recorded remotely.. The audio quality may differ between speakers. Follow Raffela on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raffela_mancuso/ Keep your eyes out for the Belli launch: https://www.instagram.com/shop.belli Keep in the loop with what's coming on our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twofeetapart/ Browse our website: https://www.twofeetapart.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twofeetapart/support

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Thin Privilege is a huge advantage to people residing in thinner bodies, meaning that those who are thin often have thin privilege. Today's guest is very familiar with thin privilege and the impact it's had on her life growing up.    In today's episode, I am talking to Lauren Ghiacy, a personal trainer and fitness influencer who resides in a thin body. She is passionate about promoting a nonaesthetic-focused workout in general, prioritizing how you feel over how you look.    During our conversation, Lauren speaks on her own experience with thin privilege, dealing with online trolls and pushback, how to use your privilege responsibly, and dealing with fatphobia.    In this episode, we cover:   Lauren shares more on becoming a personal trainer and navigating diet culture [1:45] What it's like to be a  personal trainer online [8:12] Food stigma, thin privilege, and online hate [12:28] Tips on recognizing thin privilege and addressing fatphobia [17:48] Using your privilege responsibly [26:24] Lauren talks about marriage and having a supportive partner [31:17] Is there the perfect protein bar out there, and other stuff Lauren loves [37:49] Connect with Laura: IG: @Laura_GhiacyTiktok: @LauraGhiacy

After spending over 20 years as a health and fitness professional, a recent Abercrombie & Fitch ad promoting obesity caught my eye. There's an entire movement around "fat acceptance" and "thin privilege." Even #fitspo isn't safe from going woke. Julie Barrett on Twitter: "Our government made it abundantly clear during covid that diet and exercise was not important. Companies are capitalizing on the lack of interest in being healthy. But take note: most “fitness people” didn't buy into the covid lies - regardless of political affiliation https://t.co/OtMBfxiyXE" / TwitterWhat Is Thin Privilege? The Real Meaning and Who Has It (goodhousekeeping.com)Connect with me!info@juliebarrett.usJulie Barrett (@juliecbarrett) / Twitter(1) Julie Barrett Womansplaining | FacebookHome - Conservative Ladies of WashingtonSupport the show

After sharing a post about how exhausting I felt talking about diet culture (see post below), I realized a few things that I needed to name and share. On the podcast, I shared the post I shared, why it was an important piece for me to share openly, the reaction I received from the community, and two surprising take-aways; thin privilege and thin fragility.  I share and name my own thin privilege and get specific about how I know I'm privileged living inside of a straight-sized body. I also share my own fragility and how recognizing the impact of diet culture on marginalized identities is critical to our own freedom.  The social media post:  I know this is very uncool of me, but I get tired of talking about diet culture.  I'm in awe of so many of my colleagues that call out the harmful messages and inaccuracies we're being told about health, weight, food and body size.  I know I've done my share and there is more for me to do, but it just wears on me.  I feel hopeless. Like we are fighting a losing battle. Any impact I have is a faint whisper compared to the massive marketing machines behind diet culture kings like Weight Watchers, Noom, and Jenny Craig.  In this hopelessness, I feel indifference. Fine- go ahead. Keep marketing to kids. Keep lying to people and telling them your diet is a lifestyle plan. Take people's money and take away their body autonomy.  It makes me so angry, I could scream. But who do I scream at? Who do I call? It's like I'm swinging my arms blind folded. Diet culture is everywhere, with no obvious physical location.  I've given my hard earned money to Weight Watchers. I've been duped by them too.  Maybe that's why I'm tired of talking about diet culture. I'm mad at myself. I'm mad that I was deceived. I'm mad that all of my clients have been deceived too and they have to hire me.  I wish it never existed. I wish I never went on a diet when I was 12. Then I wouldn't have to talk about diet culture.  I realize now that I'm just fuckin' sad. That's all. 

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By neutralising body size, not focussing on weight loss and instead emphasising the importance of enjoying movement and caring for our bodies, Anna Hearn is reimagining what the fitness industry could look like. Plus, we discuss the elephant in the room: thin privilege.SHOW NOTES:00:56    A personal update07:18    What is thin privilege?15:07    How and why Anna's body inclusive fitness and yoga studio, Haven Wellness was born18:28    Moving the focus away from body transformations, fat loss and “no pain, no gain” – and towards balance, self-compassion and body attunement19:30    Speaking to clients and fitness professionals about HAES, weight neutrality and body acceptance, and creating a safe and comfortable environment for movement30:32    The value of sharing your own story and vulnerabilities as a fitness professional32:02    Thin privilege, Lindo Bacon and the ways other forms of privilege show up in the HAES movement38:00    Anna's favourite resources and teachers in the HAES and body inclusive fitness and yoga worlds.LINKS:Support the pod! BONUS episodes and exclusive goodies for subscribers:https://www.patreon.com/nondietyogiAnna's website: https://www.havenwellness.com.au/Anna's Instagram: @havenwellnessstudio https://www.instagram.com/havenwellnessstudio/Anna's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/havenwellnessstudioCasey's website: https://www.funkyforest.com.auCasey's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funkyforesthealthCasey's Instagram: @funky.forest.health    https://www.instagram.com/funky.forest.health/Non-Diet Yogi Instagram: @nondietyogi    https://www.instagram.com/nondietyogi/Grab your copy of my free e-book The Modern Yogi's BS-Free Guide to Wellbeing!https://www.funkyforest.com.au/a-modern-yogis-bs-free-guide-to-wellbeing.htmlSupport the show

Lisa is joined by Dr. Karla who talks about thin privilege, the body positive movement, diet culture and more. Dr. Karla Lester is a community pediatrician, life and weight coach, is board certified in obesity medicine and Founder of IME Community for Teens where self-love is your superpower to achieve your weight and life goals and make your mark in the world! If you live in Lincoln, you most likely know Dr. Karla as the founder of Teach a Kid to Fish, a local non-profit with a vision of creating community solutions for children's health. Dr. Karla, ActivistMD coaches parents and teens to cancel diet culture and be body positive in a body negative world.She is the author of a children's book, “the magical everywhere”, which you may find on her website imecommunity.com under IME Books. 

In this episode of The Up-Beet Dietitians podcast, Emily and Hannah discuss what thin privilege is, what it entails, and the issues revolving around it. In this episode, the girls talk about how thin privilege is integrated into everyday life, even if you don't realize it. From being told to lose weight to worrying about being able to sit in public transportation, thin privilege is prevalent. This isn't to say people who are thin are bad people, it's more so we live in a society that is crafted to accommodate thin individuals. Be sure to tune in for a very important conversation we need to all be having! This podcast is not a substitute for professional medical advice. If you have questions or concerns about any areas of your health, please seek advice from a medical professional. Social Media Links: The Up-Beet Dietitians Email: theupbeetdietitians@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theupbeetdietitians/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjuRtudZD8gAxXWv3ur_hw Emily Work with Emily: https://www.emknutrition.net/programs Website: www.emknutrition.net Instagram: @dietitianemk TikTok: @dietitianemily Hannah Work with Hannah: https://www.healthwithhannaht.com/programs Website & Blog: https://www.healthwithhannaht.com/ Instagram: @dietitian.hannah TikTok: @dietitianhannah YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWsiK2t3hD0XvWg2NJRU0A Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthwithhannaht Affiliate Links Microphone: https://amzn.to/3EYHEZ4 Webcam: https://bit.ly/3xbiXUm Small ring light: https://amzn.to/3ERs5lC Large ring light: https://bit.ly/3gJScRs Intuitive eating book: https://amzn.to/39GMP18 *DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that we provide we may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! Thank you for your support!* --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-up-beet-dietitians/support

Jenny Copeland, PsyD   So many of us in the community, whether it's in healthcare, or university settings, or fitness centers, are told “We don't see eating disorders here”. Dr. Copeland describes her setting in community mental health, and how they have grown to not only screen for eating disorders (and SHOCK to find many with Eds) but to provide excellent eating disorders care for those without insurance. An important takeaway is to find your people who are willing to learn and train – this way more people can receive care. These case managers are like “Therapy Extenders” We also learn what it's like to have our bodies show up in the room, because our body as meaning in the room.  What is Thin Privilege and how to work through grief if we are not in a privileged body. It's also important to have ‘lots of apologies' for harm we didn't intend to cause – not to have the client try to make us feel better, but showing them how WE are going to do the work. What about standing on the scale?  Is it more about the belief that it helps us ‘know how to eat'? Or could it be more about knowing how to feel? Did you know that 70-80% of therapists are OC (over-controlled)?  Dr. Copeland appreciates RO-DBT (radically open dialectical behavioral therapy) for people who like rules and routine and structure, and this is for eating disorders and so much more. Reconnect Eating Disorders Center – Quality, evidence based compassionate treatment for people without insurance. http://www.moedc.org/ Missouri Eating Disorders Council IG - @bodyuprogram Dr. Jenny Copeland's Recommended Seasonings: Trust my intuition and trust my people. Christy Harrison's Food Psych Podcast She's All Fat Podcast Opal Food and Body – The Appetite Dr. Gaudiani's competent medical care Jenny Copeland, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with Ozark Center where she leads the Reconnect Eating Disorders treatment team. She is an active member of the Missouri Eating Disorders Council. Dr. Copeland has conducted studies on weight stigma among healthcare providers, and developed programming rooted in weight inclusive frameworks to help people pursue balance within and outside themselves to find freedom in their bodies. Her work has earned awards including the Research and Evaluation Fellowship at The School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute and the inaugural NAAFA Health At Every Size Scholar Award. With your host Beth Harrell Follow Beth on Instagram

Such an amazing chat with Elana Berlin from @highonsweatt. We talked about think privilege, skinny shaming & traumatic doctors office experiences with the scale and body comments Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

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Episode 83: Emily Ratajkowski, Thin Privilege, and Sandra Lee Bartky This week we are reading Emily Ratajkowski's essay on her body, talking about thin privilege, and hearing the thoughts of Sandra Lee Bartky Follow us on Instagram and twitter: @the_ms_informed and on facebook.com/msinformedpodcast and support us on patreon.com/msinformed To get all the links to our sources, subscribe to our weekly, informative newsletter: msinformed.substack.com You can listen and subscribe on Spotify, Podimo, Sticher, Google, and Apple Podcasts.

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We talk all about thin privilege. This episode might be messy and we recognize that it may not be perfect. We likely missed some important points and aspects of this discussion. We simply wanted to address this and recognize these two RDs benefit from thin privilege and are working on learning and growing. We want to do better because humans deserve it. Kelly is drinking Slow Press Cabernet Sauvignon 2016. Cat is drinking a 2019 Tormaresca Chardonnay. We mention the following resources: Christy Harrison: Author of Anti-Diet: Reclaim your time, money, well-being, and happiness through intuitive eating. Blog post on What Thin Privilege Really Means Aubrey Gordon: Podcast: Maintenance Phase Dr. Lindo Bacon: Author of Health at Every Size: the Truth about your Weight and Radical Belonging Brianna Campos

Thin privilege in coaching is a reality that will impact your client relationship and coaching efficiency.   Here's the thin privilege definition: being able to experience the world knowing you will always be accommodated for and considered “acceptable”, based on the (smaller) size of your body.  Thin privilege in health coaching – what it means for non-diet coaching businesses is that coaches in smaller bodies have to take responsibility for their thin privilege in practice.  What you'll learn listening to this episode on thin privilege in coaching: Thin privilege – definition & what it means in practice The power of language when discussing bodies Why feeling guilty about your thin privilege isn't helping & what to do instead Your role as a non-diet coach when helping clients in larger bodies  Links mentioned in the show: Undiet Your Coaching Scholarship Non-Diet Professional Mentorship Program Free Professional Training & Resources Alissa Rumsey  Julie Duffy Dillon Connect with our guests: Website - Alissa Rumsey Instagram - Alissa Rumsey  Facebook Alissa Rumsey Website - Julie Duffy Dillon

Thin privilege in coaching is a reality that will impact your client relationship and coaching efficiency.   Here's the thin privilege definition: being able to experience the world knowing you will always be accommodated for and considered “acceptable”, based on the (smaller) size of your body.  Thin privilege in health coaching – what it means for non-diet coaching businesses is that coaches in smaller bodies have to take responsibility for their thin privilege in practice.  What you'll learn listening to this episode on thin privilege in coaching: Thin privilege – definition & what it means in practice The power of language when discussing bodies Why feeling guilty about your thin privilege isn't helping & what to do instead Your role as a non-diet coach when helping clients in larger bodies  Links mentioned in the show: Undiet Your Coaching Scholarship Non-Diet Professional Mentorship Program Free Professional Training & Resources Alissa Rumsey  Julie Duffy Dillon Connect with our guests: Website - Alissa Rumsey Instagram - Alissa Rumsey  Facebook Alissa Rumsey Website - Julie Duffy Dillon

On today's show, Nicole is joined by Kimmie Singh, a fat-positive dietitian working to help people improve their relationship with food and their bodies. Her work is rooted in the intimate understanding of fat stigma and oppression. We discuss weight as it relates to work in dietetics as well as thin privilege and fat phobia. Join for a candid conversation on a very sensitive subject. About Kimmie Singh: Kimmie is a fat Registered Dietitian based in New York City. She is the owner of Body Positive Dietitian, a private practice that supports individuals with eating disorders to heal their relationships with food and body. Kimmie supports her clients with a fat-positive and anti-oppressive framework and has a special passion for working with people that have polycystic ovarian syndrome. Kimmie is also a sought-after speaker and has presented at several national conferences. She presents on the effects of anti-fat stigma in healthcare and nutrition. Kimmie is a believer in kindness, compassion, and the power of advocacy. Learn more about Kimmie at www.bodypositivedietitian.com. Patreon | Love what you're hearing? Help fund ongoing episodes through donations as little as $1/month. Learn more here! Leave a review | When you leave a five star iTunes review, it helps others with similar interests and passions find us when they're looking for new content. Thank you in advance! Resources and Show Notes Body Positive Dietitian  Kimmie Singh / Body Positive Dietitian on Instagram Shop the Soho Chocolate Hummus from Sabra

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Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions, and sometimes answers, on fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture and the author of The Eating Instinct, and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia. I am so thrilled today to be chatting with Aubrey Gordon. Aubrey is the author of What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat. She is @yrfatfriend everywhere on social media, and the co-host of the very beloved Maintenance Phase podcast. Aubrey, welcome.Aubrey Thanks so much for having me, it’s a delight to talk to you. As always. VirginiaI’m delighted, and I know my readers are going to be so delighted. So I’m bringing you on to talk about the concept of thin privilege, because I think, this is a concept that’s very hard for folks to wrap their brains around. Whenever I talk about it on social media, it inspires a lot of angry comments, a lot of defensiveness, and just a lot of feelings that come up around this concept. I’m hoping we can unpack that, and discuss how parents can explain thin privilege to our kids. Because part of the problem is that people haven’t heard of thin privilege, and now they’re grown up. So let’s start with the basics. What is thin privilege?AubreyI would say thin privilege is how folks benefit from a proximity to thinness. So whether or not you feel like you yourself qualify as “being really thin,” the closer you are to looking thin, the more thin privilege you get. Congratulations! And that includes many fat people, right? I have more thin privilege at about 350 pounds than someone who’s fatter than me does. The idea is that the closer that you get to thinness, the more you actually don’t have to think about your body or your size in terms of how other people relate to it and treat it. You may think about it quite a bit internally, but most of your struggles with your body relate to internal challenges and not to institutions rejecting you, or individuals treating you differently.So, someone with more thin privilege than me might not have to worry about strangers on the street shouting “hey, fatso” at them. Or they might not have to worry about whether or not a doctor will agree to treat them. Or they might not have to worry if they get on a plane, will they be allowed to stay on that plane, or will they be escorted off the plane without a refund and without recourse. It doesn’t mean that folks in smaller bodies don’t have challenges to work through with relationship to body image. I think it’s really important to note that thin privilege is about how other people treat you, not how you feel about your own body. So you can still have profound body image struggles, but that doesn’t change how other people treat you, even with body dysmorphia, even with eating disorders, even with whatever you’re working with. Other people still perceive you as a thinner person and treat you as a thinner person, regardless of how you perceive yourself.Virginia I think that distinction between your own emotions about your body versus how the world perceives your body is crucial. And that’s what makes it hard for folks who feel like, “I’m miserable in my body, so how can I have thin privilege?” But it’s all the things you just said, it’s that you can move through the world freely, even though you might be tormented in some way by your body.AubreyIt can be upsetting and call up defensiveness in the same way that talking about any kind of privilege can. As someone who has grown up white and middle class and remains white and middle class, I have been told consistently throughout my life that my accomplishments are my own. I haven’t really had to look at the ways in which the wind is at my back, right? And the ways in which structures are built to support me specifically as a white person and a middle class person. And I think this is a similar thing. It doesn’t mean that you’re less accomplished. It doesn’t mean that you don’t struggle with your body image, it doesn’t mean that anything inherent about you has changed. It just means becoming more aware of the ways in which the world receives your body.VirginiaSo I was reading some of your writing about this (and I’ll link in the transcript to all the many fantastic articles you’ve written on thin privilege [like this one and this one], and one statistic that really jumped out at me was that just under 50 percent of American adults tried to lose weight between 2013 and 2016, according to the CDC. And you noted that white people and people with higher incomes were the most likely to be engaged in weight loss efforts, meaning that those of us with particularly pronounced privileges are the ones most likely to be engaged in activities to try to reduce our size. Is thin privilege something that already privileged people are actively seeking out?Aubrey Absolutely. Part of that, to my mind—there’s less research on this, this is all just me spitballing—but, to my mind, that is tied to the very explicit history of racism broadly, and anti-Blackness in particular. It’s tied to how we think and talk about fatness and fat people. It’s also tied to our relationship between class and fatness. Overwhelmingly, we are met with these media caricatures of fat people as being poorer than thin people, we are met with caricatures of fat Black folks, particularly as being the most abrasive of fat people, right? And most domineering or least intelligent or whatever—it sort of supercharges any of our existing associations with a community. So, yes, thin privilege is something that we seek, and it’s something that we seek in order to escape the ways that we actually do see fat people being treated: frankly, significantly worse than thin people. So folks will feel defensive of and disconnected from a sense of their own privilege, while at the same time on some level, kind of consciously cashing in on it or trying to figure out how to gain more of that privilege.Virginia I was talking to Deb Burgard about this a few years ago, and she said, a lot of the body positivity movement is small fat women trying to get their white privilege back, trying to move themselves back up the ladder, in a way. The intersection of all of this is fascinating, and uncomfortable. It’s hard to look at how we’ve benefited from these systems.AubreyI also think the hard thing about bodies is that we do live and operate in a culture that makes absolutely all of us feel like garbage in our bodies. Like 100 percent of people. It’s set up so that all of us feel bad. And part of the challenge is that we conflate how we feel about our bodies and how we’ve been made to feel about our bodies, with how much privilege comes with being in that body. And we’ve got to do a better job of disentangling those things, which will allow us to actually honor both of them more.Virginia Let’s talk about thin privilege with kids. I see this coming up in a couple different ways. One example that I talked about recently on social was a friend shopping for softball pants for her 8-year-old daughter, and finding that her daughter can’t wear the same uniform that her peers are wearing.AubreyThat’s so—listeners cannot see my face. But it’s a sad, bummed face. VirginiaI was a thin kid. I never had to think about whether the uniform would fit me. Or how that becomes a barrier to participation. If you’re the kid wearing sweatpants when everyone else is wearing the uniform, you don’t feel like you can play the sport in the same way. What other ways do you see thin privilege show up for kids?AubreyI think a big one is the built environment. For me in middle school and high school, those desks with a chair attached were like a real special kind of hell. I couldn’t flip the desk down, I would just have to sort of like, sit in the chair with the desk flapped up, which was like a little flag waving like, “Hi, everybody. I’m the fat kid. Hello! Look over here.”So I would try and write on my knee. And my notes were kind of garbage. It just made things—not insurmountable, but it was more difficult than it should have been.It is rare that schools or teachers are outfitting schools—and the same can be true of parents at friend’s houses—with furniture, knowing the weight capacity and that sort of thing. I ended up opting out of a lot of playdates with friends and physical games. I remember going to laser tag, and there was a point at which I stopped going, because I thought the laser tag vest thing wasn’t going to fit me anymore. So I stopped going to friend’s birthday parties. There is sort of a social isolation element that comes with all of this stuff. And I think, you know, it never would have occurred to me at the time. But boy, oh, boy, like just a thimble full of awareness from anybody’s parents could have gone just miles and miles and miles.VirginiaWhat should that look like? A lot of my readers are parents. Some of them are parents of fat kids, a lot of them are parents of thinner kids or kids with degrees of thin privilege. How do we talk to our kids about this concept? How can we be more mindful of exactly what you’re saying: thinking through the logistics of the birthday party, thinking through the logistics of the sports team, or whatever it is to make environments more inclusive for kids?AubreySo I come to this conversation, not as a parent, but as a very proud and engaged aunt. So a grain of salt from a guy who’s not taking care of kids around the clock. But I do think that talking to your kids about, “Do you think everybody can do this? Do you think everybody would be comfortable doing this? Who do you want to have there? Oh, I’m not sure if this kid could do that.” I think this works around size, I think it works around disability, I think it works on a lot of stuff.I have, as you can imagine, been very open with my niece and nephew both about what I do and what I write about, and why it matters. And I felt nervous about it, because it feels sort of “controversial” or high stakes or something to talk to kids about body stuff. But as with talking to kids about trans issues, or race, or disability, or any sort of social issue, they are totally down. And it has opened up this vein of conversation that I don’t think I would have had with them. My niece, who’s now 14 will come to me and be like, “My friend is constantly telling me how fat she feels, and I’m actually fatter than her, so it feels really bad to me. But I don’t want to take away how she’s feeling, but also she calls her little brother ‘fat’ as an insult.” So we have these pretty rich conversations to unpack all of those competing things.Because when you just sit down with a kid and you’re like, “Listen, man, sometimes people are fatter than other people. And sometimes people are mean to people who are fatter than other people or think that they don’t deserve the same things. And so we’re going to do a little looking out for fat people. What do you say?” That’s pretty much it and I don’t actually know a kid who isn’t moved to be a helper. So just tapping into that goes a long, long way.VirginiaI’ve found that in talking to my own kids about body size, they can use the word fat in this very unaffected, natural way that is so beautiful to me, as someone who had to go through the process of reclaiming it. It’s like, this won’t be something you have to reclaim. This will just be a word for you. Oh!AubreyI feel like the conversations that I have with folks who are parents is with parents who are not fat, raising kids who are not fat, right? And they’re really nervous that they’re going to have the thin kid who’s calling everybody fat.The way that I’ve handled that is to just be like, “Hey, this is a totally neutral word. Some people get their feelings hurt by it. So check in with people about what words they’re okay with. And then if they're okay with it, you can use it, it’s fine.” Creating even a sliver of daylight between what the word itself means and how people experience that word, can help kids navigate that. We do this all the time with words related to your private parts. There are lots and lots of times that we’re sort of teaching kids about when and whether words are appropriate. And this is another one of those.Virginia I also think you can talk about bodies in a really positive, normal way, and also teach your kids that we don’t talk about the bodies of other people, just like we don't touch the bodies of other people without their consent. If your 5 year old yells it out in a grocery store, that’s a great opportunity to say, “Hey, you know, we don’t actually yell out people’s physical characteristics in public, because you just don’t know how that’s gonna land. But it doesn’t mean that their bodies are bad. It just means that we respect that people’s bodies belong to them.”AubreyI think a totally neutral parallel is: You don’t show up at a party unless you get an invitation to that party. It doesn’t have to be like loaded and heavy. You don’t take a book from the library, if you haven’t checked it out and made sure it’s available. There are lots and lots and lots of ways that we check on something first before we go ahead and do it.VirginiaThose are great examples. So steering away from kids for a little bit: You talk a lot about fat people having these different levels of thin privilege, and why it’s so important to articulate the difference between what I as a size 16 experiences versus what you experience. And that’s something that the body positive space, the Health At Every Size space, we haven’t always been great at doing that. The small fat ladies like myself have done a lot of damage, and we have some karma to work off. So I have a question from a reader that’s actually a little more about health privilege than thin privilege, but I think they’re very related and I would love to get your take on this.She writes: “I’d like there to be more conversation about fat people who do have chronic health issues that medical professionals insist are brought on by how we eat or how we move, particularly diabetes, which is the dirty word of our culture right now. So many people dealing with this health issue are given poorer care because of the fatphobia of their doctors. Having this disease is like an open invitation to be judged and demeaned. The discourse stressing that it’s possible and even likely to be perfectly healthy and fat, while true, leaves out those of us who aren’t ‘perfect’ or ‘healthy in this paradigm. This is more of a screed than a question.” AubreyThere’s so much to unpack and I’m so deeply glad that this person wrote in about this, because this is a thing that I feel extremely passionately about. When we’re trying to defend ourselves against anti-fat bias and anti-fat attitudes and behaviors, the thing that is most tempting and the easiest to do is to grab on to the closest other privilege that we have, and go: I might be fat, but I eat really healthy and I shop at the farmers market; or I might be fat, but I workout all the time, and I have a gym membership; or I might be fat, but I’m perfectly healthy, and my blood work is probably better than yours. All of which makes sense as a desire to defend ourselves.When we do that, what we’re saying is that fat people who are disabled and chronically ill are not deserving of the same things that we’re deserving of. That’s not necessarily our intention when we say those things, but that is the function. It sends a really clear exclusionary message, in the same way that when thin women tell me that body positivity is only for people who are happy and healthy, which is sort of code for, like, not fat, right? So, not you, everyone else can feel okay about their bodies, but not you, is sort of what we’re doing when we say that we’re perfectly healthy. And we’re reinforcing the idea that our perception of someone else’s health is acceptable data to use in deciding how to treat that person. And it is, I would argue, categorically not.I mean, what we know about diabetes is that it is—well, I should start out by saying, what we don’t know about diabetes is almost everything. Just to be real clear: Everybody everywhere is walking around out in the world, like, “Oh, you just have to not eat sugar and not get fat and you won't be diabetic.” Currently, the research is reckoning with, do you get fat because you’re diabetic, or are you diabetic because you’re fat. And there’s some data showing that your body might actually hang on to fat, as it becomes insulin resistant, pre-diabetic and diabetic, right? So we might actually be thinking of it in a completely backwards way. We also know that it’s linked to the stress of experiencing discrimination. So all of that judgment about being diabetic, or maybe becoming diabetic, is rooted in ableism. It’s rooted in these kinds of misconceptions. I’m starting to dive into that research now, and I’m realizing the degree to which that is all categorically false. We are all walking around with this weird false sense of superiority like we’ve all outsmarted diabetes. And anyone who has been forced to take that deep dive knows that that is not the case. We think of it as an earned fate, and we talk about it as something that fat folks should have thought about before they got fat and stayed fat.VirginiaIt all ties back to this belief that we have to dismantle that fat is a behavior. That this is all a choice, that it’s all an option that you checked off on a list of like, yes, I will take fat and I will take diabetes.But attaching moral virtue to things that have to do with your genetic and socioeconomic and other lotteries of life really just doesn’t make sense.AubreyThere’s a sociologist named Robert Crawford, who coined this term in the 1980s called healthism, which is about the ways in which we seek out these signifiers that we are people who are seeking health, so we can perform that for people. I would say we are in a real boom time of healthism. Like people are Instagramming their celery juice, they’re wearing athleisure clothes everywhere. People are opting for things like Peloton and Equinox, right? And all of these see-and-be-seen things are very class coded. They are not just a way of saying I’m healthy, but a way of saying I’m healthy and I have disposable income. So it’s worth thinking about creating a sliver of daylight between what is your actual current health status, and what are the things that you are either judging other people on or seeking to be judged on in a particular way, positive or negative? That feels really important for all of us, regardless of size, and regardless of ability.VirginiaThat leads me to my last question. Another reader wrote in and asks: What do I do as a thin person to be an ally in all of this? I think when we’re talking about thin privilege, that’s an important piece of it. But she also says, when I talk to my friends in bigger bodies, do I acknowledge my privilege? Or is that unnecessary? This question also comes up from people who want to post about, like some workout achievement, but the performative aspect of that makes it really icky. So I’m curious to hear your thoughts on some of that.AubreyI’m also curious to hear yours. I would say, in talking to friends, and folks that you have close social relationships with, ask them how they want to talk about it. And then do those things. Ask them what kind of support that they want and need and do those things. If they say, God, I’m getting ready for a doctor’s appointment, and I feel really nervous about it, you can say, what makes you feel nervous? Do you want me to go with you? Do you want moral support? Should we check in afterwards, and like get cocktails so you can decompress? What would be helpful? I think we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to already know what the right thing is, and to know how to read somebody else’s mind. And there’s enough difference in experience and desire here to be able to say, what’s helpful here? What are the words that you use to describe your body? What are the words you’d like me to use? Do you want to talk about this stuff? Do you never want to talk about stuff? You tell me. I think just opening up that conversation is a really great starting point.The other thing I would say—I’m in my office right now, Virginia can see it, there is a guest bed behind me. We just replaced the bed frame. I made weight capacity a priority for it. It’s our guest bed and I found a really inexpensive bed frame that is rated for up to 1000 pounds. So now I know, whoever comes to see us, they can stay in our guest bed. So thinking about stuff like that, like when you’re in the market for chairs, or for a bed or whatever, being mindful of like, does this chair have arms? How close together are they? Could somebody fit into these? What’s the weight capacity? Do I know who it’s built to fit? It will make it harder, but it’ll make it harder in a way that it’s already hard for fat people.VirginiaClothing is my other one on this. Something great that thin folks can do is support brands that are somewhat inclusive. I mean, it’s impossible to support brands that are fully inclusive, because they don’t exist, but to whatever extent that’s possible. I had an unpleasant interaction yesterday with a small fat woman who was asking for, oh, where should I look for summer dresses, and I suggested some plus size brands, and she was offended. She was like, “I mean, I’m not that big. I don’t need that.” And I thought, oh, I can’t talk to you about this anymore. I’m putting up a boundary, we’re done. Because, it’s okay, you can be at the smaller end of a clothing line just as much as you were otherwise at the upper end of the clothing line. Why is that somehow a problem for you?AubreyI think this actually gets us right back to thin privilege. That is someone who, in that moment, was like, “You are aligning me with fat people, I know how people think about and treat fat people, I will be over here with the thin people, thank you. How dare you.”VirginiaEven though I’m barely fitting into these clothes, and I’m complaining because I don’t have good options. But I’m going to be over here, you know, cramming into that size 14 or whatever.When it comes to talking about personal experiences, I do think there’s an argument for people not performing workouts on social media. And certainly not performing weight loss on social media, because you just don’t know who that’s going to be triggering for. And if you’re talking about your struggles, maybe don’t talk about it in the “I feel fat” way. Because that’s saying, I don’t want your body, and that’s really harmful to people.AubreyI also think asking for consent about that stuff is important, too. Like, “I’m having a bad body image day, are you up for talking about it?” Getting consent both for fat folks, for people with eating disorders, for all manner of folks, is a helpful thing. And doing that in a way that checks yourself in the process, not just for the person that you’re talking to, but also for your own perception. Like “I’m having a really hard time finding clothes that fit,” and “I know people who wear larger sizes than I do, and I can’t imagine what it’s like for them. This is so frustrating, right?” So at least you are in the process acknowledging the experience of either the person that you’re talking to or fat people more broadly. It broadens the conversation, even if you’re talking to another thin person, to reintroduce the awareness that you ideally have, but maybe don’t carry with you into those conversations. I will say there are, on a personal level, few things more frustrating to me than when a thin person sees me—a thin person who feels badly about their own body—and will go, “Look how fat she is, she must feel terrible, I gotta tell her all of my insecurities, and all of my bad feelings about my body.” Which then translates to me as, okay, this person hates their body and they must be absolutely repulsed by mine. So then it’s like, oh, great. Now everyone feels terrible. What have we accomplished here? Everyone feels worse? Cool.The other thing that I would say on the body image front is that there’s actually quite a bit of research into negative body talk. When we talk about our own bodies in a negative way, when we talk about other people’s bodies in a negative way, we think of that as being a thing that like, expels and gets rid of, and vents a lot of that.Virginia...and bonds us to other people...AubreyYeah, and bonds us to other people. The research actually shows the exact opposite, that it worsens our own mental state, it weakens our relationships, it leads to less sexual satisfaction, it leads to weaker friendships, it leads to all of these things, just when we talk about it, not how we feel to begin with. But when we give it more air time, it expands to fit the space that we give it. And it doesn’t only impact us when we talk about it, anyone within earshot experiences those negative outcomes. So I think it’s also worth thinking about body shaming as a pollutant. What’s the pollutant that you’re putting into the environment? Is it in a well ventilated area? Does everybody know that it’s being polluted? Like, how do you want to go about this? I also just think this is another one, sort of like the diabetes stuff, where we are pretty sure we know how this works. And the research shows us that it is in fact, you know, maybe the opposite.VirginiaThat thing you thought was so helpful is making everything worse.Aubrey For you and for people that you care about.VirginiaTo bring it back to parenting, that’s why the number one advice I give parents is please do not narrate your own body stuff to your kids, you are directly passing that baggage on to them at that point.AubreyAbsolutely. And I think it’s important for parents to note, there’s been a teeny tiny bit of research on this, you probably know it better than I do at this point, that it is actually just as powerful a negative force for kids to hear their parents talk negatively about their own bodies as it is to hear their parents talk negatively about their bodies. Your kid is not distinguishing between when you say that they are too fat versus when you say that you are too fat, or when you say that their thighs are hideous, or when you say that your thighs are hideous. Whatever the things are, right? Those have the same impact. That’s really tough to hear. It was really tough for me to learn. It feels so hard to be like people are honestly struggling, and the impacts are still tough.VirginiaOn the flip side, there is also a nice study (that I wrote about here), which showed that when parents who are struggling stopped talking, the kids did better. It’s nice to know there’s something you can do and that you can find a therapist or somebody else with whom you can have that conversation and your child is not that person in your life.AubreyOr a friend who consents, or whatever the framework needs to be, just like a consensual relationship that is about that thing. Totally take it there. It doesn’t mean you have to never talk about it. It just means being more mindful about when and whether and with whom?VirginiaWell, I could talk to you all day about this, but I know you have an appointment. Thanks so much for joining us!AubreyThank you for having me! 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Reflecting on her personal history as a non-diet dietitian, Julie shares her history as a picky eater, thoughts on her genetics, and how it contributed to the way in which she practices nutrition therapy. Her thin privilege afforded her benefits that led to many of the insights that are foundational in how she works with clients. Listen in for advice on ditching the weight charts in order to be a more intuitive eater and to skip the dieting weight roller coaster all together. For more on healing your relationship with food and your body head on over to shamefreeeating.com for free resources and how you can work with Julie.

In today's episode, Jenna Free from The Body Love Society and I talk about thing privilege, body acceptance, HAES movement, and more. If this episode resonates with you, it would mean a lot of if you left a review, screenshot and tag me, or send it to someone who needs to hear it!

Welcome to NAMI OC Presents: It's Okay to Feel with Jenipher and Nōn!On the fifth episode of It's Okay to Feel, Jenipher & Nōn gab with each other about body image and how the size of our bodies can impact our mental wellness. We jump right into talking about how prevalent thin privilege and fat phobia are in our society. Our guest today is Lindley Ashline, a photographer, author, cat mom, and body activist. She also helps people reclaim their bodies through photography by capturing images of people of all sizes, ethnicities and genders, not just the ones whose bodies are likely to be seen in magazines and advertisements. Lindley is wonderful, and we think you're going to love her too!In this episode we talk about:Body Shame & positivityHealth at Every SizeFat-phobiaThin privilegeAccessibility of therapyAnd more!Resources: Lindley Ashline's WebsiteLindley's InstagramNAMI Orange CountyYou, Me, Empathy (Non's podcast)The Feely Human CollectiveRainy Day Diaries (Jenipher's podcast)It's Okay to Feel show notesCrisis line, warmline, and crisis groupsDisclaimers:It's Okay To Feel is for informational/educational and/or entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric advice, diagnosis, or treatment.  It's Okay to Feel is Funded by the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA), Behavioral Health Services, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. 

Intro On today's episode, Jessie and Anita talk about how societal and medical weight stigma affect the health and wellbeing of pregnant humans. --- If you liked this episode of To Birth and Beyond, tell your friends! Find us on iTunes and Stitcher to rate/review/subscribe to the show. Want more? Visit www.ToBirthAndBeyond.com, join our Facebook group (To Birth and Beyond Podcast), and follow us on Instagram @tobirthandbeyondpodcast! Thanks for listening and joining the conversation! Resources and References  TBAB ep 50 on Plus Size Pregnancy: https://www.holistichealthphysio.com/single-post/2019/01/22/Podcast---Plus-Size-Pregnancy-with-Bebo-Mia     Time Stamps2:58 - Today we are talking about thin privilege in pregnancy, and we are going to do our best to offer as much perspective as we possibly can in this conversation. We recognize we are limited!3:50 - What IS “thin privilege”?5:15 - It's time to consider/review your thoughts/assumptions of people in fat bodies!6:06 - Jessie and Anita discuss how they were treated/commented on in smaller bodies during pregnancy.9:39 - Let's talk about this idea of being congratulated in pregnancy for what your body looks like.11:45 - For your consideration: If you see a smaller pregnant person vs. a larger pregnant person, would you give the same comment you are thinking to both? Which would you give it to?14:05 - Pregnant peoples' concern/stress around commentary on their pregnant bodies.15:08 - Medical care providers carry these weight and size stigmas with them as well!15:33 - What we really want to get across with this conversation (pssst - it's about inner work!)16:55 - Our challenge to you!

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In this episode Anna and I talk about what the term “Body Love” means to us, how she developed Body Love Yoga, how ableism in the yoga and fitness industry is rooted in the patriarchy, and how to get comfortable taking up space in this world. In this episode we cover how to navigate difficult conversations around asking for seat belt extenders, chairs without arms (AKA fat positive chairs), and writing open letters to public figures to elicit uncomfortable but necessary conversations. Anna also answers a listener question about her favorite fat positive yoga clothing brands. Navigating BodyLove IRL At the Airport It's no secret that airplanes are uncomfortable. But if you're living in a thin body, you might not realize that this discomfort is heightened if you're living in a larger body. Anna gives some practical tips on how to make traveling more physically and emotionally comfortable. Get a seat belt extender (bring one or ask for one) Keep bags in the overhead to save leg room Always bring your own snack Noise cancelling headphones to block out sighs or negative comments Hoodie or scarf to “cocoon up” Make sure to go to the bathroom before getting on plane Travel with a friend + put the armrest up! Breathing - 3 counts in and out Grounding practice - Feel your feet on the ground With Public Figures Anna talks about how author Brene Brown has played a vital role in her ability to navigate fatphobia, but also doesn't recognize how some of her writing perpetuates the shame that people in larger bodies feel on a regular basis (see episode 47 to learn more about this!). Anna went to one of Brene's events a few months back and felt empowered to ask for a more comfortable chair (without armrests), and when she returned home, wrote an open letter to Brene Brown which is one of my favorite things ever written. Listener Q/A What are your favorite plus size activewear brands? Bombsheller Lineage Wear Universal Standard Resources: Jessi's Intuitive Eating Audio Guide Nutrition & Body Image Coaching Skills for Personal Trainers Mentorship/Internship Posting Anna's Website Anna's Letter to Brene Brown Joyn app

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…