A major part of moving away from diet culture can be embracing the bodies we currently have, regardless of our body’s size or how “acceptable” diet culture deems it. And in that journey, looking at and realizing our internalized fatphobia can come up and be a lot. In this episode I talk with fat activist Amanda Martinez Beck on fat activism, fatness, the systemic things that affect fatness and how we can embrace the fact that our bodies (and all bodies) are good.
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Small Steps in the Show:
- Imagine what you would say to the younger version of yourself going through a hard time and have compassion for yourself
- Eat what sounds good to you, regardless of how “healthy” diet culture deems it
- Get support from a professional if you feel like you can’t eat or it’s unsafe (see links below)
- Read the Fat Girl Bill of Rights and use them as comforting things
- Diversify your feeds and media to show larger bodies and bodies that are a different size
- Look at the levels of Fat Allyship and listen to the Fat and Faithful podcast (links below) to see where and how you can support folks in larger bodies
Mentioned in the Show:
Buy my Enamel Pin
Small Steps #17 What is Diet Culture?
Amanda’s IG Post on Fat as an Accessibility Issue
Amanda’s IG Post on Internalized Fatphobia
NEDA directory for eating disorder support
Free & Low Cost Support from NEDA
Amanda’s IG Post on Fat Allyship
Fat and Faithful Podcast episode on Fat Allyship
Amanda’s Website
Work with Amanda
Fat and Faithful Podcast
Buy Amanda’s Book, Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me
The Good Body Etsy Store
Join Amanda’s Newsletter (to get the Fat Girl Bill of Rights)
Follow Amanda on Instagram | Facebook
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