The Fat Doctor Podcast How to dance your way through weight stigma (with Arielle and Zoe)
In the final episode of the series, Dr. Natasha Larmie is joined by Arielle, owner of Dance Life in Madison, WI, and her wife Zoe. Their love for each other and their passion for encouraging and uplifting folks through dance makes this episode a fun and inspirational way to end the first season of ‘The Fat Doctor Podcast’.
Together Natasha, Arielle and Zoe discuss:
- The challenges of recovering from an eating disorder in a larger body
- The history of belly dancing and the influence of White European culture on this particular form of dance
- The joys of embracing one's belly
- The benefits of freeing oneself from the male gaze
- How to challenge fat oppression through joyful movement
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Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
Dance Life, Madison, WI.
Dance Life is on Instagram
More about the show:
How would you react if someone told you that most of what we are taught to believe about healthy bodies is a lie?
How would you feel if that person was a medical doctor with over 20 years experience treating patients and seeing the harm caused by all this misinformation?
In her podcast, Dr Natasha Larmie, an experienced General Practitioner and self-styled Fat Doctor, examines and challenges 'health' as we know it through passionate, unfiltered conversations with guest experts, colleagues and friends.
She tackles the various ways in which weight stigma and anti-fat bias impact both individuals and society as a whole. From the classroom to the boardroom, the doctors office to the local pub,
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