#56: Body Shame and the Whiteness of Wellness with Jessica Wilson, Registered Dietitian and Author

Jessica Wilson, author of the forthcoming book It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting The Story Of Black Women's Bodies, joins the pod to explore the ways in which white supremacy has influenced anti-fatness, the thin beauty ideal, and our current understanding of health and wellness. 

This is SUCH an important conversation and imperative to truly understanding the body shame that permeates our society. In order to heal, we must be able to see clearly the social injustice that underpins the diet industry, the pursuit of weight-loss, and the ever-increasing prevalence of eating disorders. Jessica is fantastic, brilliant, and a much-needed voice in this space. Go order her book!

Some of the topics we discuss:

• What’s on Jessica’s plate right now as an author(!!) and clinician
• Jessica’s body story, her experience of medical weight stigma growing up, and how that impacted her relationship with food
• Disordered eating and diet culture in her dietetics education
• How Jessica found HAES and anti-diet work
• Intersectionality and centering black women in weight-inclusive work
• The history of how anti-blackness informs anti-fatness and diet culture
• Where and why intuitive eating can miss the mark when it comes to hunger, whiteness, and privilege

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