#103: Social Justice and Racism in the Body-Positive Movement with Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

Health, Food, Bodypositive, Antidiet, Recovery, Fat, Dietculture, Weight, Eating, Positivity, Intuitive, Diet, Nutrition, Psychology, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Body

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🗓️ 8 May 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Body-acceptance activist Gloria Lucas (Nalgona Positivity Pride) shares why she created an organization devoted to helping people of color heal from diet culture, why the traditional medical model of eating disorder recovery didn't work for her, the role of trauma in her disordered eating, how intersectional feminism helped in her healing, why the mainstream body-positive movement isn't meeting the needs of people of color and other marginalized groups, the role of historical trauma in creating and maintaining body shame, and lots more!

Gloria is the founder and director of Nalgona Positivity Pride, a xicana-indigenous body-positive project that focuses on eating disorders awareness and cultural affirmation. She is a frequent lecturer across the country covering topics such as the connection of historical trauma and disordered eating. Gloria’s work has been featured at the Huffington Post, Univision, The Body is not an Apology, and many more. She lives in Los Angeles, CA where she is an active entrepreneur and eating disorders support group organizer. Find her on Instagram at @nalgonapositivitypride and on Tumblr @nalgonapride.

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0:00.0	Welcome to FoodSike, a podcast about intuitive eating, body positivity, and health at every
0:05.8	size.
0:06.8	I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified
0:10.7	intuitive eating counselor, specializing in weight-inclusive wellness.
0:14.8	Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships
0:18.8	with food.
0:20.8	Hey there, welcome to episode 103 of FoodSike.
0:38.6	I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and today I'm talking with Gloria Lucas, the founder
0:42.4	of Nalgona Positivity Pride.
0:44.8	It's an organization devoted to helping people of color heal from body shame and diet culture
0:49.3	and recover from eating disorders.
0:51.6	It's got a really huge following online and has resonated so much with her community.
0:55.9	I was very excited to talk with Gloria about her story and how she decided to found this
1:01.2	organization and all the great things she's doing to create support for people of color
1:05.4	who might be let down by the traditional medical model of eating disorders or the mainstream
1:11.4	body positive movement, which doesn't really showcase a lot of diversity all the time.
1:16.9	It's a really great episode, a really important episode, and it might challenge some of your
1:21.4	beliefs out there.
1:22.6	It might also really resonate with some folks out there.
1:25.8	I would love to hear all of your perspectives on how this episode landed with you.
1:30.1	Come on over to our FoodSike podcast listener crew on Facebook and you can share there.
1:35.0	You can get to it by going to KristiHarrison.com slash community, and that will redirect you
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