#130: How to Fight Fatphobia in Woke Spaces with Melissa Toler, Anti-Diet Educator and Writer
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2017
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Anti-diet educator and writer Melissa Toler comes on the show this week to talk fatphobia in woke spaces, why social justice needs to be a cornerstone of the body acceptance movement, social determinants of health and the effect of discrimination on wellness, addressing diet culture on a systemic level rather than just a personal one, and much more! PLUS, Christy answers a listener question about how to handle weight gain and hormonal issues that seemingly came out of nowhere.
Melissa Toler is a speaker, writer, and educator. Her work encourages people to make the connection between our culture's oppressive beauty standards and our personal struggle with self-acceptance. She has written extensively on diet culture and the toll it takes on our lives and humanity. Her goal is to help people unlearn harmful messages and behaviors from years of chronic dieting. Melissa also has a background as a pharmacist and certified wellness coach. Find her online at melissatoler.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to FoodSike, a podcast about intuitive eating, |
| 0:04.0 | health at every size, and body liberation. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host, Christy Harrison, and I'm an anti-diet, |
| 0:10.0 | registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, |
| 0:13.0 | offering online courses and programs to help people |
| 0:16.0 | all over the world make peace with food. |
| 0:18.0 | Join me here every week as I talk with interesting people |
| 0:21.0 | from all walks of life about their relationships |
| 0:24.0 | with food and their bodies. |
| 0:27.0 | I remember I was teething, little gums bleeding, |
| 0:31.0 | cry their evening, it was all about eating. |
| 0:34.0 | When I became a teen, it was all about beefing now, |
| 0:37.0 | ready for the world, trying to sink my teeth in. |
| 0:40.0 | Stacking it. |
| 0:41.0 | Hey there, welcome to episode 130 of FoodSike. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm your host, Christy Harrison, and today I have a little bit |
| 0:47.0 | of a cold, so you might hear that in my voice both on this intro |
| 0:50.0 | and in the episode, but the show must go on. |
| 0:53.0 | So today I'm talking with Melissa Toller, a speaker, |
| 0:56.0 | writer, and educator whose work encourages people to make |
| 0:59.0 | the connection between our culture's oppressive beauty |
| 1:02.0 | standards and our own personal struggle with self-acceptance. |
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