#226: Aging and Ageism, Pretty Privilege, and Being Fat and Beautiful with Kimberly Dark, Sociologist and Author
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
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🗓️ 10 February 2020
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Sociology professor, writer, and performer Kimberly Dark returns to the podcast to discuss her latest book, Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old; why appearance is a form of privilege; how ageism intersects with other oppressions; how diet culture has influenced our ideas about self-improvement; why women are often penalized for not wearing makeup; and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about how alcohol consumption fits into intuitive eating.
Kimberly Dark is a writer, professor and raconteur, working to reveal the hidden architecture of everyday life so that we can reclaim our power as social creators. She’s the author of Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old, The Daddies, and Love and Errors. Her essays, stories and poetry are widely published in academic and popular publications alike (Ms, Ravishly, Everyday Feminism).
Since the 1990s, Kimberly has been facilitating discovery-based learning internationally -- in person, as well as in writing. She hosts retreats, and travels to teach workshops and offer keynote presentations. Her work uses storytelling in lectures and performances themed to help audiences discover the contours of privilege and oppression and use their own complex wisdom about the world. Kimberly teaches sociology at Cal State San Marcos and writing/arts courses at Cal State Summer Arts. Learn more at KimberlyDark.com.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Food Psych is brought to you by my book, Anti-Diet, Reclaim Your Time, |
| 0:04.8 | Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, which is now available wherever |
| 0:09.5 | books are sold. |
| 0:11.0 | Just go to ChristyHarrison.com slash book to order it online or pop into your local independent |
| 0:16.2 | bookstore and ask for Anti-Diet. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, health at every size, body liberation, |
| 0:24.6 | and taking down diet culture. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm your host, Christy Harrison, and I'm an Anti-Diet Registered Dietitian, Certified |
| 0:31.1 | Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Author of Anti-Diet. |
| 0:34.6 | Join me here every week as I talk with fellow anti-diet advocates about their journeys toward |
| 0:39.4 | peace with food and their bodies. |
| 0:41.8 | And by the way, on this show, we bleep out diet culture stuff like weight and calorie |
| 0:45.9 | numbers, but we don't censor swear words or other adult language, so listener discretion |
| 0:50.8 | is advised. |
| 0:56.8 | Hey there, welcome to episode 226 of Food Psych. |
| 1:20.7 | I'm your host, Christy Harrison, and today I'm talking with Kimberly Dark, who is a |
| 1:24.6 | sociology professor, writer and performer, and a second time podcast guest. |
| 1:29.9 | She returns to discuss her latest book, which is called Fat Pretty and Soon To Be Old. |
| 1:34.3 | And we also talk about why appearance is a form of privilege, how ageism intersects |
| 1:39.6 | with other forms of oppression, how neoliberalism, capitalism, and diet culture have influenced |
| 1:45.3 | our ideas about self improvement, why it's okay not to be a quote-unquote perfect activist, |
| 1:51.6 | and so much more. |
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