Diet Culture is Rooted in White Supremacy

Tamarindo

Tamarindo | Sonoro

Business, Comedy, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, News, Education, Non-profit

4.8 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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On this episode of Tamarindo, we talk about the white supramist roots of diet culture. Joining us is sociology professor and intuitive eating health coach, Dr. Hortenzia Jimenez who approaches anti-dieting from an anti-oppressive, social and racial lens. We also have Miriam Lara-Mejia the creator of Gorda Feminista, a community of over 350K, that focuses on making visible the discrimination, violence, and intolerance of fatphobia, in the Latinx community. Before that, Ana Sheila shares her experience freezing her eggs to help her have the option of becoming a parent. Tamarindo podcast is the Latinx show where hosts discuss politics, pop culture, and how to balance it all con calma, hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, politics, representation, and life! Check out all of our upcoming events: https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/events Brenda and Ana Sheila are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Mitzi Hernández and Augusto Martinez, of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Save 10% on your order of books from Latina-owned Xolo Books with the code TAMARINDO at checkout: xolobooks.com Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Follow Ana Sheila on instagram @la_anasheila and twitter @Shelli1228 Follow Brenda on twitter at @BrendaRicards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	well-being enthusiast and mindset coach. We are a Latinx empowerment podcast discussing politics,
1:03.7	culture, and how to keep your calma with well-being, practices, and self-love.
1:04.8	Welcome to the show.
1:13.1	What's up, y'all? We're back.
1:14.4	Hello, hello.
1:17.9	Welcome everybody to our next episode of Tamarido.
1:23.1	Later on on the show, we are going to have a discussion on diet culture and body positivity.
1:29.7	Joining us for that discussion is sociology professor and intuitive eating health coach Dr. Ortencia Jimenez,
1:35.0	who approaches anti-dieting from an anti-opressive social and racial lens.
1:41.9	And also we'll have medium Lara Mejia, the creator of Gorda Feminista, a community of over 350,000 that focuses on making visible the discrimination, violence, and
1:46.0	intolerance of fat phobia in the Latinx community. Fantastic conversation, which you will
1:51.4	hear in just a moment. But before we do that, in many ways, this discussion connects to body
1:56.8	autonomy and choice. Anna Sheila, you've shared on this podcast before, how important it is for you
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