Nalgona Positivity Pride Talks Body Positivity & Disordered Eating
Latinx Therapy
Adriana Alejandre
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Trigger Warning: Disordered Eating Topic
We are back from a mid-season break! Expect episodes weekly going forward! Today’s guest is Gloria Lucas, founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride! We talk today about what Nalgona Positivity Pride is, why it started, disordered eating, the diet culture, what body positivity means, historical trauma with disordered eating, the history of native foods along with the colonization and shame of those foods, techniques for loving your body and much more!
Gloria Lucas talks to us about some points! She is a Xicana womxn from California and founded Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) in 2014 after years of dealing with the lack of women of color representation in the eating disorder awareness community. Like the womxn of color that came before, she creates spaces for marginalized folks to support each other and heal from the trauma of colonialism, eurocentric beauty ideals, and disordered eating in communities of color. NPP lectures, hosts events, offers business consultation, hosts support groups, and creates social media content as a way to reach out to and empowers the individuals whose bodies are systematically at the margins of white/ mainstream ‘body positivity’ movements.
Follow NPP on social media @NalgonaPositivityPride and check out their website for more info: https://www.nalgonapositivitypride.com/
Sponsor for today’s show: ChilOso Gummy Bears. www.chilosogummybear.com Find them on Instagram & Facebook!
The directory on Latinx Therapy is up! If you are a mental health professional in private practice and looking to get enrolled in our directory, email me at info@latinxtherapy.com to sign up!
Resource:
If you or someone you know is struggling with disordred eating, you can contact the National Eating Disorders Association Helpline at no cost: 1-800-931-2237 . You can also text 741741 and a trained volunteer will get in touch with you.
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Readings Suggested from Nalgona Positivity Pride:
A Flood of Tears and Blood by Eduardo Galeano (found on pg. 38) http://www.uky.edu/~tmute2/nature-society/password-protect/nature-society-pdfs/eduardo-galeano-open-veins-excerpts.pdf
Colonization, Food, and the Practice of Eating by Dr. Linda Alvarez for Food Empowerment Project http://www.foodispower.org/colonization-food-and-the-practice-of-eating/
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| 1:26.3 | Today's episode is sponsored by Chiloso Gummy Bear. |
| 1:30.5 | This is a small Latinx business founded in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles that has gotten |
| 1:37.3 | so much attention lately because of their delicious gummies. |
| 1:41.6 | One of my personal favorites is the Chile-filled spicy mangoes. My whole family |
| 1:45.9 | loves this one. But honestly, all of them are really good. They have real chile pineapple rings, |
| 1:52.4 | which are vegan-friendly, chiloso chili flasas, chiloso watermelon slices, and so much more. |
| 1:58.9 | The chile that they use is really addicting and it's actually not even |
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