Session 294: Understanding Anti-Fat Bias
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
In the recent news cycle, there have been a handful of videos trending that participate in Anti-Fat rhetoric. These pieces of media work to diminish the fat acceptance movement utilizing scare tactics like shame and ridicule under the guise of “tough love.” In actuality, these methods of behavior are rooted in fatphobia and highlight how much body shaming has been indoctrinated into all of us.
To discuss Anti-Fat bias more at length, this week I’m joined by Author, Advocate, and Yoga Teacher Jessamyn Stanley. As a Fat Black Femme navigating the predominantly white, able-bodied, cisgender world of Yoga, Jessamyn has spent her career breaking down barriers in the wellness industry and showing that all bodies are worthy. In our conversation, we discuss the importance of reclaiming the word Fat, the yoga industrial complex, the power of listening to the teacher that lives inside us all, and how practicing self-care and self-acceptance is an act of service to the community around you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health, |
| 0:16.9 | personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions |
| 0:22.2 | of ourselves. |
| 0:23.2 | I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:29.9 | For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com. |
| 0:38.4 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute |
| 0:45.0 | for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 0:48.6 | Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 294 of the Therapy for Black Girls |
| 1:00.3 | Podcast. |
| 1:01.3 | We'll get right into our conversation after word from our sponsors. |
| 1:14.1 | In recent news cycles, there have been a handful of videos trending that participate in anti-fat |
| 1:19.0 | rhetoric. |
| 1:20.2 | These pieces of media work to diminish the fat acceptance movement, utilizing scare tactics |
| 1:25.0 | like shame and ridicule under the guise of tough love. |
| 1:28.7 | In actuality, these methods of behavior are rooted in fat phobia and highlight how much |
| 1:33.9 | body shaming has been indoctrinated into all of us. |
| 1:37.8 | To discuss anti-fat bias, more at length, today I'm joined by author, advocate, and yoga |
| 1:43.4 | teacher, Jessamon Stanley. |
| 1:45.6 | As a fat black film navigating the predominantly white, able-bodied, cisgendered world of yoga, |
| 1:51.7 | Jessamon has been her career breaking down barriers in the wellness industry and showing |
| 1:56.0 | that all bodies are worthy. |
| 1:57.9 | A two-time author of Everybody Yoga and Yoke, my yoga of self-acceptance, Jessamon is a |
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