Understanding Body Positivity & Fat Phobia // with Emily Lauren Dick

02/15/22 • 29 min

What does representation have to do with body image? What's body positivity, and what's body neutrality? Are you fat-phobic? Do your words and use of the word "fat" inadvertently feed into fat culture?

In this week’s episode, body positivity expert Emily Lauren Dick delves into all of these questions and more.

Emily explains:

The origin of body image issues
The difference between body positivity and body neutrality
What parents can do to help their daughters love their bodies
Fat phobia and fat talk, and how to avoid feeding into thin culture

For more info and to follow Emily Lauren Dick:

www.happydaughter.com
Instagram: @realhappydaughter
Find Emily’s Book, Body Positive: A Guide to Loving Your Body on www.happydaughter.com , Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.

Other references in this episode:

Ep. 22 with Lacey C. Clark! on Self-Love and Second-Guessing Society’s Definition of Success
Ep. 19 with Neysa Page-Lieberman - Building Monuments to Resemble and Represent Us

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02/15/22 • 29 min

Know Them, Be Them, Raise Them - Understanding Body Positivity & Fat Phobia // with Emily Lauren Dick

Transcript

[00:00:00] Carmelita (Cat) Tiu, Host: Hello, all. Welcome to Know Them, Be Them, Raise Them, a show to help busy, mindful, and growth oriented moms stay informed and inspired as they navigate their daughter's tween and teen years. I'm your host Carmelita Tiu. Join me each week as I talk to experts, authors, moms who've been there and read a curated selection of articles on occasion, with the author's permission of course.

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