The Body Positivity Movement, Atypical Anorexia, And A Stupid New UK Law
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06/03/21 • 89 min
A more general discussion this week with the fantastic Sarah Frances Young (@BodyPositivePear), who tells us what it's like to be diagnosed with Atypical Anorexia, how the diagnosis' ties to BMI in the past were very problematic and how the ED community now has a small but vocal minority gatekeeping against fat people with anorexia. She then gives us some background on the body positivity movement and how it has been turned into little more than a trend by well-meaning but perhaps misguided influencers.
Content Warnings: Binging, Purging, Restriction, Fatphobia, BMI, Transphobia
Sarah's Instagram: https://instagram.com/bodypositivepear
Sarah's YouTube: https://youtube.com/sarahfrancesyoung
Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod
Contact: [email protected]
A more general discussion this week with the fantastic Sarah Frances Young (@BodyPositivePear), who tells us what it's like to be diagnosed with Atypical Anorexia, how the diagnosis' ties to BMI in the past were very problematic and how the ED community now has a small but vocal minority gatekeeping against fat people with anorexia. She then gives us some background on the body positivity movement and how it has been turned into little more than a trend by well-meaning but perhaps misguided influencers.
Content Warnings: Binging, Purging, Restriction, Fatphobia, BMI, Transphobia
Sarah's Instagram: https://instagram.com/bodypositivepear
Sarah's YouTube: https://youtube.com/sarahfrancesyoung
Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/notaboutfoodpod
Contact: [email protected]
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