33. Being Kind To Ourselves & To Our Thoughts with Nika Salazar

Linda chats with Ashley Mitchell, a fitness instructor, anti-racism activist, and founder of The Courage Campaign. Ashley shares her experiences as a Black woman in the fitness world, her anti-racism work, and how we can talk to children about movement in a more positive way. She also shares her takeaways from past relationships, and pregnancy as a Black woman in Boston. 

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Linda chats with Jess Sims, a freelance writer and creative. Her work has been featured in Teen Vogue, Fashionista, and Health Magazine. Jess only writes about 3 things: fat people, Black people and fat Black people! Jess shared her thoughts on the fashion industry, and they also discussed the dynamics of dating as fat women.

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Linda chats with Kimmie Singh, a registered dietitian with a body positive perspective. They chat about the experiences of being a fat person in the nutrition world, and how to free yourself of diet culture. Kimmie and Linda also discuss dating while fat, and how dieting can impact those experiences as well.

Visit Kimmie's website bodypositivedietitian.com and follow her on IG: @bodypositive_dietitian

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Linda chats with Anna Takahama, friend and Money Mindset Coach! They chat about their experiences of being raised in immigrant households, managing debts, and loving themselves through it all! They also chat about their experiences dating as plus size women in Boston.

Visit Anna's website msha.ke/annatakahama and follow her on IG: @takamomma

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In this episode, Linda chats with Da'Shaun Harrison, a writer, abolitionist, and community organizer based out of Atlanta. They chat about the intersections of anti-blackness and anti-fatness, and how fatphobia is rooted in white supremacy. They also chat about the ways in which attraction & desirability politics have impacted their dating life as a fat, non-binary, queer, black person. Visit their website to read their writing & follow them on social media.

Donate to: The Atlanta Solidarity Fund here and find a full list of orgs taking donations for bailouts here. 

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Linda virtually meets Jill Campbell, a copy editor and Conscious Language advocate! Jill talks about her work with editing works of writing about food and health, and changing the language to avoid "diet culture" and "anti-fat" lingo. Jill also shares her experiences with eating disorders & body image.

For more info on conscious language & fat liberation follow: @yrfatfriend @your_body_is_good @ragenchastain @amy_rb @bodyimage_therapist

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In this episode, Linda chats with her friend, Dion Bullock! They chat about his self-love journey in terms of fat positivity, as well as what self-love looks like as a fat black man. They chat about toxic masculinity and the difficulty of sharing feelings and emotions as a cis hetero man. Dion also shares his experiences with dating apps in New York. Follow @celine_and_sandra on Instagram follow @plus1pod and visit plus1pod.com for more info!

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In this episode, Linda chats with Nika Salazar, an educator and theatre artist. Nika opens up about her experience with eating disorders, and how quarantine has impacted that as well. They chat about their cultural upbringings and how their issues with body image started at an early age. They also talk about how much they love love!

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