fearing the black body

7.15 Crushing Colonialism w/ Jen Deerinwater

In this episode, we’re joined by Jen Deerinwater; activist, journalist, citizen of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma, to talk about Crushing Colonialism.

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Jen Deerinwater / Crushing Colonialism / Fat antagonism / Denarii Grace / More on clean water in West Virginia / Fearing the Black Body ep / All My Relations / Indigenous Spoonies Revolt / Virtual Decolonized Beats / Sacred and Subversive / Jera Brown / Call for submissions / Mariner East 2 Pipeline / This Land podcast / NDN Collective Landback / learn more about “commodity boxes” / I’m Native and Disabled. The US Government Is Sacrificing My People / No One Knows How Many Indigenous Women Are Missing or Murdered  

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7.14 Don't Let it Get You Down

In this episode, it’s book club time with Savala Nolan and her new book Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body.

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Savala Nolan / Don’t Let it Get You Down / The Promise podcast / Time piece / Vogue piece / Dawn Davis / Kelsey Miller / Big Girl / Anti Diet project / Learn more about Tamir Rice / Lindy West piece / more on the “Mammy” archetype / Fearing the Black Body / Fearing the Black Body episode / SAF bookclub resource / Savala’s book club resources (Coming Soon) 


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5.14 Fearing the Black Body with Evette Dionne

***Content Note: This episode contains discussion of fatphobia and anti-Black racism, including historical examples such as the enslavement of Black peoples.***

It’s our season finale! In this episode, we’re tackling the book we’ve been reading all season: Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings, and we brought in Editor in Chief of Bitch Media, Evette Dionne! 

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Fearing the Black Body / Black Owned Bookstores / bookclub webpage / Evette Dionne / Bitch Media / Zora / Tune into the Zora Canon Bookclub / bitchreads / Food Psych episode / They Were Her Property / Killer Fat / Evette's piece What No One Tells Black Women about Heart Disease

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Centering Black Women with Sophie Williams / Publishing Fat with Evette Dionne  / Inappropriate Questions

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  1. DM us if you want to send your copy to a member of the fatmily, or if you’re looking for a copy! We’ll pair you up! 

  2. Buy the book from one of these bookstores for someone in your life who could use it. 

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  4. Keep sharing your thoughts & reflections on the book via email or voicemail. 

More on Food Psych:

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN is an anti-diet registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and author of the book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating (Little, Brown Spark 2019). She offers online courses and private intuitive eating coaching to help people all over the world make peace with food and their bodies. Since 2013 Christy has hosted Food Psych, a weekly podcast exploring people’s relationships with food and paths to body liberation. Learn more about Christy and her work at christyharrison.com.


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