This week we brought Bei back to talk with us about the world of diet culture; what that may look like and definitions and stereotypes we may have come across in our lives. We talk about the idea of body positivity; who that impacts and the benefits and challenges that rhetoric brings to specific communities. Bei also brings with her personal anecdotes and experience as well as material she has learned from resources such as the National Eating Disorder Association (referred to as NEDA). Also discussed are the very real and dangerous effects of disordered eating, and with that discussion we offer our support from the Shiny Things team as well as the NEDA hotlines (online, call and texting options are available and provided in the following link: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

The number to call is: (800) 931-2237 (Monday—Thursday 11am—9pm ET, Friday 11am—5pm ET)

Other resources, such as a reading material about how to have a healthy relationship with food (provided by NEDA) will be available on our link tree.

Possibly Triggering topics: Eating disorders, weight gain, weight loss, diets, fat shaming, death and suicide, isolation, pandemic, body positivity and body neutrality, bullying, mental health, recovery, swearing.