On this episode Hilary, Dana, and Sirius discuss what it really means to be “embodied,” aiming to rescue the term from being used as a prescriptive “should”. They frame embodiment as a quality of presence and a spectrum of positive to negative experiences, not a 24/7 state, and connect disembodiment to dominant culture, control, and mistrust of bodily knowing, including diet culture and objectification. Drawing on Niva Piran’s research, they outline five dimensions of embodiment, highlighting how social location shapes embodiment and how equitable community and affinity spaces support reconnection.

RESOURCES

Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment by Niva Piran

Camp Take Up Space

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Dana, Hilary, and Sirius are joined by eating disorder dietitian Anna Sweeney (Dietitian Anna) to discuss chronic illness, eating disorders and wellness grifters.

Anna shares her path into dietetics, and the professional unlearning and repair involved in her work. The conversation explores body grief, disability and ableism and feeling betrayed by the body. Anna critiques wellness grifters, “root cause” marketing, anti-inflammatory cure diets, and current GLP-1 weight-loss culture, linking these to capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. She describes her course Chronically Nourished, focused on ending outsourced body wisdom and building body relationship.

RESOURCES

Anna Sweeney / Chronically Nourished / Instagram

Anna’s IG post on Detoxes

Anna’s IG post on The Freshman 15

Anna’s IG post on Root Causes

Anna’s IG post on Gut Health

Anna’s IG post on Food Sensitivity Tests

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Dana, Sirius, and Hilary return from their sabbatical to share personal updates—creative projects and rest, a major home remodel, travel to Minneapolis and San Francisco, and reflections on making space to think. In Fat Liberation Month, They discuss Fat Liberation Month, fat joy and discrimination, the cultural normalization of extreme thinness and disordered eating, and the debate about commenting on people’s bodies; emphasizing nuance, context, and the harms of casual “Ozempic” language as a verb/adjective. They announce an October 16 webinar, “GLP-1 and Kids: What Ethical Care Requires Now,” co-facilitated with Regan Chastain.

RESOURCES

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National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)

SAVE THE DATE!

October 16, 10 a.m. to noon PDT

GLP-1 and Kids: What Ethical Care Requires Now
with Regan Chastain and Rachel Petersen Nguyen

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