Apr 29, 2020
A major part of moving away from diet culture can be embracing the bodies we currently have, regardless of our body’s size or how “acceptable” diet culture deems it. And in that journey, looking at and realizing our internalized fatphobia can come up and be a lot. In this episode I talk with fat activist Amanda Martinez Beck on fat activism, fatness, the systemic things that affect fatness and how we can embrace the fact that our bodies (and all bodies) are good.
About Amanda Martinez Beck
Amanda Martinez Beck is a fat activist, author, speaker and coach. She co-hosts the Fat & Faithful podcast along with fat activist J. Nicole Morgan and is the co-founder of the Ruah Storyteller Podcast. She is also the author of Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me. When Amanda isn't watching Frozen II with her husband and 4 kiddos, she's sharing her work on Instagram and in her Facebook group, All Bodies Are Good Bodies.
Small Steps in the Show:
Mentioned in the Show:
Small Steps #17 What is Diet Culture?
Amanda’s IG Post on Fat as an Accessibility Issue
Amanda’s IG Post on Internalized Fatphobia
NEDA directory for eating disorder support
Free & Low Cost Support from NEDA
Amanda’s IG Post on Fat Allyship
Fat and Faithful Podcast episode on Fat Allyship
Amanda’s Website
Buy Amanda’s Book, Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me
Join Amanda’s Newsletter (to get the Fat Girl Bill of Rights)
Follow Amanda on Instagram | Facebook
Follow Aimee on Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest
Sign up for the Wellness Wednesdays Newsletter
Interested in working with Aimee? Find out information here.
Edited by Eilise Bonebright