The Culture Of It All
Your anti-diet sidekick and go-to resource as we explore what it really means to ditch diet culture whilst living life in a larger body. Your host, Melanie Knights will be sharing stories, busting diet culture myths, and breaking through the bullshit of the $72 billion diet industry.
Discussing topics such as anti-fatness, body liberation, body positivity, media representation, and intuitive eating. We will create a foundation for bodily autonomy, and take actionable steps to advocate for, and honour our own needs so that we can take up space, challenge weight stigma, and live a more confident, comfortable and joyful fat life!
The Culture Of It All
Summer Series: My favourite Plus Size Reads This Summer
In this penultimate episode of our summer series, I’m sharing one of my favourite past times with you; reading. I’ll be sharing not only my passion for reading, but exploring the importance and power of fat representation within the stories I read. I’ll share a few wonderful plus size reads from this summer from cosy romances, to dark paranormal relationships. And because I have so many recommendations, I’m sharing a few more with even more diversity and representation amongst their pages. This is a super cosy episode, so grab a drink and settle in.
Chapters
00:00 Catch up
05:57 The Power of Representation in Literature
10:39 Favorite Plus-Size Reads of the Summer
19:28 Exploring Mental Health Representation and Polyamorous Relationships in Books
My book recommendations:
PLEASE CHECK CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE READING.
Playing for Keeps by Tristen Crone
Cash by Mary Warren
Come Out, Come Out by Alexia Onyx
Love, Utley by S.J. Tilly
Structure Damage & Structural Support by Sloan Spencer
Trick Shot by Kayla Grosse
Just For The Cameras by Viano Oniomoh
Pucking Around by Emily Rath
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