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
Flattering, Femininity & Fitting In
Welcome to episode 12, today we are chatting about 3 connected f-words that have negatively impacted my body image, confidence, and love of fashion.
Flattering.
Femininity.
Fitting-in.
In particular, we will be focusing on the impact these words have had on folks growing up in larger bodies, and the ways in which I’ve found my way back to myself BEFORE the world told me I was too much.
Content warning: at 23:15, loss of a parent, and my personal experience of grief as a teenager. Whilst I will not be discussing what happened, it’s an important part of my story. Please take care of your mental health, and either skip forward 60 seconds or miss this episode.
Takeaways
We cannot heal our relationship with clothes sizes if brands are just NOT making the sizes.
There are many small businesses and brands doing the work, making the effort – which proves that it’s not about cost, big clothing brands do not care about fat people.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines ‘flattering’ as: “making someone look or seem better or more attractive than usual”
The relationship we have with our body size, and our intention when dressing our bodies is often a result of how society has told us we SHOULD look or behave.
Get curious about colours, silhouettes and the clothes we wear, especially if you feel your clothes don’t reflect who you are or how you feel.
Challenge the stereotypes that impact the way you show up in the world, especially if they hold you back from self expression.
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