Black eating disorder recovery specialist and pilates instructor Kaysha Thomas joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss how trauma impacts body image, eating disorders in the Black community, implementing exercise into recovery, Black body ideals versus Eurocentric standards, and why she endorses body liberation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Body shaming, collaborating with Project HEAL, and White Greek Life — all things former Division I athlete and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rhodes discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss leading Club HEAL at William and Mary College, going to in-patient treatment, navigating eating disorder recovery as an athlete, and promoting eating disorder awareness at the collegiate level. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Black disability and healthcare advocate Makahla Jackson joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the intersection of race and disability, ways the American healthcare system fails marginalized folks, how to self-advocate at the doctor’s office, and making space for diversity within the writing community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Content creator, actress, and body acceptance advocate Georgia Sky (aka @bawdyqueen) joins Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss colorism, racism, and fatphobia in the entertainment industry, the co-option of body positivity, allyship to body politic movements, and why body diversity in the media is crucial.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Mental health and body acceptance advocate Ashira Paraskevas joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the consequences of participating in beauty pageants, seeking mental health treatment as a Black woman, the importance of being authentic online, and why freeing oneself from Eurocentric beauty ideals is liberating.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Caleb Luna, a fat, Queer, disabled, and Tejanx multi-hyphenate joins Cate on the fifth episode of season two to discuss the impact on colonialism on beauty standards, familial fatphobia, how diet culture demonizes non-Eurocentric foods, and why relying on the mainstream media for representation isn’t a means to an end. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Plus-size shopping, neurodivergence, and TikTok — all things mother, content creator, and advocate Christine Murphy (aka The Mighty Murphin’ Fashion Ranger) discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss radical fashion inclusivity, social media’s body-positive communities, being diagnosed with autism at 35, navigating inaccessibility as a plus-size person, and why body diversity in the media is crucial. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

On this week’s episode, Cate and Queer disability advocate Sky Cubacub discuss radical fashion inclusivity, the QueerCrip dress reform movement, why it's important to celebrate Queer and disabled folks’ joy, self-expression outside of the gender binary, and the fear of disability. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Ableism, social entrepreneurship, and first-gen struggles — all things Taiwanese-American disability advocate Tiffany Yu discusses with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss social isolation for disabled folks, self-worth and actualization, embracing imperfect advocacy, and why we should “usualize” rather than “normalize.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support

Filipino eating disorder recovery advocate Jan Pleje joins Cate on the first episode of season two to discuss disordered eating culture in the Philippines, body shaming, balancing activism and academics as a high school student, and how he's combatting barriers to eating disorder recovery and treatment in his community.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support