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Now is a great time to try out a paid subscription: In July, I’m rolling out a new paid series, The Body Type Guide to Sane, Safe, Sustainable Change. This is for anyone looking to switch up how they engage with eating and exercise who is disinterested in confusing, contradictory influencer crap and who is interested in actionable guidance on long-term behavior change from someone who’s been through it. I’ll also be doing interviews with other people who know what they’re talking about. I polled my Instagram followers and they were interested, so I’m excited to start!
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I also want to tell you about “The Pleasure Palate,” a great new food and body image podcast from audio producer and reporter Becca Katz. It’s “about women reclaiming pleasure in the kitchen,” and dropped June 1. I asked Becca a couple questions about why she created the podcast — as I told her, it gave me chills when I listened to it. Here’s the trailer. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts and follow @pleasurepalate on Instagram.
MJ: What is the main takeaway listeners will get from your podcast, what are you trying to do for them?
BK: I'm trying to create a space that inspires vulnerability. I think far too often, especially as women, we are taught to pack up and stuff away all of our struggles and insecurities. By listening to the show, I hope people take in that so many women struggle with food and body image and when we are vulnerable, we truly connect.
What makes this podcast stand out from or fit nicely into the current landscape of body image discussions in media?
I think the pod stands out because I explore body image through the lens of grief. I started thinking about this topic when my mom (who struggled with a serious eating disorder) passed away. So I not only explore the relationship women have with body image, but I also explore my personal grief thinking about these topics.
Is there an episode you’re most looking forward to people hearing, or most nervous about people hearing for any reason?
I'm most nervous for people to hear episode 1, because that episode dives most fully into my relationship with food. I'm most excited for people to hear Nia's episode. They are a non-binary, fat, black influencer who has struggled with eating disorders and I think their story explores a lot of the unconscious biases we have when thinking about who can even have an eating disorder.