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Unashamed by Leah Vernon with Jenn Jackson
February 17th, 2022 | 01:22:06 | E65
Episode Summary
My discussion with Jenn Jackson about Unashamed by Leah Vernon
Episode Notes
Oh boy is this discussion juicy! You remember my chat with Chavonne McClay about Savala Nolan’s book Don’t Let It Get You Down? Well, my guest this week is Chavonne’s cohost on their podcast, Embodiment for the Rest of Us. Meet Jenn Jackson! I am delighted to be chatting to her about Leah Vernon’s book Unashamed and boy do we dig deeply into the meaning of that word! We also talk about a bunch of other things, including:
- Jenn’s body justice and fat liberation journey
- Discussing embodiment
- Playing the comparison game and finding the space of frictionlessness
- What does it mean to be unashamed?
- The difference between being unashamed and being vulnerable
- How Jenn relates to the word unashamed
- Leah’s intersections
- Handling the binary
- How this is different than other autobiographies
- Why representation is important
Keep reading everyone!
Jenn’s Links
Embodiment for the Rest of Us Podcast
Fat Girl Book Club Links
I Wish I Were Me Website/ Your Better Body Image Checklist
Book Recommendations
https://www.outsideonline.com/2423755/fat-shaming-people-wont-improve-health
This “I can do it, so can you” attitude is out of touch with many people’s reality, says Jennifer Jackson, a dietitian based in Albuquerque, New Mexico…Health behaviors often have more to do with someone’s privilege than their motivation, Jackson says.