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Podcast: The Fertile Feminist
Episode: Amanda Mittman on Smashing the Diet Culture, Healing the Food-Body Narrative, and Living Big
Description: Patriarchy wants us living smaller and being smaller. Amanda Mittman, founder of Happy Valley Nutrition, talks the limits of body positivity, her own journey to come alive, and what heals the life-sucking narratives about what our bodies should look like. Toxic body positivity, the necessity of anger, and the role of grief get wrangled in this dynamic conversation about learning to come alive in the body you have. A registered dietician with an MS in functional nutrition, specializing in body image work, Amanda's at the cutting edge of challenging all the limits enforced by patriarchy--consumptive culture, ableism, healthism, white...