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Episode 3: BodyPosi Politics with Melissa Gibson

Season 1, Ep. 3
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This week, we talk to Melissa Gibson, @yourstruelymelly on Instagram, a body positive scholar and future lawyer, about the roots of the body positive movement, the problems facing us today, and how we can make this community even better.

Correction - in this episode, we name Sonya Renee Taylor as the founder of The Body Positive. The actual founder is Connie Sobczak!

Also covered: the television show Younger, great Twitter follows, and wigs wigs wigs. To get access to further reading on today’s topics and some stuff we didn’t have time for, join our Patreon! www.patreon.com/shesallfatpod Need advice? Email/send voice memo to fyi@shesallfatpod.com. Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/shesallfatpod Instagram: instagram.com/shesallfatpod Get updates! tinyletter.com/shesallfatpod Need something else? Check out our site: shesallfatpod.com Come to our launch party! http://bit.ly/2hkjiiv Mentioned in this episode: Gaucho Pants http://bzfd.it/2wI87FL Younger (Hulu) hulu.com/younger How to Get Away with Murder (Hulu) hulu.com/how-to-get-away-with-murder Sophie’s Twitter Recs: twitter.com/EbThen twitter.com/AnaMardoll twitter.com/TGStoneButch The Body Positive thebodypositive.org Melly’s Instagram instagram.com/yourstruelymelly Melly’s Thesis http://bit.ly/2u0ItiO Sassy Latte’s Instagram instagram.com/sassy_latte Don’t Hate the Shake instagram.com/donthatetheshake Melly’s Patreon www.patreon.com/YoursTruelyMelly Nicole Kidman’s Wig in Big Little Lies http://bit.ly/2wHVsTe

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