17 episodes
My Black Body Podcast Jessica Wilson & Rawiyah Tariq
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5.0 • 44 Ratings
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Black stories are a vital part of Black healing.
That Black healing is a vital part of the world’s healing.
Our stories are medicine and contain technology often overlooked in spaces that have actively de-centered Black bodies and voices. My Black Body Podcast is a container to share and grow nourishment for our collective bodies, minds and spirits.
This podcast will serve as a living record. By centering Black stories told by Black people, we ensure that we play an integral role in preserving this moment in history for generations to come. We invite you to be a part of creating this historical record. By supporting this podcast, you can help decolonize narratives about and around Black bodies and facilitate their much needed healing.
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Racial Harm or Medical Instability in Eating Disorder Treatment
Jessica interviews Whitney Trotter, Angela Goens, and Brianna Theus in this episode about eating disorder treatment centers. They discuss the racial harm Black and otherwise marginalized clients experience there and the realities of being Black clinicians in the eating disorder field.
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Blackness, Fatness and Social Death with Da'Shaun L. Harrison
Da'Shaun talks 1:1 with Jessica about their new book, Belly of the Beast; The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. The two of them discuss social death, health, HAES, and wellness and how they intersect with fatness and Blackness.
Get connected to Da'Shaun and their work!
Editor: Daché Monet
Theme Music: "Rebirth Makes You Dance" by The Rebirth Brass Band -
Burn It Down: Gymnastics and Eating Disorders
This week Jessica sits down for an intimate 1:1 chat with Lexi Brown, a veterinarian student in the UK, former collegiate gymnast, and Jessica's mentee. Lexi takes us through Simone Biles's Olympics gymnastics performance and the impacts that Biles's courageous acts continue to have on her, Jessica, and society at large. Lexi also shares how the trifecta of gymnastics, eating disorders and ADHD influence her desire to be a normal human. Together they discuss the importance of getting support, and... #showergate.
Follow Lexi @lexi_sbrown for travel stories, animal testicles and more!
Editor: Daché Monet
Theme Music: "Rebirth Makes You Dance" by The Rebirth Brass Band -
Lipedema: Vulnerability & Visibility
This week Jessica and Rawiyah are joined by special guest Brena Jean. Brena Jean is a queer, fat, Black, Lipedema advocate, storyteller, and writer. At 37 years old, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lipedema, a little-known, painful fat disorder that affects 11% of all AFAB folks. Post-diagnosis, she's pulled the veil back on her life and attempts to share her Lipedema story through a vulnerable perspective that interrogates how her intersections affect how she is perceived and what she has access to. Follow her at https://www.brenajean.com/
Editor: Daché Monet
Theme Music: "Rebirth Makes You Dance" by The Rebirth Brass Band
Interlude: Muddy Waters -
#AmplifyMelanatedVoices Anniversary: Where Ya'll At Tho?
This week Jessica and Rawiyah are joined by special guest Alishia McCullough. Alisha along with Jessica co-founded the Amplify Melanated Voices Challenge, a year ago. So where ya'll at and come to think of it where are we?
Bring your big cup friends.. the T is hot on this one.
Editor: Daché Monet
Theme Music: "Rebirth Makes You Dance" by The Rebirth Brass Band
Interlude: Muddy Waters -
Got Joy?
Our joy is precious and we are gonna get it… as soon as we figure it out beyond the construct of labor, service and it being considered radical.
Shout out to: Cera Byer of Intuitive Edge Coaching
Editor: Daché Monet
Theme Music: "Rebirth Makes You Dance" by The Rebirth Brass Band
Interlude: Muddy Waters
Customer Reviews
Brilliant, thoughtful
I’m so grateful for this podcast and the insight, joy, and cultural analysis. I learn so much. Thank you
Thankful to listen in.
Each episode is a conversation I need to hear. Thank you Jessica and Rawiyah for sharing your conversations on body liberation, living while black and so many other important things.
Such an amazing resource!
Thank you Jessica