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Mar 2021
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Dascha Polanco on her Bodyodyody

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Dascha and Diane talk about what it meant to come up together as actors and Latinx artists. They also discuss their personal experiences with body image and what it means to continuously choose to embrace what is uniquely yours.

For more information and support for eating disorders, please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the United States at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). You can find a list of additional resources at SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources

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