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Sep 2020
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149. Diet Culture, Internalized Oppressi...

KARA LOEWENTHEIL
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Most of us are so steeped in fatphobia that we don’t even realize it exists…and yet it impacts every aspect of our lives, from what we think about our bodies to what our doctors tell us when we are sick. Listen in to learn how I used thought work to overcome my own internalized fatphobia, and how you can set yourself free, too.

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