Yes& Body Politics

By: Tresla and Guru Shabd
  • Summary

  • We are two women who are passionate about body positivity and empowering people. This podcast is an opportunity start the conversation about being fierce. Self Esteem, Image, pressures, fashion, love, sex, feminism and more. Follow us on instagram: @yesandbodypolitics @curvykimchi and @grrshubz E-mail: yesandbodypolitics@gmail.com
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Episodes
  • Ep 708: Fatphobia, Shame, Disability & Movement
    Feb 26 2024

    Why do people make fun of me being fat? What is ableism? Why do I feel bad about being fat? I am fat and disabled why are doctors so focused on my weight? Why can't I get help for my disability? Why is it hard to ask for help? Why is there limited resources to support my disability? Why is accessibility so limited in the world? What is the morality of health? Why do I want to be skinny so bad? How do I find a supportive gym? Is my gym judging me?

    Guru Shabd, LMFT and Tresla, Advocate and Public Speaker get into this with collected peer reviewed journal research and even more passion than before. I am fat and feel like I have to shrink in order to be allowed to exist.

    All cited sources found at yesandbodypolitics.com

    Insta: @yesandbodypolitics.com

    TikTok: yesandbodypolitics

    Email: yesandbodypolitic@gmail.com

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    56 mins
  • Ep 707: Fatphobia in Reproductive Healthcare & Pediatrics
    Feb 19 2024

    Does being fat make it hard to get pregnant? Does obesity affect fertility? Do hormones impact weight? What science do we actually know about being fat and conception? I want to have a baby and my doctor won't stop telling me to lose weight, why does this happen? Is my infertility all my fault? Does morning after pill/plan b work on fat people? Why doesn't my doctor have more answers about my period? Is it ok for my doctor to put my child on a diet? What age do we worry about my child's weight? Why don't we know more about women's reproduction? Why didn't my doctor catch my endometriosis? How painful is a period? Why isn't there more research about female bodies? Is the male body same as the female body? Does a male body react the same as a female body? Why do females have to fight so hard for care? Why does my doctor judge what food I feed my children? How can I have a healthy relationship with food if my doctor keeps bringing up my weight? How do I advocate for myself at my doctors? Why do people hold on to their prejudiced beliefs and not actual researched science? Why is there a limited amount of woman's healthcare science?

    Guru Shabd, LMFT and Tresla, Advocate and Public Speaker get into this with collected peer reviewed journal research and even more passion than before.

     

    All cited sources found at yesandbodypolitics.com

    Insta: @yesandbodypolitics.com

    TikTok: yesandbodypolitics

    Email: yesandbodypolitic@gmail.com

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    44 mins
  • Ep 706: Fatphobia & Mental Health
    Feb 12 2024

    Is my therapist mad at me for being fat? Why does my therapist want to know my BMI? Does being fat affect how people treat me? Does being fat make me mentally ill? Is my therapist prejudiced against fat people? Should my therapist give me diet and exercise tips? Why do I feel so guilty after seeing my therapist? Is my therapist judging my obesity? Is it worth taking a psychiatric medicine if it makes me fat? I am a mental health clinician, how can I help my patients who are fat? I am a therapist how can I support my clients in dismantling oppressive systems? How can a therapist help me be confident in my fat body? How can I find a therapist who isn't fat phobic?

    Guru Shabd, LMFT and Tresla, Advocate and Public Speaker get into this with collected peer reviewed journal research and even more passion than before.

    All cited sources found at yesandbodypolitics.com

    Insta: @yesandbodypolitics.com

    TikTok: yesandbodypolitics

    Email: yesandbodypolitic@gmail.com

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    1 hr and 2 mins

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