07. The price of fatphobia and racism in eating disorder recovery

Todays’ episode has been in the making for a couple of months now. Today’s guest, Nia Patterson, reached out to me when I uploaded a video responding to a YouTuber who was making some pretty fat phobic, privileged comments about eating disorder recovery. Posting response videos is always anxiety inducing, but I am so grateful I posted this one in particular, because it introduced me to Nia’s amazing work. Nia is a writer and advocate who generously shares her own eating disorder recovery online, particularly on Instagram at The Friend I Never Wanted and her podcast Body Trauma. She also speaks about fatphobia and racism within eating disorder recovery spaces and her own journey towards becoming anti-diet. We get into all of that, and much more, in today’s podcast. Given the events of the past 4 or 5 weeks, since the murder of George Floyd, I think this episode could not be more timely. We need to do better in eating disorder awareness and treatment spaces, that much will be clear by the end of this episode. But words are not enough. Nia kindly nominated two charities, where I will be donating all of my online revenue for July, including the Adsense from this podcast. Nia has nominated The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Colour Network and a GoFund Me which was set up for Rayshard Brooks. Let me be clear that money is also not enough. I am committed to continuing to educate myself on anti-racism, particularly as it relates to my role as an eating disorder recovery coach and advocate. I hope you will all join me in doing the same. Nia's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefriendineverwanted Nia's 'The Dapper Dolphin' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedapperdolphin Nia's blog: https://www.http://thefriendineverwanted.com/ Nia's podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/body-trauma-a-storytelling-podcast Where I will be donating: The National Queer and Trans Therapists of Colour Network: https://www.nqttcn.com/#:~:text=National%20Queer%20and%20Trans%20Therapists%20of%20Color%20Network%20(NQTTCN)%20is,people%20of%20color%20(QTPoC). Official GoFundMe for Rayshard Brooks https://au.gofundme.com/f/official-gofundme-for-rayshard-brooks