#142: Is Ozempic the End of body liberation (reasons to stay hopeful) with Therapist Edie Stark and Fat Activist Sharon Maxwell

Nov 18

This week on the Full Plate Podcast, we have two returning guests: Edie Stark and Sharon Maxwell! This episode is Part One of two parts.

On this episode, Edie and Sharon share their thoughts on how we can keep hopeful in the face of increasingly problematic diet culture messaging, the differences between individual and macro change, and the need for tangible ways to resist diet culture and comparison. It gets real, and honest, and I think it is a timely episode for anyone who has felt hope waiver this past week.

Tune in to hear more about:

What’s on their plates, literally and metaphorically
Eating easy things when you’re feeling uninspired
What hope means in the context of both diet culture and the world right now
Differences between the body positivity movement and body liberation
How real change takes time, and often appears in the moments we don’t see on social media
How we can invest in the fat-liberation movement
How we can overcome moments of doubt and body grief
The need for community and fat joy
Soooo much more

👉Listen to the full episode here, and stay tuned for Part Two!

About Edie:

Edie Stark, MSc, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and the owner of Stark Therapy Group, a psychotherapy group practice specializing in eating disorders, trauma, and anxiety from a humanistic, fat-positive, and inclusive lens. She believes in the value of lived experience being met with clinical knowledge to create a collaborative therapeutic experience for all of the clients. Edie is passionate about Trader Joe's snacks– we talk a little bit about that–dismantling the US healthcare system, and the complete and total takedown of diet culture in no particular order.

Learn more at https://starktherapygroup.com/

About Sharon:

Sharon Maxwell (She/Her) is a mental health advocate and fat activist. She works as a weight inclusive consultant, providing education to treatment centers and healthcare providers on the immense harms of weight stigma. Due to her lived experience facing weight stigma, Sharon provides unique insight and offers practical tools to make treatment centers and healthcare settings safe and accessible for fat folks. Sharon is passionate about breaking down the stigma around eating disorders and working to eradicate societal anti-fat bias. When she’s not studying or engaged in her activism work, Sharon can be found exploring San Diego with her dog and her best friend.

Read "You Don't Look Anorexic" in New York Times Magazine

Connect with Sharon on IG: @heysharonmaxwell

Learn more about Sharon: https://www.heysharonmaxwell.com/

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