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Fatmisia: Exploring our Anti-Fat Bias, Body Justice, and Mental Health

In this episode, we talk about Fatmisia, a term meaning hatred of fatness. Gianna discusses how anti-fatness, diet culture, and fatmisia impacts our work and our lives. She provides information about the influence of capitalism and racism on the prevalence of anti-fatness and shares how she uses a disability justice lens and Bowen/Narrative interventions to work with clients.

Fatmisia: Exploring our Anti-Fat Bias, Body Justice, and Mental Health

Episode

In this episode, we talk about Fatmisia, a term meaning hatred of fatness. Gianna discusses how anti-fatness, diet culture, and fatmisia impacts our work and our lives. She provides information about the influence of capitalism and racism on the prevalence of anti-fatness and shares how she uses a disability justice lens and Bowen/Narrative interventions to work with clients.

Guest

Gianna Russo-Mitma (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Oregon Board Approved Supervisor. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Lewis & Clark, PSU, and UP. She has been the President of ORCA, COPACT, and OACES, and has been the ACA Western Region Chair. In Gianna’s private practice, she specializes in working with adults who have parents/caretakers with narcissistic tendencies, folks facing stigma in fat/bigger bodies, generational trauma with family of origin issues, and self empowerment through a feminist lens.

Resources

Gianna recommends the following to find trainings on body liberation:

https://asdah.org

https://centerforbodytrust.com

Here are some of her favorite Instagram accounts for body liberation & fat fashion

 https://www.instagram.com/goloveyourselfpod/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/laura.adlington/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/itslaurensmithy/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/poppyadams/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ec8e8757-8541-4e29-b1dd-011c091de6e2&ig_mid=86D4B731-8535-4754-9DE8-90BB4A8FB41D

 https://www.instagram.com/leah_geee/?hl=en

 https://www.instagram.com/stephanieyeboah/?hl=en

She also mentioned the following books:

Fearing the Black Body, by Sabrina Strings https://nyupress.org/9781479886753/fearing-the-black-body/

The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/books/the-body-is-not-an-apology-the-power-of-radical-self-love-h2x6p

To learn more about Health at Every Size: https://asdah.org/haes/

Transcript

https://otter.ai/u/LxvOtYN3SKaCsYxa1SES2gw3y70?utm_source=copy_url

Citation

Lamar, M. (Producer). (2024, October 11). Fatmisia: Exploring our Anti-Fat Bias, Body Justice, and Mental Health (No. 282) [Audio Podcast]. The Thoughtful Counselor. Retrieved from https://concept.paloaltou.edu/resources/the-thoughtful-counselor-podcast/fatmisia-exploring-our-anti-fat-bias-body-justice-and-mental-health

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