Grace Latter is a writer, influencer, invisible illness haver, feminist and so much more. In this week's episode, we discussed her tumour, bowel surgery, and PTSD alongside her work as a model for brands like Dove and Stay Wild Swim. Grace advocates for a diversity of body types in the popular culture and better representation of people with illness, scars, and disability.

She is an incredibly informed and well-spoken young woman with an agenda to change the conversations we have about illness and our bodies. Grace also recounts how her attitude to her body changed after her diagnosis, during her surgeries, and now, as she navigates living with her condition and loving her body, and speaks about how she is often confronted with the notion of not 'looking' ill and why our concept of ill people must change.

This was a wonderful conversation and Grace's enthusiasm for what she does really shines through.

Visit Grace's blog here and follow her @_gracelatter on Instagram where you'll find her boogying away (more on that in the episode).

Hello and welcome to Renude, a podcast hosted by Sian Crucefix all about bodies. How have popular culture, religion, our sexual encounters, relationships with food, disability, mental health and more affected the way we think about our bodies?

I'll be talking my mouth off about my relationship with my own body, as someone who has been sexually assaulted and had an eating disorder, and will be joined along the way by fantastic guests to help remove the shame and stigma surrounding bodies.

You can find me @siancrucefix on Twitter.

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