Today I share my conversation with EB Meerson, a high school teacher and founder of Maison de Meerson, a personal styling consulting service for people size 16+ who reclaim the label "fat."
Topics:
Challenges of being a first generation American
EB's near death experience and how that sparked deep gratitude for her body
Holding trauma in the body
Diet culture and systems of supremacy
How "beauty" has been replaced by "health"
Reclaiming the label "fat"
EB's personal styling consulting company
How being a teacher is a mirror
Links:
Maison de Meerson https://www.maisondemeerson.com/ (Website) and https://www.instagram.com/maisondemeerson/ (Instagram)
https://www.sabrinastrings.com/ (Sabrina Strings) https://bookshop.org/books/fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia/9781479886753 (Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia)
https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-does-not-discriminate-by-body-weight/ (Christy Harrison's article COVID-19 Does Not Discriminate by Body Weight)
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/589/tell-me-im-fat (Lindy West coming out as "fat" on This American Life)
https://www.jibrionline.com/ (JIBRI designer)
Simi Botic's https://www.simibotic.com/ (Website) and https://www.instagram.com/simibotic/ (Instagram)
https://bookshop.org/books/untamed-9781984801258/9781984801258 (Glennon Doyle's Untamed)
https://bookshop.org/books/playing-in-the-dark-whiteness-and-the-literary-imagination/9780679745426 (Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark)
List of EB's recommended Instagram accounts to follow: https://www.instagram.com/gabifresh/ (@gabifresh) https://www.instagram.com/yrfatfriend/ (@yrfatfriend) https://www.instagram.com/thebodyisnotanapology/ (@thebodyisnotanapology) https://www.instagram.com/roseybeeme/ (@roseybeeme )https://www.instagram.com/theplusbus/ (@theplusbus) https://www.instagram.com/modachrome/ (@modachrome) https://www.instagram.com/therealmrskelley/ (@therealmrskelley )https://www.instagram.com/marielle.elizabeth/ (@marielle.elizabeth) https://www.instagram.com/itsmekellieb/ (@itsmekellieb) https://www.instagram.com/thisisjessicatorres/ (@thisisjessicatorres)
As always, thank you to https://www.instagram.com/goodcompanymgmt/ (Maytav Koter) and https://moseycreative.com/ (Spencer Stewart) for the music on my podcast. And to https://my.captivate.fm/laurastrohbusch.com (Laura Strohbusch) for the podcast graphic.
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