Today's episode features Alexia B. Martinez, a Communication instructor at Cal State San Bernardino. Alexia joins the LPDcast family to discuss her research in the Body Positive Movement and how intersectionality plays a vital role in how women's bodies are viewed in popular culture. She focuses on Lizzo and Jillian Michaels and shares how ethnicity, race, and size impact whether people are scrutinized or celebrated in the media. Alexia also shares advice for first-generation students interested in graduate school and tells us about her experience conducting research.