Ep. 06: Fat Shamed at the Doctor - Evette Dionne

Download EB006 Fat-Shamed at the Doctor with Evette Dionne  What would you do if your doctor fat-shamed you?  Would you go back?  Evette Dionne, senior news and identity editor at the Revelist, explains in an article titled I Got Fat-shamed at the Doctor – and They Completely Missed the Problem her story.   Her voice is an important one and on today's episode, she shares her intersectional feminist  insights on the Body Positivity Movement, how Beyoncé has inspired the young black feminist movement and so much more.   “One of the biggest things is that doctors are treating fat.  They are trying to figure out a way to make fat people permanently thinner.”   – Evette Dionne    This Week on the Every Body Podcast:  Her experience being fat-shamed by a doctor   Where doctors get their ideas of pathologizing women’s bodies  Why she has a complicated feeling about the Body Positivity Movement  Ways in which the intersection of race, gender, ability plays out in our culture  The ways Beyoncé has contributed to black feminism    How she keeps trolls out of her life   Evette's Words of Wisdom  Body positivity  is a journey. Your experiences and the way you feel about yourself from day to day is simply a small part of the bigger journey. It doesn't derail the path to loving yourself fully – it's just part of the journey.  Rate & Share Every Body    Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode,  head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us spread the word to Every Body!    Don’t forget to  visit our website, follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter, and  Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!