Generation Body Positive

Generation Body Positive

By Cate NavarreteSociety & Culture
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Generation Body Positive episodes

  • Ashira Paraskevas
    Mental health and body acceptance advocate Ashira Paraskevas joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the consequences of participating in beauty pageants, seeking mental health treatment as a Black woman, the importance of being authentic online, and why freeing oneself from Eurocentric beauty ideals is liberating.
    56 min
  • Caleb Luna
    Caleb Luna, a fat, Queer, disabled, and Tejanx multi-hyphenate joins Cate on the fifth episode of season two to discuss the impact on colonialism on beauty standards, familial fatphobia, how diet culture demonizes non-Eurocentric foods, and why relying on the mainstream media for representation isn’t a means to an end.
    54 min
  • Christine Murphy
    Plus-size shopping, neurodivergence, and TikTok — all things mother, content creator, and advocate Christine Murphy (aka The Mighty Murphin’ Fashion Ranger) discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss radical fashion inclusivity, social media’s body-positive communities, being diagnosed with autism at 35, navigating inaccessibility as a plus-size person, and why body diversity in the media is crucial.
    50 min
  • Sky Cubacub
    On this week’s episode, Cate and Queer disability advocate Sky Cubacub discuss radical fashion inclusivity, the QueerCrip dress reform movement, why it's important to celebrate Queer and disabled folks’ joy, self-expression outside of the gender binary, and the fear of disability.
    59 min
  • Tiffany Yu

    Ableism, social entrepreneurship, and first-gen struggles — all things Taiwanese-American disability advocate Tiffany Yu discusses with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss social isolation for disabled folks, self-worth and actualization, embracing imperfect advocacy, and why we should “usualize” rather than “normalize.”

    58 min
  • Jan Pleje

    Filipino eating disorder recovery advocate Jan Pleje joins Cate on the first episode of season two to discuss disordered eating culture in the Philippines, body shaming, balancing activism and academics as a high school student, and how he's combatting barriers to eating disorder recovery and treatment in his community. 

    44 min
  • William Hornby
    Eating disorder recovery advocate, actor, and singer William Hornby joins Cate on the final episode of season one to discuss disordered eating culture in the performing arts, toxic masculinity, barriers to eating disorder recovery and treatment, and struggling with Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED) and body dysmorphia.
    53 min
  • Dana Monsees

    Cate’s former swim coach Dana Monsees, a certified Dietician, Nutritionist, and Body-Image Coach, speaks on Generation Body Positive this week to discuss Whole30, mainstream body positivity, weight-inclusive care, and health accessibility.

    52 min
  • Dana Monsees
    Cate’s former swim coach Dana Monsees, a certified Dietician, Nutritionist, and Body-Image Coach, speaks on Generation Body Positive this week to discuss Whole30, mainstream body positivity, weight-inclusive care, and health accessibility.
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    1 hr
  • Rachel Roberts
    On this week’s episode, Cate and eating disorder recovery advocate Rachel Roberts discuss body image, post-COVID anxiety, glow-up culture, and experiencing binge-eating disorder.
    46 min

About Generation Body Positive

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Cate Navarrete is a 19-year-old college student, non-profit director, and activist passionate about body positivity. On Generation Body Positive, Cate dissects identity, diet culture, body image, and…