What does representation have to do with body image?  What's body positivity, and what's body neutrality? Are you fat-phobic?  Do your words and use of the word "fat" inadvertently feed into fat culture?

In this week’s episode, body positivity expert Emily Lauren Dick delves into all of these questions and more.

Emily explains: 

• The origin of body image issues
• The difference between body positivity and body neutrality 
• What parents can do to help their daughters love their bodies
• Fat phobia and fat talk, and how to avoid feeding into thin culture

For more info and to follow Emily Lauren Dick:

• www.happydaughter.com 
• Instagram:  @realhappydaughter
• Find Emily’s Book, Body Positive: A Guide to Loving Your Body on www.happydaughter.com , Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.

Other references in this episode:

• Ep. 22 with Lacey C. Clark! on Self-Love and Second-Guessing Society’s Definition of Success
• Ep. 19 with Neysa Page-Lieberman - Building Monuments to Resemble and Represent Us

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