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024: Interview with Melissa A. Fabello - Seven Health: Eating Disorder Recovery and Anti Diet Nutritionist

Episode 024: On this week’s episode of Real Health Radio I interview Melissa A. Fabello.


Jan 28.2016


Jan 28.2016

Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance and eating disorder activist, scholar in the field of sexology, and Jurassic Park enthusiast based in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University’s Human Sexuality Studies program, where her research focuses on how women with anorexia nervosa experience skin hunger. You can contact her through her website and follow her on TwitterTumblr, and Facebook.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

00:01:00

Want to work together?

00:04:30

How she got started with her work

00:07:40

How her issues with food developed

00:11:45

How she got help

00:21:00

How her eating issues have now shaped her life

00:22:00

How she got into feminism

00:25:00

What is intersectional feminism

00:27:20

How she uses feminism to explain areas of her life

00:29:35

How a patriarchal society affects eating disorders and disordered eating

00:33:15

How the body can be any easy site of oppression

00:38:15

How the body positivity movement can be improved

00:42:30

Getting into studying sexuality

00:47:00

How articles are edited for Everyday Feminism

00:48:40

What is skin hunger?


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