Queer Hunger: What We Learn to Silence and How We Take It Back

In this episode, we explore queer hunger, not just the hunger for food, but the hunger for safety, belonging, desire, pleasure, and the freedom to take up space. We look at how queer folks learn to shrink themselves to survive and how that survival mode impacts our relationship with food, our bodies, our nervous systems, and our sense of worth. Together, we unpack the many forms of silenced hunger, the way queerness is already rooted in abundance, and the lifelong work of reclaiming our fullness. We talk about masking, perfectionism, sensory needs, people-pleasing, internalized shame, and the ways the world teaches queer people to make themselves smaller to stay safe. ✨ Tarot pull of the week: Eight of Pentacles  ✨ Journal prompts: Where in your life were you first told you were “too much”? Who benefits from you staying small? What does my body do when my needs feel “dangerous”? (Shut down? Get smaller? Get louder? Mask?) What are the earliest cues my body gives me when I’m hungry that I tend to miss or overlook? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queersagainstdietculture/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581527639476 Interested in being a guest on this podcast? Fill out this form here: https://forms.gle/MMZ4vZSfmm8j4bV5A Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/let-good-times-roll Chapters (00:00:07) - Queer Hunger(00:02:01) - Reversed 8 of Pentacles(00:21:33) - How to Reclaim Your Hunger(00:27:55) - How to Reclaim Hunger