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Generation Body Positive
by Cate Navarrete
Cate Navarrete is a 18-year-old Emory University student, non-profit director, and writer passionate about body positivity. On Generation Body Positive, Cate speaks with different activists, influencers, and friends about their own experiences with identity, diet culture, body image, and more to amplify and empower diverse voices. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support
Episodes
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Stephanie Ng
Mental health, body image, and podcasting — all things PhD student and nonprofit founder Stephanie Ng discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss starting Body Banter, creating space for mental health and body image advocacy in Hong Kong, pursuing the aforementioned causes in academia,...
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Maryam Faisal
South Asian and Muslim eating disorder recovery activist Maryam Faisal joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the onset of her eating disorder and subsequent recovery, navigating the financial burden of recovery, creating and leading a nonprofit as a teen, and her other means of advocacy…
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Mary Fashik
Lebanese-born, queer disability rights activist Mary Fashik joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss navigating disability advocacy, workplace discrimination, identity-based imposter syndrome, the importance of intersectionality, and her experience working with (and interviewing) Stacey Abrams.
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Isabella Amador
Isabella Amador, Body Positive Alliance Director of Programming, joins Cate on the first episode of season three. They discuss navigating body image at predominantly white institutions, the binge and restrict cycle, teen advocacy, and appearing on “Nick News.”
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Kaysha Thomas
Black eating disorder recovery specialist and pilates instructor Kaysha Thomas joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss how trauma impacts body image, eating disorders in the Black community, implementing exercise into recovery, Black body ideals versus Eurocentric standards, and why she...
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Caroline Rhodes
Body shaming, collaborating with Project HEAL, and White Greek Life — all things former Division I athlete and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rhodes discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss leading Club HEAL at William and Mary College, going to in-patient treatment,...
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Makahla Jackson
Black disability and healthcare advocate Makahla Jackson joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the intersection of race and disability, ways the American healthcare system fails marginalized folks, how to self-advocate at the doctor’s office, and making space for diversity within the…
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Georgia Sky
Content creator, actress, and body acceptance advocate Georgia Sky (aka @bawdyqueen) joins Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss colorism, racism, and fatphobia in the entertainment industry, the co-option of body positivity, allyship to body politic movements, and why body diversity in the...
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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…
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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...
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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…
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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Sophia Liu
Body-positive content creator Sophia Liu joins Cate on this week's episode to discusses invalidation, body shaming, TikTok haters, and cultural beauty standards.
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Carly Svensson
On this week's episode, Cate chats with Carly Svensson (aka @long.tall.carly) to discuss tall girl struggles, navigating TikTok, fashion inclusivity, and body image as an athlete.
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Feel Empowered
Miranda Rosenbaum and Lila Elkins, co-creators of "Feel Empowered," join Cate this week to discuss beauty standards, overcoming insecurities, the launch of their website (www.feelempowerednow.com), and how they are creating more space for self-love and body acceptance on social media.
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Grace Rivers
TikToker, mental health advocate, author, and college student Grace Rivers joins Cate this week to discuss emetophobia, comparison, therapy, journaling, and her book, “The Sun Is Still Rising.”
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Susan Hyatt
On this week's episode of Generation Body Positive, Cate discusses diet culture, comparison, and female empowerment with certified life and business coach, author, and Tedx speaker Susan Hyatt.
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Amy Drover
Diet culture, comparison, and Brittani Lancaster — all things teacher, TikToker, and advocate Amy Drover (aka @penelopesm0m) discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss craving validation, TikTok’s body-positive community, positive affirmations, mental health, and why you should “fake…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Cate Navarrete is a 18-year-old Emory University student, non-profit director, and writer passionate about body positivity. On Generation Body Positive, Cate speaks with different activists, influencers, and friends about their own experiences with identity, diet culture, body image, and more to amplify and empower diverse voices. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generationbodypositive/support
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