#156 - Helping Young Adults Explore Their Radical Anatomy with Kelly Jensen

In today’s episode I talk with Kelly Jensen about her new book
for young adults called Body Talk, which covers the themes of
ability and disability, body positivity, fat positivity, tattoos,
language, and much more.


Tune in for essay readings and a nuanced conversation about
intentions vs. impact of the body positivity movement today and
where we may be doing more harm than good.


Here’s a few items we cover:


How yoga has helped her and her yoga students with mental
health, self compassion, and non-judgment.

Themes and helpful lessons on body politics from her latest
book Body Talk, and how to use this book as a parent of a 12+
person.

Patricia Elzie’s essay on the problematic nature of policing
people’s feelings in the body positivity movement.

Questions about where we may do more harm than good when it
comes to helping people practice self-acceptance.

Why we need to listen to people with lived experience at
multiple intersections about what they’re seeing from those of us
who hold multiple privileges.



About Kelly
Kelly Jensen is an editor of books for young adults including
BODY TALK: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy (August 18), the
award-winning (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start The
Conversation About Mental Health, and Here We Are: Feminism For
The Real World. She works full-time as an editor for Book Riot,
and in her free time, she teaches yoga and volunteers for a
senior pet rescue. She’s a former librarian and life-long lover
of books and reading.


Website | Instagram | Book | Venmo: kellybjensen


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