#79 - Diets Can Kiss My A** with Jes Baker author of Landwhale and Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls

In her latest book, a memoir aptly titled Landwhale (you’ll find
out why in the show), Jes Baker, covers important topics in the
body positivity and fat liberation space that need to be
discussed in the mainstream culture and she does it all through
beautiful writing from her personal experience with a liberal
dose of blunt honesty and humor.


Jes and I discuss her evolving relationship with her body and how
to deal with HAES “trolls”. Plus we discuss why dieting is the
greatest scam of them all from her chapter on “Have you ever
thought of dieting?”.


Available wherever books are sold, check landwhalethebook.com for
tour dates and more information!


About Jes: Jes Baker is a positive, progressive,
and magnificently irreverent force to be reckoned with in the
realm of self-love advocacy and mental health. She believes in
the importance of body autonomy, hard conversations, strong
coffee, and even stronger language.


After creating satirical versions of Abercrombie & Fitch
advertisements in 2013, she appeared on the Today Show and
quickly became one of the leading voices in the current body
image movement.


When not writing, Jes spends her time speaking around the world,
working with plus size clothing companies, organizing body
liberation events, taking pictures in her underwear and
attempting to convince her cats that they like to wear bow ties.


Follow Jes: Website | Instagram | Twitter
| Facebook | Jes' books


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