#29 - The Intersection Of Bridal Culture And Diet Culture, with Author & Refinery29 Columnist Kelsey Miller

Getting married? Don't let diet culture ruin your wedding
experience. Writer and bride-to-be, Kelsey Miller, refuses to
fall into the body shame trap and she wants to help you too.
Kelsey’s story in Glamour magazine about finding size 14 and
higher bridal gowns showcases the ups and downs of finding your
perfect dress in a larger body. In this lively conversation,
Kelsey shares some of the injustices that exist in bridal
culture, especially how brides in larger bodies experience
systematic oppression. We discuss the parallels between diet
culture and bridal culture, including the weight loss and fitness
industries that profit off all of our insecurities. Plus we talk
about her awesome book Big Girl and the 67% project by
Refinery29.


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Get to know Kelsey


Kelsey Miller graduated from Boston University with a BS in Film
& Television, and began her career in the film industry
before transitioning to full-time writing. For three years, she
penned the column On The Couch for SundanceNOW. She was
Refinery29’s first staff writer, eventually rising to the role of
Senior Features Writer. There, she founded The Anti-Diet Project,
one of the website’s most successful franchises. She is the
writer behind some of Refinery29’s most popular and recognized
stories on a variety of topics, as well as a creative leader in
such groundbreaking initiatives as The 67% Project. She remains a
senior contributor to the website, while now writing for other
outlets in print and online as well. Kelsey is the author of Big
Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got A Life, published by Grand
Central Publishing. In recent years, she took top honors at the
Fashion Monitor Journalism Awards and was named a Body Image Hero
by The Huffington Post. At the 2015 Digiday Awards, she won
Publisher of the Year for Refinery29, thanks to her work with The
Anti-Diet Project.


Links mentioned


Refinery29's 67% Project -
http://www.refinery29.com/67-percent-project-plus-size-body-image

Kelsey's Glamour story on plus size bridal shopping -
http://www.glamour.com/story/plus-size-wedding-dresses

Kelsey's book - Big Girl: How I Gave Up Dieting and Got a
Life
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Girl-Gave-Dieting-Life/dp/1455532630



Follow Kelsey


Website: http://www.kelseymiller.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mskelseymiller

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mskelseymiller

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KelseyMillerWriter



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