ED Trigger Warning. Claire is off for the day, so you get all Alaina on this episode! We are revisiting last week's topic's around body image and digging more into this complex issue.
- Alaina shares that her struggles with body image have impacted her friendships, career choices, and romantic relationships.
- Alaina thinks there is no coincidence to the way the "ideal" female body has evolved throughout history. It is a way of oppressing certain classes, religious and racial groups -- and women in general.
- Our energy is being wasted.
- Men are not completely immune to social expectations either.
- It helps Alaina to put all this in context and explain all her ups and downs in her relationship with her body.
- Expectations around women are further perpetuated by our lack of knowledge around women's health.
- Alaina shares a lot of personal information about her own hormone cycle and a condition called athletic amenorrhoea, which has longer impacts on bone and heart health. We should be learning about that.
- Alaina also discusses the need to let go of disordered eating as part of her identity.
- She goes through tips from you all about how to help your self image.
- Don't forget to be careful with your language! Don't contribute to this system and perpetuate these standards!
