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The Fat PsychologistDiet culture as religion: Faith and Fatness with Amanda Martinez BeckIn this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, Ninna is joined by author, activist, and future priest Amanda Martinez Beck to explore the powerful idea of diet culture as a religion. Together, they unpack how societal norms around body size, food, and morality mirror religious structures—and how we can begin to unlearn these harmful beliefs.From shared experiences of Catholicism and fat liberation to reflections on disability, theology, and representation, this conversation is rich with insight, vulnerability, and hope. Amanda and Ninna challenge the cultural narratives that equate thinness with virtue and fatness with failure, offering instead a vision of radi...2025-06-0842 min
Fat & FaithfulRaising Fat Positive Kids w/ Fayelle EwuakyeHappy season 5 opener, Fat & Faithful listeners! With J. Nicole Morgan taking a step away from public activism, I have invited a few guest cohosts to share bits of their lives with me. Today's episode is cohosted by Fayelle Ewuakye, my friend and fellow admin for my All Bodies Are Good Bodies Group on Facebook. You can follow Fayelle on Instagram @fayelle123 and on Twitter @FayelleEwuakye. Books I mention: Nicole Morgan's Fat & Faithful, and Tribole & Resch's Intuitive Eating. 2021-09-1530 min
Small Steps84 | How to Embrace that Your Body + All Bodies are Good with Amanda Martinez BeckA major part of moving away from diet culture can be embracing the bodies we currently have, regardless of our body’s size or how “acceptable” diet culture deems it. And in that journey, looking at and realizing our internalized fatphobia can come up and be a lot. In this episode I talk with fat activist Amanda Martinez Beck on fat activism, fatness, the systemic things that affect fatness and how we can embrace the fact that our bodies (and all bodies) are good. About Amanda Martinez Beck Amanda Martinez Beck is a fat act...2020-04-291h 00Fat & FaithfulOur Friend FayelleHear our conversation with our friend (and F&F transcriptionist!) Fayelle Ewuakye. Hire her! fayelle123@yahoo.com Fat & Faithful: Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves by J. Nicole Morgan https://amzn.to/2oHi8oG #afflink Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me by Amanda Martinez Beck https://amzn.to/2WH6hn5 #afflink Become a patron: Patreon.com/fatandfaithful Transcripts by Fayelle Ewuakye at jnicolemorgan.com/podcast Theme song: "These Bodies" by The Many Check out their This is My Body Liturgy at...2019-11-2027 minFat & FaithfulLet's Try That AgainWelcome to season 4! Our books: Fat & Faithful: Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves by J. Nicole Morgan https://amzn.to/2oHi8oG #afflink Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me by Amanda Martinez Beck https://amzn.to/2WH6hn5 #afflink Become a patron: Patreon.com/fatandfaithful Transcripts by Fayelle Ewuakye at jnicolemorgan.com/podcast Theme song: "These Bodies" by The Many Check out their This is My Body Liturgy at themanyarehere.com2019-11-0724 minFat & FaithfulReligious Fasting?TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, Amanda & Nicole discuss their experiences with religious fasting. The conversation includes mentions of restriction, bingeing, and weight loss. Please know your limitations and feel free to skip a week of listening if that is safer for you! Links to our books: Fat & Faithful: Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves by J. Nicole Morgan (Fortress Press, 2018) Lovely: How I learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me by Amanda Martinez Beck (Our Sunday Visitor, 2018) 2019-03-1128 minFat & FaithfulHow to Be a Fat AllyNicole and Amanda discuss 4 aspects to being an effective fat ally. Thicc, Not Sick skit by Samantha Bee Check out our books: Fat & Faithful: Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves by J. Nicole Morgan Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me by Amanda Martinez Beck2019-02-2744 minFat & FaithfulS1. Ep 10: A Reflection on Bodies for Holy WeekThere is room in the Gospel story for the care of bodies. Spoken word by J. Nicole Morgan Music by Zachary Beck2018-03-3107 minFat & FaithfulEpisode 2: Fat FashionJ. Nicole Morgan and Amanda Martinez Beck talk fat fashion, modesty, and growing up in the conservative Christian purity culture as fat women. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and check out our website. 2017-08-1531 minFat & FaithfulEpisode 1: Fat & FaithfulNicole J. Morgan and Amanda Martinez Beck's first conversation about faith, politics, and culture as it relates to fatness. We give our backstories and tell how we got into fat acceptance and size dignity activism. 2017-08-0129 minFat & FaithfulWelcome to Fat & FaithfulFat acceptance activist J. Nicole Morgan and size-dignity activist Amanda Martinez Beck are launching the podcast Fat & Faithful in August.2017-06-2701 min