Have you heard of Intuitive eating before?
What about Body Liberation?
Throughout the semester in my Master of Social Work, Social Justice class, I was asked to create a social action project. My classmate and I decided to create a zine, called Nourished Liberation, on the topic of Intuitive Eating as a tool for Body liberation.
Intuitive eating is an approach to food and body care that focuses on listening to your body’s internal cues, rather than following diets or external food rules, to decide what, when, and how much to eat.
It was developed by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch and is grounded in both nutrition science and body respect.
Body liberation is a social, political, and cultural movement that seeks to free people from oppression, shame, and control of their bodies, particularly fat bodies. It goes beyond individual self-esteem or “body positivity”, focusing on changing the societal structures that tell us that thin bodies are better. With a core structural focus, we move past “changing personal mindsets”, which is why it is a more radical, liberation-based movement than body positivity. It also recognizes its birth from fat, black women’s advocacy and is highly grounded in anti-oppressive, racial justice.
Check out the FREE digital zine linked below to learn all about these justice-based food movements, as well as their foundation in racial-justice and anti-capitalism.
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To print yourself a physical copy, please scan the QR code in the poster at the top of this page, or use the linktree to access a “print and fold” version…
Feel free to share the zine widely… online, in person, and within your community.
We hope you enjoy reading and hopefully learn something new!
Let us know in the comments what you think of the zine, and whether Intuitive Eating is a tool you’d consider using- or maybe you already do!
Laughing Radish 