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The Unplug Collective's Founder & CEO Amanda Taylor and Head of PR Nya Williams talk about the mission of Unplug and shortcomings within the Fashion and Medical industries around larger bodies.

I’ve been following @theunplugcollective for the last year, and I’ve learned so much. @theunplugcollective is a platform for Black women and gender-expansive people to share stories about mental health and body discrimination. I sat down with CEO & Founder @amandaliztaylor and Head of PR @geminy.a to learn more about their mission, the work they’ve been doing, about the shortcomings in the Fashion and Medical Industries around larger bodies (specifically with BMI and mental health), and what they hope for the future.

I would encourage you to follow @theunplugcollective for historical and mental health resources along with important information and personal stories.

“I think people in bigger bodies are treated like purgatory. They’re treated like a transition that is waiting to happen. They’re treated with their body first, and not the fact that they’re human beings inside of them. Fatness has been so demonized that people cannot look past fatness. It’s fatness first, person second. And that is a problem.” - @amandaliztaylor

More about Unplug: Founded in 2019, The Unplug Collective is a platform for Black women and gender-expansive people to share stories about mental health and body discrimination.  As a team of 9 Black women ages 18-23, we are dedicated to building community through representation. We prioritize working closely with you to tell your stories in the form of written personal narratives, photo/video campaigns, and more because we believe that each of us holds tremendous power to educate and inspire. Along with generating content from our community, we also create our own educational research and visual content, which can be found on our Instagram page.

You Have Such a Pretty Face: The Unplug Collection

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I sat down with author and cook, Julia Turshen, to talk about what healthy comfort means to her, and how she's built defenses around diet culture.

After reading author and home cook Julia Turshen’s essay about her struggle with diet culture in her new book, Simply Julia, I immediately related. I was so excited to finally speak with a cook for this series, because ideas around food, cooking, and eating quickly become negative when they involve a fat person.

Diet culture’s lingering presence seems to find a way into our everyday lives and, ideas about “health” often get misinterpreted with the idea of “thinness.” Julia’s inspiration for Simply Julia was to write a cook book that did not equate heath with thinness, providing hundreds of recipes for "healthy comfort food." She explained to me that her interpretation of “healthy” has everything to do with freedom - freedom from guilt, restriction, deprivation, and judgment - and nothing to do with weight loss.

Julia shared that growing up, the only two feelings she often experienced were being “happy” or being “fat,” and she’s been working toward understanding that “fat” is not a feeling - she (along with many of us) made it a word that meant anything other than feeling “good.”

I hope you enjoy this conversation with the talented and creative Julia @turshen. I learned a lot from her and promise that you’ll take something away from it.

Follow @turshen for all things food, watch and *share* the full video here on IGTV, listen on Apple Podcasts (link in bio, subscribe!), or stream it on YouTube (link in @hellodolly bio, subscribe!).

p.s. please ignore the technical difficulty of the split screen at the beginning of the episode - technology flops happen!!! Silly me :)

You Have Such a Pretty Face: Julia Turshen

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I spoke with Nicole Phillips, Director of Social Media at 11 Honoré, a luxury plus size clothing company, about experiences with dating, doctors who have fat shamed her, and about raising her daughter. 

I’ve lived in an overweight body for 17+ years, which has completely shaped how I see the world. You’ve been following me because like it or not, this is the real journey I’ve been on nearly my whole life. My body is the reason I’ve been able to put on a show for everyone, why I’ve always had a larger than life personality, and why I am the way I am. It’s a journey that millions of girls + women navigate everyday, and I hope to help normalize bodies of all shapes, sizes, and colors.

It’s been a while since I posted a You Have Such a Pretty Face conversation, but I am glad to finally be sharing my convo with @nicolebette, the social media director at @11honore, a luxury extended size clothing company. My introduction to 11 Honoré was about two years when I attended their runway fashion show that kicked of #NYFW. It blew my mind. I couldn’t believe I was watching a show where only plus size models were walking. I cried during the show - it never occurred to me that it was even possible to have a fashion show exclusively showcasing plus size women and luxury fashion. I so appreciate how open and honest Nicole was with me during our chat about her experiences with dating, doctors who have fat shamed her, and about raising her daughter. I hope you enjoy this conversation! For more from Nicole, follow @nicole_bette on Instagram and watch the full video on @dollymeckler's IGTV, stream it via YouTube (link in @dollymeckler bio, subscribe!), or listen on Apple Podcasts (link in @hellodolly bio, subscribe!)

You Have Such a Pretty Face: Nicole Phillips

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I spoke with Emily Schultz, social media manager at Bon Appetit Magazine about body image and working in the food industry.

I’ve lived in an overweight body for 17+ years, which has completely shaped how I see the world. You’ve been following me because like it or not, this is the real journey I’ve been on nearly my whole life. My body is the reason I’ve been able to put on a show for everyone, why I’ve always had a larger than life personality, and why I am the way I am. It’s a journey that millions of girls + women navigate everyday, and I hope to help normalize bodies of all shapes, sizes, and colors.

As an Italian Jew with a father who worked in food, working in the culinary industry was a no brainer to @empschultz, social media manager at @bonappetitmag. Emily shared her experience growing up around food and how as a young girl she remained unaware of her body size until her thinner peers started talking about their own bodies negatively. We talked about what a typical situation that is - when your thin friends talk about how “fat” they look and how triggering that can be for a fat person. She mentioned how she wants to give more “intentional compliments,” instead of telling people that they look “good” when they look skinny. Good and skinny are not synonymous!! And mega shoutout to Emily’s sister, _princessthicck, who has played such a big role in Emily’s journey to self-acceptance. Follow @empschultz for some major food porn, and watch the full video here, stream it via YouTube (link in bio, subscribe!), or listen on Apple Podcasts (link in @hellodolly bio, subscribe!)

You Have Such a Pretty Face: Emily Schultz

Follow Alison Stevenson on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/justaboutglad/">https://www.instagram.com/justaboutglad/</a>Follow Alison Stevenson on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JustAboutGlad">https://twitter.com/JustAboutGlad</a>Follow Dolly Meckler on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dollymeckler/">https://www.instagram.com/dollymeckler/</a>

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I sat down with comedian, Alison, to hear about what it means to be a fat woman in comedy, a male-centric industry.

I’ve lived in an overweight body for 17+ years, which has completely shaped how I see the world. You’ve been following me because like it or not, this is the real journey I’ve been on nearly my whole life. My body is the reason I’ve been able to put on a show for everyone, why I’ve always had a larger than life personality, and why I am the way I am. It’s a journey that millions of girls + women navigate everyday, and I hope to help normalize bodies of all shapes, sizes, and colors.

I had been following LA-based comedian Alison Stevenson, @justaboutglad, on Twitter for a couple years - she’s a hilarious Twitter follow. It wasn’t until recently that I started following her on Instagram and I learned about @thickstripent, a body positive strip show on IG. Alison and I talked about what being a fat woman in the comedy space feels like, the power of the male-gaze, and how she’s been able to internally grow into “the Alison that we see on stage,” a confident and body-positive woman. Hope you enjoy our conversation. Follow @justaboutglad, watch the full video here, stream it via YouTube (link in bio, subscribe!), or listen on Apple Podcasts (link in @hellodolly bio, subscribe!)

You Have Such a Pretty Face: Alison Stevenson

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