Megan Jayne Crabbe (BodyPosiPanda): Body Positivity, Toxic Beauty Standards, and Self-Love

Megan Jayne Crabbe is the pastel-clad queen behind the BodyPosiPanda Instagram handle. For years, she has used her platform to uplift women, promote body positivity, and speak about feminism. In 2017, she published "Body Positive Power", which was one of the first books to contribute to the discourse of body positivity in the 21st century. In this episode, Megan opens up about her journey, her life online, her knowledge of the toxic beauty industry and how it thrives on consumer discomfort, and how body positivity fits into modern feminism. You won't want to miss this thoroughly empowering, life-affirming episode!If you’d like to be part of the conversation, and you love the sound of receiving brand new books every month that will shake up your world view and diversify your bookshelf, why not go ahead and subscribe to Books That Matter? Our next theme is Myths, Goddesses and Legends, and we’ll be exploring the narratives of women in Greek Myth, formerly plot devices, now characters with agency reincarnated in novels which tell their unique stories, you can grab your box on our website now, www.booksthatmatter.co.uk Our social handles:Instagram: @booksthatmatteruk Twitter: @booksthatmatterFacebook: @booksthatmatteruk

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