Straddling the border with Alex Zaragoza!

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, we have Alex Zaragoza!   Alex Zaragoza is a writer covering the intersection between culture and social issues, feminism, the border and other random stuff. She's currently an editor at We Are Mitú, the largest digital media organization serving the Latinx population, and a columnist for San Diego CityBeat. Her work has appeared in O Magazine, NPR, LA Weekly, Rolling Stone and others. Alex grew up in San Diego and Tijuana, crossing the border every day for school and work. She currently lives in Los Angeles.   In this podcast we discuss Alex's experience growing up in both Mexico and the US, what it was like to cross the border for school on a daily basis, body image and how that relates to familial relations (Specifically as it relates to her experience as a Latinx woman), pissing off white men, and so much more!   --- You can find Alex on her Instagram. ---   A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at [email protected]!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at [email protected].   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill 

Welcome to Flex Your Heart Radio! This podcast is about body, fat and gender positivity, fitness, feminism, recovery, risk, and crushing it at life.    On this episode, we have Alex Zaragoza!   Alex Zaragoza is a writer covering the intersection between culture and social issues, feminism, the border and other random stuff. She's currently an editor at We Are Mitú, the largest digital media organization serving the Latinx population, and a columnist for San Diego CityBeat. Her work has appeared in O Magazine, NPR, LA Weekly, Rolling Stone and others. Alex grew up in San Diego and Tijuana, crossing the border every day for school and work. She currently lives in Los Angeles.   In this podcast we discuss Alex's experience growing up in both Mexico and the US, what it was like to cross the border for school on a daily basis, body image and how that relates to familial relations (Specifically as it relates to her experience as a Latinx woman), pissing off white men, and so much more!   --- You can find Alex on her Instagram. ---   A very special thank you to our 10$ level and up Patreon Patrons: Leslie Bennett, Meg Tracy, The Shiners, Jen, Mickey Boille, Julia Gibson, Jordan Faulds, Andi Olsen, Aja Vines, Bianca Phillips, Sky Chari and Kelly Knight! I love you all.   If you like the podcast: Support our Patreon! Leave us an iTunes review! Join our facebook group! Email us at [email protected]!   ----  And now for me! I wrote a graphic novel with my partner and you can buy it now!. If you've ever wanted to read about my recovery from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive overexercise, this is your chance. Buy today, get stoked, share with your friends!    You can follow me on Instagram You can visit my blog You can check out my amazing body, fat, and gender positive gym, now open in Portland, Oregon    You can email me with podcast questions or inquiries about coaching (olympic lifting, power lifting, interval training, etc.) at [email protected].   ----  Intro/outro song: outta me by Bikini Kill