Vegan, Feminist, Punk and Queer Eating Disorder Recovery with Dr. Raechel Jolie

  Trigger warning for this ep! Raechel and I have some real talk about our eating disorders! Feel free to skip this ep if that's not going to work for you and your recovery. <3   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 talk to Dr. Raechel Anne Jolie of Feminist Killjoys, PHD!

Raechel Anne Jolie is a working-class-raised queer femme with a PhD in Media Studies and Feminist/Critical Sexuality Studies. She's been teaching college classes in media and gender studies for ten years, and teaching yoga for five. She's currently transitioning out of full-time academic employment to focus on her non-academic writing, anti-oppression training and consulting, and her podcast Feminist Killjoys, PhD, which she co-hosts with Dr. Melody Hoffmann. She is also an Aquarius, a cat-mom, and a long-time vegan.  

In this podcast we discuss:

- Queer punk radical eating disorder recovery - Veganism and eating disorder recovery - Tactical tools for healing  - Coded diet industry talk, orthorexia, and healthism    and so much more!   ---   You can find Raechel at: on her personal Instagram On her podcast's Instagram On Twitter, both personal and podcast and at: www.feministkilljoyspodcast.com www.raechelannejolie.com     ---

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