Ep 4: Medical Fatphobia, Chronic Pain and Diet Culture with Ly Kerr

Chachi Chats

It's episode 4 of Chachi Chats and this week Danni talks to journalist and fellow Scottish Body Positive Activist, Ly Kerr. Danni and Ly discuss the harmful effects of medical fatphobia in general, and the impact it has had on Ly's own body and life. Ly talks about her own body image journey, about how she deals with the continual frustration of chronic pain, and tells Danni what really pisses her off about The Body Positive Movement. They round off the episode with another good discussion about what language is safest to use around kids when talking about our bodies. This week diet culture can definitely get in the bin.

Follow Ly Kerr:

Something in the Way She Moves Blog: https://somethinginthewayshemoves.me/all-about-ly/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wee_frumpy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wee_frumpy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weefrumpy/

And you can buy her a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/wee_frumpy

Learn more about Danni and The Chachi Power Project:

Website: https://www.chachipowerproject.co.uk/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chachipowerproject/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chachipowerproject/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chachi_power

Things that came up:

The 27 Club: Celebs dying at 27 (not 33): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland: https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/

Fibromyalgia Awareness: https://www.fibroawarenessuk.org/

Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25752756/

This is Going to Hurt By Adam Kay: https://www.adamkay.co.uk/

Health at Every Size: https://haescommunity.com/
Reality TV stars auditioned to 'promote' poison diet drink on Instagram: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50837267

Ly's piece in Bust magazine: This New Year, Resolve To Stop Casual Fatphobia: https://bust.com/living/194045-fatphobia-new-year.html

We recommend that you follow:

Megan Jayne Crabbe: https://www.instagram.com/bodyposipanda/

Michelle Elman: https://www.instagram.com/scarrednotscared/

Stephanie Yeboah: https://www.instagram.com/stephanieyeboah/

Imogen Fox: https://www.instagram.com/the_feeding_of_the_fox/

Lottie L'Amour: https://www.instagram.com/lottielamour/

Jewelz M: https://www.instagram.com/jewelzjourney/

Danni/ Poundcake: https://www.instagram.com/amapoundcake/