Posts Tagged ‘body neutrality’
Cooking, Culture, and Chaos: Episode 4—Jerk Shrimp with Shaquelle Thomas!
Welcome to Cooking, Culture and Chaos: Episode 4 featuring Shaquelle Thomas! In this episode we feature Shaquelle Thomas, a former Sister Fit coach! Coach Shaquelle did such a great job coaching our members through our Strength and Fitness program last year! She was fun, knowledgeable, and I appreciated her perspective on health—that people deserve to…
Read MoreTime to Get Skinny: How Words Connect Us
If any of you know me, you know I would NEVER say that it’s “time to get skinny” as a way to motivate you to do your exercises. But, I did indeed use this phrase with a group of Somali women when I was hired to teach a group fitness class for the teachers at…
Read MoreFine Ideals: Body Positivity vs. Body Neutrality
Words by Hollay Ghadery There’s this picture of me I posted on Instagram: I’m wearing high-waisted jeans and a blue and red houndstooth cardigan tied in a tight knot over my belly button. The bottom of the picture cuts off mid-thigh, the top, around my shoulders, so you can’t see my face. I took this…
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