Body Liberation Week 2024:
October 29–November 2
Join Student Health and Well-Being and partners in exploring what body liberation can mean for you! We hope to offer a space to explore body acceptance, neutrality, and liberation. Activities include practicing intuitive eating with our dietitians, mindfulness with our mental health professionals, and crafting affirming messages with our team.
Events
Tuesday, October 29
Healing Through Grounding: Partnership with CARE at SARC
10:30–11:30am, Thich Nhat Hanh Room, Student Center
This workshop centers grounding as a healing modality. The purpose of this event is for individuals to establish coping skills for safety to address the impacts of trauma and stress as they navigate their healing journey. To ground oneself is to bring the mind, body, and spirit to the present moment through awareness in the senses and reconnection to earth. With grounding, one can reach a sense of security and stability as one navigates drifting through life’s many stressors—like an anchor to a ship at sea. This space is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Create your own grounding stone!
Wednesday, October 30
Fueling Strong Bodies: Event for Scholar Athletes Only
8–9:30am, Spanos
Scholar athletes can make their own crepes and explore what it means to build body respect and gratitude.
Thursday, October 31
Intuitive Eating Workshop
5–6pm, Green Table Room, Price Center
Come learn about what it means to practice intuitive eating! Free snacks and a raffle giveaway for an Intuitive Eating Workbook! Note that seating is limited to the first 20 students.
Friday, November 1
Operation Beautiful: Partnership with Health Promotion Services (HPS)
11am–1pm, Library Walk
Design body affirmations to keep or give away!
Special Edition of Restorative Movement: Partnership with REC
3–4pm, RIMAC Room 2
Practice moving in restorative ways, with affirmation wristbands! Pre-register through the Recreation website.
Additional Resources
If you find yourself struggling with your body image, know that we have support on campus. The SHW Eating Disorders Program is here to help.
Websites
- NEDA Body Acceptance Week homepage
- The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)
- ASDAH: About Health at Every Size® (HAES)
- Christy Harrison: Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor
- The Original Intuitive Eating Pros
- Matt McGorry's Journey Toward Radical Body Positivity | Human Parts (medium.com)
- The Black, Femme History of the Body Positive & Fat Liberation Movement - The Joy Project
- Creating a positive body image environment for males - Butterfly Foundation
Podcasts
- Find Your food Voice – Julie Duffy Dillon, RDN, anti-diet
- Food Psych – Christy Harrison, RD, CED-S, anti-diet, intuitive eating
- Maintenace phase –Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes, podcast demystifying fad diets and health myths
- Find Food Freedom – Sam Previte, RDN
- Body Liberation for All – Dalia Kinsey
Books
- The Intuitive Eating Workbook – by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN and Elyse Resch, MS, RD
- Intuitive Eating - by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN and Elyse Resch, MS, RD
- Gentle Nutrition – A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating – Rachael Hartley, RD
- Body Respect -- Lindo Bacon, Lucy Aphramor
- Body Kindness – Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN
- The Body Is not An Apology – Sonya Renee Taylor
- Hunger by Roxanne Gay
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
- Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon