Podcasts Health & Fitness Nutrition Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison #43: Feminism and Eating Disorder Recovery with Melissa A. Fabello, Body-Acceptance and Eating-Disorder Activist

#43: Feminism and Eating Disorder Recovery with Melissa A. Fabello, Body-Acceptance and Eating-Disorder Activist

Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 4 a.m.

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Christy talks with the fabulous Melissa A. Fabello, a body acceptance and eating disorder activist and the managing editor of Everyday Feminism. Melissa shares what led her to develop an eating disorder in her early 20s, and why feminism played an important role in her recovery.\\xa0

Melissa A. Fabello is a body acceptance and eating disorder activist, scholar in the field of sexology, and\\xa0Jurassic Park\\xa0enthusiast based in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Melissa works as a Managing Editor of\\xa0Everyday Feminism, the largest independent feminist media website in the world, and is a doctoral candidate in Widener University\\u2019s Human Sexuality Studies program, where her research interest is in how the onset of an eating disorder affects psychosexual development. You can contact her through\\xa0her website\\xa0and follow her on\\xa0Twitter,\\xa0Tumblr, and\\xa0Facebook.

To learn more about Food Psych and our guest, visit\\xa0christyharrison.com/foodpsych

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