✌️Responding To Hate Comments From The Jillian Michaels Debate

About this episode

Leah Kern responds to comments from the Jillian Michaels debate, addressing misunderstandings about weight and health.

In this episode, I respond to and unpack some of the most common comments I received after the viral Jillian Michaels vs. Body Positivity debate video was published. I’ll be honest: it took me a long time to record this episode. Reading through hostile and misinformed comments is unpleasant. But I ultimately decided this conversation was worth having, because the comments reveal deep misunderstandings about weight, health, and what ethical nutrition care actually looks like. In this episode, ...

People in this episode

Host: Leah Kern

Topics covered

• body positivity
• health
• nutrition
• hate comments
• debate

Keywords

• Jillian Michaels
• body positivity
• hate comments
• nutrition
• health

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