Society, Size, & Judgement – with Shannon Malone-deBenedictis
About this episode
Katie Allen interviews Shannon Malone-deBenedictis about body image, societal judgment, and women's confidence in professional spaces.
In this episode of Speaking of Inclusion, Katie Allen talks with two-time Emmy award-winning filmmaker Shannon Malone-deBenedictis . Shannon brings her experience in documentary storytelling, a career with giants like Discovery, Netflix, and NationalGeographic, and her insights as founder of Padlin Creative . Most of all, she opens up about her work helping women question how they see themselves, step into full confidence, and challenge the ways society judges people on size andappearance. Katie and Shannon explore the fact that conversations around weight and size are still taboo or overlooked, especiallyfor women, at work and in public life. They unpack the double standards around body image, how those standards especially impact heavier women, and why these biases stick around. Shannon shares personal stories from her career, including the moment she decided to stop apologising for who she is and what she looks like, and what it meant to finally show up truly unapologetic in professional spaces. Listeners can expect a frank conversation about fat shaming, internalised self-judgment, the link between societal biasand workplace exclusion, and the everyday struggle of taking up…
People in this episode
Host: Katie Allen
Guest: Shannon Malone-deBenedictis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Padlin Creative, Discovery, Netflix, National Geographic
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