The Body Talk: Recent Episodes
Isabella Lock
The Body Talk is a podcast that explores topics about the body from different perspectives. Each episode the host, Isabella, talks with a different guest about a topic related to the body, such as body hair, disability and more. The Body Talk aims to encourage conversation about our bodies that is inclusive to all.
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In this episode of The Body Talk, I am joined by Beth, who shares her experience with eczema. We discuss the impacts of social media on her relationship with eczema, dealing with the skin condition in school, what to do/what not to do when supporting someone with eczema and more!
I am joined by content creator and actor, Ryan Alexander Holmes (he/him), who shares his experience of being Blasian (mixed Black and Asian) in the US and the impacts of the modelling industry. We talk about the relationship between cultural identity and body image, the journey of accepting yourself both internally and externally and more.
Check out Ryan's Instagram and TikTok and show him some love!
I am joined by YouTuber, Nikki (she/her), who shares her experience with body image as an Indonesian woman living in the US. We talk about skin whitening products in Asia, the importance of representation of South East Asian people in the media, how to accept your brown skin and more.
Check out Nikki's page dedicated to Southeast Asian girls: @sunkissedseagirl. And do show some support on her YouTube channel too!
Holly (she/her) joins me this episode to her discuss the period stigma. We explore body confidence during periods, delayed diagnosis of endometriosis and how we can tackle the period stigma among others topics.
For this episode of The Body Talk, I am joined by Sophie, who shares her experience with mental illness and its impacts on her relationship with her body. We explore the stigma around mental illness, the portrayal of mental illness on social media, the physical impacts of depression and anxiety and more.
Content warning: Those with depression and/or anxiety might find some of the content triggering or upsetting.
Sophie runs her own podcast, Tell Me What To Do, which is a conversation navigating life as a "new" adult.
Izzy (she/her) joins the conversation in this episode of The Body Talk as we discuss misleading information about nutrition, the body positivity movement and more.
Trigger warning: those with experience with eating disorders or disordered eating may find some of the content triggering.
Feel free to message Izzy on Instagram: @izzyhartnoll
Izzy (she/her) joins me for this episode of The Body Talk, in which we discuss imposter syndrome in relation to non-visible disability, ableism at university, being kind to ourselves and more.
Izzy has written an article about imposter syndrome in relation to her bisexuality and non-visible cerebral palsy, which you can read here.
Trigger warning: eating disorder/disordered eating
In this episode of The Body Talk I am joined by Taimour (he/him), who shares his experience of Eurocentric beauty standards as a South Asian man. We talk about the impacts of toxic masculinity on men, how Eurocentric beauty standards affect South Asian men and more.
Taimour is the founder of Expert By Experience, which is a platform that creates dialogue around mental health in South Asian communities through an intersectional and critical lens. Check out Expert by Experience here on Instagram.
Leanne (she/her) and Mabel (she/her) join Isabella to explore their experiences with colourism as black women, the importance of checking and recognising mixed race/lighter skin privileges, the positives and negatives within the music industry in relation to colourism, the erasure of dark skin women and more. Learn more about colourism: Article about misogynoir by Janice Gassam Asare in Forbes Article about colourism by Yewande Biala in The Independent
Henna Amin (she/her) joins Isabella to share her experience of accepting her body hair as a woman of colour. We talk about the importance of inclusivity in conversations around body hair and how we can all learn normalize body hair.
Henna is a British-Punjabi/Gujurati activist, who educates and creates content on Instagram about a number of topics, including body hair, anti-racism and decolonialism.
Hope you all enjoy!
For this episode about body hair, I am joined with Tallulah (they/them), who shares their journey to accepting their body hair and offers advice to those wanting to normalise body hair.
Tallulah has their own YouTube channel, on which they talk about a range of topics, including body hair and compulsory heterosexuality. You can also find them on Instagram.
Hope you all enjoy!
For the first ever episode of The Body Talk, I am joined with Deniz (she/her), who shares her journey to accepting her body hair as a British-Turkish woman and offers advice to those wanting to normalise their own body hair.
Deniz has an Instagram blog, where she talks about veganism, lifestyle and well-being among other topics.
Hope you all enjoy!