Generation Body Positive

By Cate Navarrete

Cate Navarrete is a 19-year-old college student, non-profit director, and activist passionate about body positivity. On Generation Body Positive, Cate dissects identity, diet culture, body image, and more, frequently speaking with activists, influencers, and friends about their own experiences with identity, diet culture, body image, and more to amplify and empower diverse voices.

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Stephanie Ng

Generation Body PositiveMay 06, 2023

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Stephanie Ng

Mental health, body image, and podcasting — all things PhD student and nonprofit founder Stephanie Ng discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss starting Body Banter, creating space for mental health and body image advocacy in Hong Kong, pursuing the aforementioned causes in academia, and the power of storytelling.

May 06, 202350:44

Isabella Amador

Isabella Amador, Body Positive Alliance Director of Programming, joins Cate on the first episode of season three. They discuss navigating body image at predominantly white institutions, the binge and restrict cycle, teen advocacy, and appearing on “Nick News.”

Jan 26, 202301:08:28

Kaysha Thomas

Black eating disorder recovery specialist and pilates instructor Kaysha Thomas joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss how trauma impacts body image, eating disorders in the Black community, implementing exercise into recovery, Black body ideals versus Eurocentric standards, and why she endorses body liberation.

Feb 07, 202251:25

Caroline Rhodes

Body shaming, collaborating with Project HEAL, and White Greek Life — all things former Division I athlete and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rhodes discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss leading Club HEAL at William and Mary College, going to in-patient treatment, navigating eating disorder recovery as an athlete, and promoting eating disorder awareness at the collegiate level.

Jan 18, 202201:24:47

Makahla Jackson

Black disability and healthcare advocate Makahla Jackson joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the intersection of race and disability, ways the American healthcare system fails marginalized folks, how to self-advocate at the doctor’s office, and making space for diversity within the writing community.

Jan 03, 202248:44

Georgia Sky

Content creator, actress, and body acceptance advocate Georgia Sky (aka @bawdyqueen) joins Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss colorism, racism, and fatphobia in the entertainment industry, the co-option of body positivity, allyship to body politic movements, and why body diversity in the media is crucial.

Dec 14, 202101:09:04

Ashira Paraskevas

Mental health and body acceptance advocate Ashira Paraskevas joins Cate on this week’s episode to discuss the consequences of participating in beauty pageants, seeking mental health treatment as a Black woman, the importance of being authentic online, and why freeing oneself from Eurocentric beauty ideals is liberating.

Nov 30, 202155:30

Caleb Luna

Caleb Luna, a fat, Queer, disabled, and Tejanx multi-hyphenate joins Cate on the fifth episode of season two to discuss the impact on colonialism on beauty standards, familial fatphobia, how diet culture demonizes non-Eurocentric foods, and why relying on the mainstream media for representation isn’t a means to an end.

Nov 16, 202153:05

Christine Murphy

Plus-size shopping, neurodivergence, and TikTok — all things mother, content creator, and advocate Christine Murphy (aka The Mighty Murphin’ Fashion Ranger) discuss with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss radical fashion inclusivity, social media’s body-positive communities, being diagnosed with autism at 35, navigating inaccessibility as a plus-size person, and why body diversity in the media is crucial.

Nov 01, 202149:21

Sky Cubacub

On this week’s episode, Cate and Queer disability advocate Sky Cubacub discuss radical fashion inclusivity, the QueerCrip dress reform movement, why it's important to celebrate Queer and disabled folks’ joy, self-expression outside of the gender binary, and the fear of disability.

Oct 22, 202158:58

Tiffany Yu

Ableism, social entrepreneurship, and first-gen struggles — all things Taiwanese-American disability advocate Tiffany Yu discusses with Cate on this week’s episode. They discuss social isolation for disabled folks, self-worth and actualization, embracing imperfect advocacy, and why we should “usualize” rather than “normalize.”

Oct 04, 202157:53

Jan Pleje

Filipino eating disorder recovery advocate Jan Pleje joins Cate on the first episode of season two to discuss disordered eating culture in the Philippines, body shaming, balancing activism and academics as a high school student, and how he's combatting barriers to eating disorder recovery and treatment in his community.

Sep 21, 202143:04

William Hornby

Eating disorder recovery advocate, actor, and singer William Hornby joins Cate on the final episode of season one to discuss disordered eating culture in the performing arts, toxic masculinity, barriers to eating disorder recovery and treatment, and struggling with Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED) and body dysmorphia.

May 13, 202152:22

Dana Monsees

Cate’s former swim coach Dana Monsees, a certified Dietician, Nutritionist, and Body-Image Coach, speaks on Generation Body Positive this week to discuss Whole30, mainstream body positivity, weight-inclusive care, and health accessibility.

Apr 21, 202151:04

Rachel Roberts

On this week’s episode, Cate and eating disorder recovery advocate Rachel Roberts discuss body image, post-COVID anxiety, glow-up culture, and experiencing binge-eating disorder.

Apr 07, 202145:23

Sophia Liu

Body-positive content creator Sophia Liu joins Cate on this week's episode to discusses invalidation, body shaming, TikTok haters, and cultural beauty standards.

Mar 07, 202137:11

Carly Svensson

On this week's episode, Cate chats with Carly Svensson (aka @long.tall.carly) to discuss tall girl struggles, navigating TikTok, fashion inclusivity, and body image as an athlete.

Feb 22, 202151:54

Feel Empowered

Miranda Rosenbaum and Lila Elkins, co-creators of "Feel Empowered," join Cate this week to discuss beauty standards, overcoming insecurities, the launch of their website (www.feelempowerednow.com), and how they are creating more space for self-love and body acceptance on social media.

Feb 15, 202140:51