The Body Talk

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.