Episode 172: Representation and Race in Perinatal Fitness with Inemesit Graham
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Episode 172: Representation and Race in Perinatal Fitness with Inemesit Graham
In today’s episode, Jessie talks with Inemesit Graham about her personal journey from diastasis recti to Mummy Fitness – and how anti-Blackness shows up in the fitness industry.
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Resources and References:
https://programs.jessiemundell.com/to-pregnancy-and-beyond/
https://www.instagram.com/mummy_fitness/
Show Notes:
1:01 – To Pregnancy and Beyond
3:23 – Who we are talking with today!
4:01 – Inemesit introduces herself and her journey!
12:52 – What’s Inemesit’s relationship with her belly, now?
19:02 – What happened once someone told her, “That looks like diastasis recti”?
30:24 – Why did Inemesit decide to start writing more about anti-Blackness in your industry?
31:27 – Why is talking about race and anti-Blackness and white supremacy important to Inemesit and the work she is doing in fitness?
38:00 – How postpartum bodies are “supposed” to look being centered around whiteness
41:43 – What is Inemesit’s relationship to the possibilities of surgery, now?
47:33 – Wrap up
