Embodiment for the Rest of Us - Season 3, Episode 9: Mikey Mercedes
Chavonne (she/her) and Jenn (she/her) interviewed Mikey Mercedes (she/they) about their embodiment journey.
Marquisele (Mikey) Mercedes (she/they) is a fat liberationist writer, creator, educator, and doctoral student from the Bronx, New York. As a Presidential Fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health, she works at the intersection of critical public health studies, fat studies, and scholarship on race/ism, examining how racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia have shaped health care, research, and public health.
Mikey is also a co-host of the podcast Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back, which explores the lived fat experience from diverse vantage points to examine fatphobia in our relationships and culture. Her socials are @marquisele on Twitter, @fatmarquisele on Instagram, and Patreon.com/marquisele on Patreon. Their website is also marquiselemercedes.com
Content Warning: discussion of privilege, discussion of diet culture, discussion of fatphobia, discussion of racism, discussion of mental health, discussion of chronic medical issues, discussion of medical fatphobia
Trigger Warnings: None for this episode
The captions for this episode can be found at https://embodimentfortherestofus.com/season-3/season-3-episode-9-mikey-mercedes/#captions
A few highlights:
3:43: Mikey shares their understanding of “the rest of us” and how they are a part of that, as well as their privileges
1:03:33: Mikey discusses how “Rest” right in the middle of the podcast name feels, occurs, and shows up for her
1:38:34: Mikey shares her work on her podcast and how she stays embodied while working with her co-hosts
1:59:58: Mikey discusses how listeners can make a difference based on this conversation
2:04:08: Mikey shares where to be found and what’s next for them
Links from this episode:
The Embodiment of Disobedience
Google Form for Mikey’s doctoral research
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