{"podcast":{"title":"Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture","slug":"messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884","podcast_index_feed_id":6952884,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/messyliberation","website_url":"https://beckymollenkamp.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hf82SlIn9KCiQrra2GrZM-lS6DmiRHTQ0jtE9GBT_lc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMmU0/NjgyMWQ2YWYxMDE4/MTE0ZGIzY2I3MDEx/MTlhYS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Becky Mollenkamp","episode_count":111,"summary":"Join feminist coaches Taina Brown and Becky Mollenkamp for casual (and often deep) conversations about business, current events, politics, pop culture, and more. We’re not perfect activists or allies! These are our real-time, messy feminist perspectives on the world around us. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions like: • Why is feminism important today? • What is intersectional feminism? • Can capitalism be ethical? • What does liberation mean? • Equity vs. equality — what's the difference and why does it matter? • What does a Trump victory mean for my life? • What is mutual aid? • How do we engage in collective action? • Can I find safety in community? • What's a feminist approach to ... ? • What's the feminist perspective on ...?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:19:01.342158+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884"},"episode":{"title":"Food Is Political: Diet Culture, Food Deserts & the Systems Keeping You From Eating Well","slug":"food-is-political-diet-culture-food-deserts-the-systems-keeping-you-from-eating-well","published_at":"2026-06-22T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884/food-is-political-diet-culture-food-deserts-the-systems-keeping-you-from-eating-well","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f9309573","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f9309573/7d469c1f.mp3","summary":"Get \"Liberate Your Business\" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/ In this episode of Messy Liberation, hosts Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown sit down with registered dietitian and nutritionist Shana Spence — known as @thenutritiontea on Instagram and Threads — to dig into the deeply political nature of food access, diet culture, and nutrition misinformation. From food deserts and SNAP cuts to GLP-1s and white supremacy's grip on body standards, this conversation connects the dots between what ends up on your plate and the systems of power that put it there (or don't). In This Episode, We Get Into: • What a food desert actually is, and why even dense urban areas like New York City and Atlanta have them • How redlining, gerrymandering, and structural racism shape which communities have access to grocery stores • The layered barriers to food access: disability, transportation, language, income, and more • Why \"just grow your own food\" and other individualist advice is completely disconnected from reality • The explosion of GLP-1 drugs (like Ozempic and Wegovy) and whether we're in pursuit of health or just thinness • How diet culture is rooted in white supremacy and Eurocentric beauty standards • The SNAP cuts in the \"Big Beautiful Bill\" and the domino effect on food insecurity and health outcomes • Why seed oils have been debunked as harmful, and how nutrition misinformation spreads • Lab-grown food, GMOs, and what a more just food future could actually look like • Shana's core message: how you eat is individual, not a moral failing Resources Mentioned: • \"Live Nourished: Make Peace with Food, Banish Body Shame and Reclaim Joy\" by Shana Spence: https://amzn.to/4e1QlEf • \"Anti-Diet\" by Christy Harrison: https://amzn.to/4vjQhXj • \"Fearing the Black Body\"…","meta_description":"Get \"Liberate Your Business\" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/ In this episode of Messy Liberation, hosts Becky Mollenkamp and Taina B…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2908,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884/episodes/food-is-political-diet-culture-food-deserts-the-systems-keeping-you-from-eating-well/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/messy-liberation-feminist-conversations-about-politics-and-pop-culture-6952884/food-is-political-diet-culture-food-deserts-the-systems-keeping-you-from-eating-well.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}