Jana Schmieding

Lakota writer, actor, and comedian Jana Schmieding pulls back the buckskin curtain on the politics of Natives in film and entertainment. In the second part of the interview, we review the Westworld episode "Kiksuya" (2018). Ali Nahdee on the "Aila Test": https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-the-aila-test-evaluates-representation-of-indigenous-women-in-media Find Jana's work here: http://www.janaschmieding.com Support: Patreon.com/therednation

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A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Sign up for as little as $1 and help support the podcast. Support: patreon.com/therednation  Lakota writer, actor, and comedian Jana Schmieding pulls back the buckskin curtain on the politics of Natives in film and entertainment. In the second part of the interview, we review the Westworld episode "Kiksuya" (2018). Find Jana's work here: http://www.janaschmieding.com

Lakota writer, actor, and comedian Jana Schmieding pulls back the buckskin curtain on the politics of Natives in film and entertainment. In the first part of this interview, we review the final episode "Ghost Dance" in the TNT series Into the West (2005). In the second part of the interview, we review the Westworld episode "Kiksuya" (2018). Ali Nahdee on the "Aila Test": https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-the-aila-test-evaluates-representation-of-indigenous-women-in-media Find Jana's work here: http://www.janaschmieding.com Support: patreon.com/therednation 

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Comedian, fat-positive activist, and fellow podcaster Jana Schmieding joins us to discuss using comedy to call out diet culture, why there needs to be more Native representation in the media, how Western values contribute to oppression and ill health, how diet culture’s demonization of emotional eating causes additional distress, and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about whether cultural changes over the centuries have influenced average body sizes. Jana Schmieding is a Lakota Sioux comedian, writer, performer and educator currently living and working in Los Angeles. Jana puts a lot of focus into her creative work and advocacy as the host and producer of the podcast and accompanying live show, Woman of Size where brilliant people discuss weight stigma, fat acceptance and marginalized cultures. She's currently working on screenwriting and publishing essays that revolve around moving the needle on Native representation in media and entertainment. Find her online at WomanOfSize.com. Christy's new book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books! Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.

Caitlin and Mego chat with comedian Jana Schmieding about why she hates fitness and everything that surrounds that word. They discuss eradicating fat phobia and how to create truly inclusive fitness spaces and community.

If you’re not tuned in to Jana Schmieding and her awesome podcast Woman of Size, you’re missing out. Jana is a comedian, writer, educator, and artist with a talent for getting to the heart of why we need to expand our vision of justice. She is also a Lakota woman who navigates feminism in white and decolonized spaces and has a lot to say about both. We talked about how she uses her platform to advance both Native and fat liberation, dug into the distinctions between body positivity and fat positivity, and celebrated the badassery of Wilma Mankiller. (P.S. Check out her essay in the new YA book The Other F Word!)Stuff We Talked About on This EpisodeWoman of Size podcasthttps://www.womanofsize.comWoman of Size on Instagram (@womanofsizepod)https://www.instagram.com/womanofsizepod/Check out Jana’s beadwork here! (@janaunplgd)https://www.instagram.com/janaunplgd/All My Relations podcasthttps://www.allmyrelationspodcast.comNative Appropriations bloghttp://nativeappropriations.com"Stop Apologizing, Start Thanking"https://medium.com/@severinevct/stop-apologizing-start-thanking-9dd000236fdf"Stop Saying 'Sorry' and Say 'Thank You' Instead"https://www.boredpanda.com/stop-saying-sorry-say-thank-you-comic-yao-xiao/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organicMankillerhttps://www.pbs.org/show/mankiller/The Other F Wordhttps://diversebooks.org/qa-with-angie-manfredi-the-other-f-word/

If you’re not tuned in to Jana Schmieding and her awesome podcast Woman of Size, you’re missing out. Jana is a comedian, writer, educator, and artist with a talent for getting to the heart of why we need to expand our vision of justice. She is also a Lakota woman who navigates feminism in white and decolonized spaces and has a lot to say about both. We talked about how she uses her platform to advance both Native and fat liberation, dug into the distinctions between body positivity and fat positivity, and celebrated the badassery of Wilma Mankiller. (P.S. Check out her essay in the new YA book The Other F Word!)Stuff We Talked About on This EpisodeWoman of Size podcasthttps://www.womanofsize.comWoman of Size on Instagram (@womanofsizepod)https://www.instagram.com/womanofsizepod/Check out Jana’s beadwork here! (@janaunplgd)https://www.instagram.com/janaunplgd/All My Relations podcasthttps://www.allmyrelationspodcast.comNative Appropriations bloghttp://nativeappropriations.com"Stop Apologizing, Start Thanking"https://medium.com/@severinevct/stop-apologizing-start-thanking-9dd000236fdf"Stop Saying 'Sorry' and Say 'Thank You' Instead"https://www.boredpanda.com/stop-saying-sorry-say-thank-you-comic-yao-xiao/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organicMankillerhttps://www.pbs.org/show/mankiller/The Other F Wordhttps://diversebooks.org/qa-with-angie-manfredi-the-other-f-word/

Follow Jana at@WomanOfSizePodVisit her website at http://www.janaschmieding.com/