Plus Size Discrimination at Work: Weight Bias, Diet Culture & Confidence with TEDx Speaker Rachael Hunt
Females Thriving Over ThirtyShow Notes
Is your dress size holding back your career? In this episode of Females Thriving Over 30, Soraya and Jasmine sit down with Rachael Hunt, TEDx speaker, marketing manager and the voice behind Fat Funny Marketer, to talk honestly about plus size discrimination in the workplace and the weight bias women face in business.
Rachael shares what it's really like to be a plus size woman at work: being told at seven she couldn't be an actor because she was fat, comments about her lunch from colleagues, and being the only person in the office not offered a free gym membership. We unpack the research showing plus size women are less likely to be promoted, more likely to be paid less and unfairly labelled lazy, even though they often work longer hours to prove themselves.
We also get into diet culture, "almond mums," body image and body dysmorphia, the double standards women face as they age, and why Bridget Jones, a 58kg woman with her own London flat and a great career, was sold to us as a cautionary tale. Plus: how social media changed the way millennials see themselves, dealing with trolls and online hate, building a personal brand when you're scared of judgement, and the one phrase that shuts down an offensive "joke" every time.
If you've ever put your life on hold until you look a certain way, this one's for you. Your body size should never decide the size of your opportunities.
In this episode: - Plus size discrimination and weight bias in the workplace - Why plus size women are paid less and promoted less - Diet culture, almond mums and body image - The Bridget Jones weight debate and media beauty standards - Confidence in your 30s and why your thirties are for being yourself - Handling online trolls and building a personal brand - How to respond when someone makes a comment about your body
Connect with Rachael: LinkedIn: Rachael Hunt Instagram & TikTok: @fatfunnymarketer
Females Thriving Over 30 is the podcast for women in their thirties, forties, fifties and beyond, and for the twenty-somethings quietly dreading the big 3-0. Spoiler: the best is yet to come. Every week we're proving that each decade brings more confidence, more clarity and more fun than the last, while we talk career, identity, self-worth and building a life that feels as good as it looks.
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