Everyone please welcome my newer friend and fellow actor Asher Phoenix to A Broadway Body: Continued Conversations! Asher and I met through a dear friend (hi, Kate Stoss), and I’m so beyond grateful for our discussion about body image. In our conversation, we discovered we both work through the Internal Family Systems modality in our own therapy sessions, and Asher speaks on how some parts of themself (like their eating disorder) are not enemies but simply broken friends, and how much of a better world we’d live in if we could view those in the world around us that are hurting in this way too. The way Asher speaks to empowering their trans subjects in their photography work is chef’s kiss, and they have so many important nuggets of wisdom on how we can do better for the trans community in the arts.
Asher is an actor and photographer currently based in Kansas. Their passion is portraiture for trans people and they focus on helping trans people embrace their bodies in front of a camera, which I truly believe is insanely impactful work. Keep an eye out for their future work in clinical psychology - I cannot wait to see where Asher’s future work leads them! Asher shares their story with such generosity and compassion, and I really cannot wait for you to hear our conversation!
Spoiler alert: if you have not seen “The Civility of Albert Cashier,” Asher does spill how the musical ends (for good reason)
“I really am most passionate about doing portrait shoots where the subject is not comfortable in their skin and very clearly needs guidance into being comfortable in front of the camera. And I've had the honor of doing body neutrality practices with my clients where they come to me and they're like, “I don't like the way I look, but I trust you to make something out of this.” And then I'll lead them through a guided meditation-type thing where I'm just like, “Name the part of the body that brings you the most insecurity, and tell me something neutral about it. Tell me what its function is.” And so, for me, I guess an example of this for me would be I am insecure about my hands, which are very strategically tattooed. But they hold my camera, and that's – the coolest thing is that they serve a purpose and a function for me every single day creatively, and I am grateful for that.“
- Asher Phoenix
Megan Gill: I would just love to learn a little bit more about your lens and where you're coming from the artistic, creative perspective as well.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah, totally. I, so as far as theater goes, I have been doing it since I was, like, seven years old. I grew up begging to play boys’ roles, and my parents still had no idea I was trans. But I guess most notably I played Randolph McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie. And it was the first time I had ever had to bind my chest for a role, and that was at Friends University my freshman year. And I just remember the costuming designer profusely apologizing as she handed me a binder and I put it on and was like, “Whoa, this is me. This is cool. Yeah.”
And then I insisted that it was more logistically sound to wear boxers with my costume so that I had something sturdy for the mic pack to hold onto. But really I was just taking a deep dive into exploring gender. And I don't know, that role really opened up my entire world as far as gender expression and coming out as trans goes.
And a few months after that, I went to Chicago to see The Civility of Albert Cashier, their initial run. For those listening who don't know what Albert Cashier is, it's a musical about a transgender Civil War veteran who was found out once he was placed in a nursing care facility, and had his pension taken away, had to go on trial ultimately just for being trans. And, spoiler alert, he ended up dying because he was forced into a dress and tripped on the dress, fell, and went into cardiac arrest.
Megan Gill: Oh, my.
Asher Phoenix: And he was a real person. His grave is a four-, or five-hour drive from where I'm staying now. So I really wanna make it up there just to pay respects to a Civil War veteran who literally changed my whole life and will continue to do so if Albert continues to get the stage time that it deserves.
But professionally, I pivoted when I left college my sophomore year to pursue photography, music photography, concert photography. But I really am most passionate about doing portrait shoots where the subject is not comfortable in their skin and very clearly needs guidance into being comfortable in front of the camera. And I've had the honor of doing body neutrality practices with my clients where they come to me and they're like, “I don't like the way I look, but I trust you to make something out of this.” And then I'll lead them through a guided meditation-type thing where I'm just like, “Name the part of the body that brings you the most insecurity and tell me something neutral about it. Tell me what its function is.”
And so, for me, I guess an example of this for me would be I am insecure about my hands, which are very strategically tattooed. But they hold my camera, and that's the coolest thing is that they serve a purpose and a function for me every single day creatively, and I am grateful for that.
Megan Gill: Yeah, that’s beautiful.
Asher Phoenix: This last August, I had the pleasure of doing media and photography work for The Civility of Albert Cashier's run in Los Angeles, and it was like the first fully produced and costumed – and even the script was rewritten a little bit because there was, arguably, some trans trauma porn that happened in the original where they showed Albert's death, and it just wasn't necessary. It hit, but it was hard to watch in a way that it shouldn't be for trans people. And so, they rewrote the ending to just give a narrative of what happened in his last years, which I think props to Jay and Keaton and Joe for coming up with the new finale that they did because it was incredible. But yeah, I got to do photography work for that and write a little writeup about my story and how The Civility of Albert Cashier has impacted my story for LA Times, which is, like, the greatest honor.
Truly, I consider myself a multifaceted artist. I love writing, I love photography, but I also still really enjoy performing. Just navigating a medical transition with being on stage has been difficult because I went through a good two years where I just couldn't sing, and it was so sad. But it comes back eventually. It just is a major waiting process, and that sucked for the time being. But I'm grateful to have found my voice again.
I actually just recently – my college choir director had her last concert at Friends University and invited alumni to come back and sing a couple songs, and I got to learn the tenor part and sing with my new voice, and it was a lot of fun.
Megan Gill: Ah, that's amazing. That's powerful. I’m glad you had that opportunity, especially at a place like your college –
Asher Phoenix: Me too.
Megan Gill: – a place that you have ties to that you've previously studied at. Oh, that's so great. Thank you so much for sharing all of that. There are so many things to talk about!
I just think it's really cool and impactful that you had the opportunity to take photography of this musical that had such an impact on you. I’m not sure how many years prior you first saw it?
Asher Phoenix: Nine years. Eight years? Something like that.
Megan Gill: Oh, my gosh, wow! Okay, either way that really hits that eight, nine years later you got to come back and capture this piece through a different creative lens. I just think that's so powerful, and I'm so glad that you had that opportunity, and I hope that you get to do more – I hope that you get to follow the show as it's produced elsewhere because it needs to be produced elsewhere, like you were saying.
I was reading up on the Jagged Little Pill – what happened with that musical as far as the casting goes, because I wasn't super familiar myself until you had mentioned it to me. So I went on a little bit of a deep dive. And just reading about how many non-binary and trans characters there actually are written into musicals is really not okay and truly just not reflective of our world. Yeah, I would love to talk a little bit more about that and about your experience watching on as this huge Broadway musical decided to just completely rewrite this non-binary character into a cis female character, and the harm that was done by a cis female actor even being cast in the role in the first place.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah. Yeah, that was a major blow. I grew up listening to Alanis, and I love her, and like she's been such a Madonna for the queer community, such a fierce advocate. And then she goes on to be part of the making of the script for Jagged Little Pill, and expectations for other people get us nowhere in life. But I guess I just had this expectation that – I don't know, a hope that she would be more fierce of an advocate for keeping that role as non-binary.
I have to give Lauren Patton, I think, credit because it was actually a big wake up for them as far as gender goes. But trans roles are not there for cis people to realize that they're trans. Trans roles are there for trans people to be cast as them from the get-go.
Megan Gill: Amen.
Asher Phoenix: And I'm so glad that Lauren is now on their own gender diversity exploration process, whatever. I just think that if I were in her shoes as someone who thought they were cis, I would not have even auditioned for that role because it's not for you. Yeah. Yeah.
Megan Gill: Right. Oh, I was gonna say, as a cis female, I, where I stand now as an actor, would not for one second audition. Now, back when I was in college and specifically in college when a bunch of my best friends around me were queer, I remember having the thought of, “Oh, it would be so cool to play a queer character and get to explore that.” Obviously, I know now and have known for many years now that is just not appropriate and that those characters and those roles are written for queer people, not for I.
So I think that was a really important thing that I had the pleasure of learning as well so that I can sit here today and be like, “Yeah, no,” and advocate for the queer community, and to educate the cis females and males of the land. “Okay, that's not for you.” As the actor, you have a right – I have a right to email my agent and say, “Hi, actually, I don't feel comfortable auditioning for queer characters because I am not.”
Asher Phoenix: Absolutely.
Megan Gill: And I just wonder how many actors are actually taking it upon themselves to do that in an industry that, especially right now, is so bleak and is the industry that's just so slow. And I know that there's a lot of desperation for actors to be like, “I just wanna get cast. I don't care!” or “I want to explore. I want to play this character.” But I think we really just have to continue – we as in me, a cis het female – to be like, “No, that's not for you.” I feel like that's on us to educate and not on the queer community, if that makes sense as well.
Asher Phoenix: 100%.
Megan Gill: It shouldn't be your emotional labor to carry.
Asher Phoenix: Respect. No, 100%. When I think of this, I don't know, like cis people queer baiting and queer roles, god bless them. I think of Darren (Criss) because he played Blaine in Glee. He was hands down one of my biggest childhood heroes. But then once I gained the maturity to realize, “Oh, maybe he shouldn't have played Blaine, or maybe he shouldn't have played Hedwig,” I don't know. I think that he's just taking space from people who deserve to be uplifted for their actual identity. And while he has come forward and been like, “I don't think I should have played Blaine,” he continued on to play Hedwig and that was just like –
Megan Gill: Oh, wow.
Asher Phoenix: I don't know. He's used his platform for good, as far as advocating for the queer community goes but even seeing him as a red-carpet guest at Pride in 2021, I was just like, “Darren, what are you doing?” Not that cis, het people aren't allowed at Pride, but why am I taking red carpet photos of a cis het person at Out Loud Pride? Like what?
Megan Gill: This is not the space for you to be leading, almost, is what it feels like to me. Step aside, let somebody else lead, take headway in this space.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah. But it's a learning and growing process, and I think that he has done the best he can with what he knows and what society has presented to him as far as wanting to pioneer the queer acting scene. Yeah, definitely just doing the best he can with what he has. I don't wanna slam him or anything.
Megan Gill: Yeah, I appreciate the amount of compassion that you have in speaking about these people. I think that’s also really noteworthy because it's so easy for me also to be – I’m so quick to be judgmental, but I've just been challenging myself lately to have a little bit more compassion for these people because we really are all just trying to do our best. And as long as people are open to education and open to learning and open to trying to do better, I think that's really important. So I just really think it's lovely how you are speaking so compassionately about these people that – I guess we all fuck up from time to time.
Asher Phoenix: One hundred percent. I think I took the Alanis thing really personally because one of my best friends originally auditioned for one of the original readings where Jo was still non-binary, and this friend is non-binary, trans masculine. And I just, I don't know, I felt like their space was being taken away from them. But then in discussing it with them, they were just like, “Alanis is doing the best she can with what she has,” and I credit this friend for a lot of my worldview on, I guess just not even anti-trans, but just cis hiccups in the entertainment industry, because they came to me and they were like, “I think Lauren is incredible in the role,” and while the role absolutely should have stayed non-binary, they said that they were grateful that Lauren is now on their own path to self-discovery because of the role. And I don't know, that helps me be a little less bitter about it.
Megan Gill: Oh, for sure. And my heart, just even hearing you share that, because I don't blame you. I think I would have a very similar energy if that were my close friend as well, or just even for your friend, I'm like, “Ugh,” and feeling for them as well. But ugh, gosh, if we could all like, take a page out of their book and now your book, too, to be able to lead from that instead of just, “You're wrong,” judgment, judgment here, there, and everywhere, it’s like, wow, wouldn’t we have much lovelier world, and not that that's again, yours to take on or to lead, but of course that's the lens through which they're viewing these things and like these adversities. Of course, is all I can think.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah, I think that we as trans people almost have to take on this fight from a very compassionate lens because if we come out of the woodwork kicking and screaming, the people who are most against us, we have no match against them because they're gonna come back kicking and screaming. Whereas, if I'm able to offer the perspective of having compassion for Darren or Alanis, then I feel like people who are so adamantly against just trans existence might have more likelihood that they are willing to come at it from a compassionate lens. I think hurt people hurt people, and free people free people. And if I am putting my hurt out there and trying to hurt the people who are against me, it gets us nowhere.
Megan Gill: I fully agree with you.
Asher Phoenix: I think cis people witnessing emotional freedom and maturity from trans people is really the only shot we have at unifying.
Megan Gill: Which I'm like, ugh, the fact that it has to be that way is hard, I think.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah.
Megan Gill: It is unfortunate that you feel like that is the only route, and that obviously hurts my heart, and I wish that it were not like that, I guess is what I'm trying to say. But I also hear you and understand why that is the route that you take, yeah. Oh, gosh, thank you for sharing all of that.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah, totally.
Megan Gill: I really appreciate it.
Asher Phoenix: I think that trying to almost foster viewing the far right as just broken friends is very similar to my path towards healing eating disorder stuff, because I know that is also part of this conversation.
Megan Gill: Yeah.
Asher Phoenix: My eating disorder used to be my absolute worst enemy. I hated it. I hated the fact that I couldn't just sit down and have a meal. I hated what it wanted me to do to my body and in my relationship with food. And then once I was able to look at it through the lens of, “No, this is just a part of me that's doing the best it can with what it knows,” that was a big turning point for me, just making friends with the darker parts of myself instead of fighting them constantly.
Megan Gill: Yeah. Wow, that's a really lovely way to put that. I have never heard it phrased in that sense before. But I think it's, again, just so wonderful that we can relate that to so many different things. It's so fucking hard to think that people that want such harm for others and for the world and for all of these things, could potentially be just broken friends in the way that an eating disorder is something that disrupts your life and is horrific and makes you do horrible things to yourself and your body, could potentially just be like a hurt, broken friend. But I think that more of us need to adopt that mentality of approaching these things, like you said, from that lens as well.
Oh, my gosh. I'm just sitting with this all right now, and it's all hitting me, and it's just really powerful and really beautiful, and I'm just so glad that adopting that mentality – obviously, I'm sure that it took a while to get there. I can only imagine, but I'm really grateful that you were able to get there and you were able to see it in that way.
Do you still have that type of a relationship with your relationship to food and your body when those things do pop up? Seeing it as a broken friend that you need to hold their hand, tend to, maybe ask a question, see what's going on, to acknowledge its presence and its existence and that it's clearly looking for attention I think is what I'm getting from this concept of broken friend.?
Asher Phoenix: Yeah, I definitely still – when it does pop up, because I have three and a half years abstinent from purging and in recovery from my eating disorder. But when the little voices pop up, I'm just like, “Okay, what's underneath this? What are they trying to protect me from? What do I not wanna feel right now?”
I've done a lot of therapy work on my eating disorder through the lens of Internal Family Systems, which is just this model of –
Megan Gill: Stop, wait, I’m so sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you. I shouldn't have interrupted you! But I also am in therapy and work with Internal Family Systems.
Asher Phoenix: Yes, we love to see it!
Megan Gill: Sorry, I just had to make that note!
Asher Phoenix: No, it's totally okay. Not very many people know the difference between Family Systems and Internal Family Systems, so I love that. I don't even have to explain that to you. But yeah, this idea of all of these different parts of us being like protectors and firefighters and managers of negative coping mechanisms, I think, is such a healing way to be able to really lean into my authentic self.
Yeah, I think just extending compassion to the negative coping skills is the biggest part of recovery for me because being able to extend compassion to such negative parts of myself makes it so much easier to extend the same compassion to A) other people, but my authentic self and just embracing who I am, not in spite of these parts, but because of these parts.
Megan Gill: Yeah. And that who you are and the way that you view the world and the way that you view your art and other people's art is almost like a culmination of, sure, joy of course, but also pain and dark experiences and things that hurt our heart and force us to are the catalyst for the reason that we're even artists in the first place. That's really lovely, and I think that's just a nice reminder to have because no one gets out of life unscathed, of course, and we all have our exiled parts and those parts of us that are deeply wounded, and we do need to sit with and hold their hand to give them a hug from time to time.
And then also just thinking of the way in which you so beautifully and shared that you also, then, doing that for yourself can open you up to extend that hand to others. If that isn't humanity and the beauty of being a creative and telling these important stories, what is?
Asher Phoenix: Absolutely. I am a huge believer that like anyone and everyone should go to therapy at some point in their life if it's accessible. I acknowledge that, In the current state of this country, mental health care is a luxury, and it should not be a luxury. But for those who can afford it, we absolutely need to utilize it. Because if we all looked at our literal exiles, not just the parts of us, but the minorities who have been marginalized and exiled as being able to view their behavior as a result of our oppression, it would be such a game changer.
Megan Gill: Wow. Yeah, that is a word for sure. It could change everything. Imagine that.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah, I think of riots and what happened in LA in 2020, and it's just a marginalized community being traumatized and having a trauma response. Fight is a trauma response. It's so sad when people get caught up on the semantics of the behavior and aren't willing to look at the motivation behind it.
Megan Gill: And track it back to cause and to look at all of the systemic issues that are even causing it in the first place, yeah.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah.
Megan Gill: I think that's really important, yeah. Ooh, I'm curious – sorry, I just have a couple things swirling in my brain and I was like, “Which way do I wanna go with this? What do I wanna ask you about?”
I'm curious if you would be interested in sharing a little bit more about the way in which you work with your subjects and your models when you are behind the camera. I loved the piece that you said about that you specifically seek to work with people who maybe don't feel super comfortable in their skin or in front of a lens or just being a “model,” or all these different things that could pop up for us. I think it's really wonderful that you are doing what you do and that you are there to be a safe space for these people. I’ve been there. As much as I'm in front of the camera and people are like, “Oh, you're a natural!” I'm like, “Yeah, but you don't know what's going on beneath the surface.” I just think it's really important that you're doing that work.
So I would love if you would be interested in sharing a little bit more about your approach to that and how you really come at it with a body neutrality lens as well.
Asher Phoenix: Yeah, absolutely. When I think of the subjects that I'm most passionate about, it's definitely those trans people who experience dysphoria so severely that they just won't have photos taken of them. The motivation for that stems from losing my trans partner in 2021 to an overdose, and we had literally one photo together. And she just never let me take photos, and I was still in the space of not being on testosterone and not having had top surgery yet. And so, I was just like, I don't want photos either. And that is one of my biggest regrets. I wish that I had tangible memories of her, but both of our dysphorias were so severe that it just wasn't possible.
And so, I think that I come at portraiture for trans people from the lens of let's work with what we've got and uplift that in whatever way possible. I think that there's this unset expectation for trans people to pass and for all trans people to pursue medical transition, and for some of us that's not attainable, whether it be financial resources, insurance, or just I think of one of my really good friends who has not medically transitioned and does not plan to and is completely and totally sound in their skin. And I think that is so beautiful. I don't have that expectation for every trans person because, yes, dysphoria does get so bad that surgery is medically necessary, mentally necessary, suicide prevention, honestly. But I also think that suicide prevention for trans people is modeling to them that they are okay to exist and be uplifted exactly as they are in that moment.
I got top surgery in 2020, and it opened so many doors for me, just mentally and professionally, because I was finally so at home in my own skin that I was okay with sharing myself and art with the world. And also I so wish that I would've had someone to be like, “It's okay that you have a bigger chest and identify as a masculine person.” I still would've pursued top surgery, but I think that it would've given me a lot more self-compassion in the process of doing that. And so, when I get a trans person, whether they're pre- or post-op, pre-hormones, never going on hormones, whatever, I just encourage them to find their home where they're at and meet themselves where they're at and be able to be okay with being captured exactly as they are.
Megan Gill: That's really beautiful. Thank you, and I am so sorry for your loss, and I appreciate you being open and vulnerable and sharing that. And I'm just so glad that you are behind the camera and that you are singing again, but no, mostly that you're just this space for trans people to come and to show up exactly as they are. I think that is really needed and, from what you've shared, really important and impactful. And I'm just really glad that you are doing what you're doing.
Asher Phoenix: Thank you. Yeah, it's so important to just meet, not even just trans people, but everyone where they're at. But also part of my mission in clinical work, because I'm pursuing degrees in psychology and in clinical psychology.
Megan Gill: Exciting!
Asher Phoenix: Yeah! My end goal is to create a detox slash transitional facility for trans people who are discharging from the hospital after surgery, because for a lot of trans people, surgery isn't accessible solely because they don't have the familial support for recovery afterwards. And so, I want to create a resource where the trans person who has been completely outcasted by their family and does not have anyone to take care of them after surgery, has someone that they can depend on to manage their meds and help reach things that they can't reach. It's such a novel idea for me because this resource should already exist. But I'm excited to be on the path to creating that.
Megan Gill: Oh, I'm so thrilled for you. Truly. I’m with you. It should exist, absolutely. But sometimes these things that are so needed, just don't. This is yours to take on and a space for you to create, and oh, my god! I'm so excited for you and for all of the people that you're going to help.
Ugh, and I'm just so overwhelmed and excited for you because I think sometimes it also takes us through these dark times and these really tough things to light the path towards our life's work and the ways in which we want to give back and help others and be the resource that we wish we had. And I love that you are just trusting that journey and like following that call and going to do the damn thing, and I think it's fucking admirable, and I cannot wait to see where you are in a couple years or, no timeline, but like in the future.
Asher Phoenix: Totally. Thank you. As an artist, I'm sure you resonate with the fact that creating is literally converting dark into light. It's taking the shit that life has handed us and creating something not shit out of it. Literally two months after my partner died, I shot my first Pride festival, and I had never even been to Pride before because I am anxious and hate crowds. She died and didn't have any photos of her, and then two months later I'm standing onstage taking photos of Kim Petras, and it was just the most incredible experience for me.
Megan Gill: Oh my gosh. I love that. And truly the sentiment of turning the shit into beauty is so true, and I love that it seems that you have taken that and ran with it and live your life in that way because I think it's so easy sometimes for humans to just sit in the shit and sulk in the shit and just let the shit rule the show, instead of taking the shit and alchemizing it into something even bigger and more impactful because partner did not have photos, you're going and taking the photos. It's just so beautiful and just such a good lesson, I think, for especially people that maybe aren't creatives, because I think it's just easier for us to take the dark things and turn them into light. It’s just a good reminder, I think, to keep that in the back of our minds at all times.
Asher Phoenix: Totally.
Megan Gill: Okay, I do have one question for you, and I know this might be a bit of a loaded question and not have one solid answer, but I'm just curious about what you think the next right step is. If this greater overarching industry of Hollywood, Broadway, the performance world where we're highlighting people in stories at such a large scale, if there was one right next step that they could take for the trans community and the non-binary community and the queer community in general – I know that's very broad. Maybe even just the trans community. I don't know how you wanna answer it. But is there something that comes to mind for you, or something of that nature? I would just be curious to know.
Asher Phoenix: I think the next right step is to just lean into taking people exactly as they are and writing their stories and letting them fit into the classics. I don't know, the person who played Elphaba in the new Wicked is now like in some, I don't know if it's Technicolor Dreamcoat or Jesus Christ Superstar, but there's some revival happening where they're genderbending it, and I think that is the most beautiful thing. And I think, yes, characters obviously have molds that people who can fit into those molds, they're the ones who audition for it. But I also think that making those molds a little more malleable and adaptable to people's identities and truths is really important.
Megan Gill: Mic drop right there. Yep, I love that, and I am right there with you. Yeah. Thank you so much, Asher. I so appreciate you having this chat with me and sharing about your story and your work and your perspective!
Asher Phoenix: Totally! It honestly is my pleasure. I was telling one of my friends earlier today how excited I was to do this, so grateful to just be given another platform to bring awareness to things that matter.
“ I think the next right step is to just lean into taking people exactly as they are and writing their stories and letting them fit into the classics. The person who played Elphaba in the new “Wicked” is now in some, I don't know if it's “Technicolor Dreamcoat” or “Jesus Christ Superstar,” but there's some revival happening where they're gender-bending it, and I think that is the most beautiful thing. And I think characters obviously have molds that people who can fit into those molds, they're the ones who audition for it. But I also think that making those molds a little more malleable and adaptable to people's identities and truths is really important.”
- Asher Phoenix
Asher is a Los Angeles-based photographer, using their work to provide a space for others to shine – and heal. After photographing their first wedding at the age of 15, they have found great joy in watching clients light up on camera for over a decade since.
Adversities faced as a transgender person raised in conservative central Kansas have given Asher an artistic perspective – and world view – based on love, acceptance, and empowerment. Following a 14-year battle with anorexia, they directly understand the importance of ensuring subjects feel comfortable in their bodies. The overwhelming desire is to provide a safe haven for gender-diverse people, while creating space for body-neutral philosophies.
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Asher’s LA Times Article: “I drove 12 hours to see a stage musical about a Civil War veteran. It saved my life”
While I’m not a licensed therapist, registered dietician, or medical health professional and cannot speak to body image topics from a clinical, trauma-informed place, I am an expert of lived experience. I’m an academic of my own body, and I’m passionate about facilitating conversations with other humans about their relationships with their bodies. I believe it’s important to continue conversations about healthy body image in creative spaces as a means to heal individuals as well as the collective whole. But just know the information presented in this medium is not professional mental health advice or medical advice, and any questions or concerns you have should always be directed to your health providers.
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