Full Body Frequency

As much as I love art and culture, fashion and beauty, I’m also a fan of politics and politicians whose platforms center and elevate the human condition. Today's @fullbodyfrequency guest has gone from Certified Nursing Assistant to the Illinois General Assembly representing the 9th district. And while folks say that all politics are local, Lakesia Collins has made a national impact with her work on behalf of workers, including the Fight for $15, the movement that advocates for the $15 dollar per hour minimum wage. Between June and July of this year, she sponsored over 20 bills in the IL General Assembly while remaining on the frontline, fighting for the rights of workers and children. In addition to her work, Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins's story of pushing past trauma and moving forward to the plus-size life she now lives is absolutely inspirational! ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR LAKESIA COLLINS (D-5TH DISTRICT): https://www.lakesiacollins.com/about-lakesia/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep

Welcome to a NEW SEASON of Full Body Frequency! Who travels? Well, Prissi, of course, and you should too! Prissi Powell, the queen of dream vacations, celebratory travel, and cultural experiences, and the owner of the @prissitravels travel agency joins @fullbodyfrequency from Mexico! Learn why you should book your next vacation NOW! Join the fun and the games, then stay for the BEST travel tips and information! PRISSI TRAVELS: https://www.prissitravels.com FULL BODY FREQUENCY: watch via: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@fullbodyfrequency listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-body-frequency/id1103767628 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG9pCh6tMZKkzodKrE8pz Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/full-body-frequency connect via: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FullBodyFre MASK UP WITH THE BEST: Be Healthy USA:

Join @fullbodyfrequency for an insightful conversation with Ember & Ace founder Pam Luk. We'll discuss the challenges of growing up as plus-size kid athletes and the lack of athletic wear options for them. Find out how Luk solves this problem with her clothing line, Ember & Ace. Let's promote body positivity and inclusivity in sports! EMBER & ACE: https://www.emberandace.com/ FULL BODY FREQUENCY: watch via: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@fullbodyfrequency listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG9pCh... Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/full-... connect via: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfre... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQ... Twitter: https://twitter.com/FullBodyFre MASK UP WITH THE BEST: Be Healthy USA: https://behealthyusa.net/?ref=FullBod... #plussize #plussizefashion #plussizekidsclothing #plussizekidswear #nomoreoversizedclothes #nomoreover

#Fangirl Time on @FullBodyFrequency! It was an honor to have #awardwinning, #Grammy certified #musician, composer, and arranger Caitlin Edwards join me in conversation. We talk about everything from #classicalmusic to #plussizefashion, playing at #coachella, and why #representationmatters. #effyourbeautystandards #effyourbodystandards #podcast CAITLIN EDWARDS: Website: https://www.caitlinedwards.com Album: https://www.caitlinedwards.com/album IG: https://instagram.com/violinistcaite?igshid=OGIzYTJhMTRmYQ== D-Composed: https://www.dcomposed.com Re-Collective Orchestra: https://vimeo.com/261409490 FULL BODY FREQUENCY: watch via: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@fullbodyfrequency listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-body-frequency/id1103767628 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG9pCh6tMZKkzodKrE8pz Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/full-body-frequency connect via: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfreq

Full Body Frequency welcomes Louise Green, global fitness coach, author, athlete, and the founder of Big Fit Girl. She has inspired many plus-size people to embrace the bodies we have, envision ourselves as athletes, and treat and train our bodies accordingly. We talk about everything Big Fit Girl including fitness training programs, the benefits of weightlifting, anti-fat bias in the fitness industry, and what Louise is doing to combat it. LOUISE GREEN, Big Fit Girl bigfitgirl.com FULL BODY FREQUENCY: watch via: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@fullbodyfrequency listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-body-frequency/id1103767628 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG9pCh6tMZKkzodKrE8pz Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/full-body-frequency connect via: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullbodyfrequency/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FULLBODYFREQUENCY/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FullBodyFre MASK UP WITH THE

Join the conversation between Esther A. Armah, CEO of The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice, and me, Laura Rice, host of Full Body Frequency. We talk Emotional Justice, the extreme limitations of #DEI, unlearning the language of whiteness, healing, Revolutionary Black Grace, and her critically acclaimed new book, “Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing.” #emotionaljustice #fullbodyfrequency BUY THE BOOK: Emotional Justice: A Road Map for Emotional Healing: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717082/emotional-justice-by-esther-a-armah/ Emotional Justice: A Road Map for Emotional Healing: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Justice-Roadmap-Racial-Healing/dp/1523003367 LEARN MORE ABOUT EMOTIONAL JUSTICE: The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice: https://www.theaiej.com FULL BODY FREQUENCY: watch via: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@fullbodyfrequency listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-body-frequency/id1103767628 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency

Preventable Death: The Problematization of Fat People from Hurricane Katrina to the Coronavirus My guest today is Dr. Cat Pause. She is a Fat Studies Researcher and the host of the fat-positive radio show Friend of Marilyn. She and I talk about the ways in which fat people are blamed for health care system breakdowns and failures during natural disasters, and now, the Coronavirus Pandemic. We also talk about what plus-size people need to know before receiving our first, second or third COVID vaccination. Size matters, both our bodies and the size of the needles used. If you've begun the vaccination process or completed it, help create equitable health outcomes for the plus-size community by sharing your experience via the Covid Fat Vaccination Research Survey. It's quick, easy, painless, and you don't have to leave your home. Stay tuned to learn more, and don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE! ABOUT: DR. CAT PAUSÉ: https://linktr.ee/cpause Covid Fat Vaccination Survey (Deadline: November 1

Black Girls own tree farms, apothecaries, grow food for their communities, love their families, play bid whist, teach yoga, read Zora Neale Hurston, & heal themselves. Meet Conya J. Gilmore; she does this and so much more! Thanks for tuning in. To listen to the entire episode, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smuFX.... Also, be sure to check out the links below. * CONNECT WITH CONYA GILMORE: book: “Beauty By the Seasons: Grow, Gather and Heal with Wisdom From the Ancestors”: https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Seasons... website: Rising While Rooted: https://www.risingwhilerooted.com/about instagram: Rising Rooted: https://www.instagram.com/risingrooted/ * FULL BODY FREQUENCY: Mask up with best, KF94 Masks: https://behealthyusa.net/?ref=FullBod... watch via: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHC... listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG9pCh... Stitcher: http://www

Welcome to a new season of Full Body Frequency. For those of you joining us for the first time, Full Body Frequency is the podcast talking fashion & beauty, art & culture, health & wellness, travel, and love in celebration of the lives of fabulous, full-figured (fat, plus-size, curvy, zaftig, fluffy) women everywhere, and those who love us. While you're here, don't forget to LIKE-SUBSCRIBE-COMMENT AND SHARE! My guest this episode is Conya Gilmore. We'll discuss her new book, "Beauty By The Seasons: Grow, Gather, and Heal with Wisdom From the Ancestors." Even if you have never grown food or herbs, Conya covers everything you need to know to plan, plant, and harvest that which can nourish and beautify your body from the inside out. She also shares about leaving corporate America and returning to her Virginia farming roots, surviving and healing from the Coronavirus, growing food for herself, her family, and her community, family recipes and stories, and how to conquer the colder weather with a bang! #BeautyBy

It’s a wrap! We came, we saw, we conquered Tokyo 2020! Laura Rice of @fullbodyfrequency and Olympic Historian and sports documentarian, @idy_uyoe, wrap up the Olympic Games with a deep dive into the 32nd Olympiad - the highlights, low lights, the hits, and misses. To be clear, no other city, no other nation, was capable of pulling off these games with the same level of discipline, hospitality, and aplomb that Tokyo, Japan, displayed. Thank you, Tokyo! We: •rated the Games, •discussed the significant presence of Black athletes from Africa and its diaspora - Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, •named breakout stars •clarified why winning a Bronze medal is NOT a loss, •discussed the seismic shift from media-controlled to athlete-controlled narratives; and, •talked about potential doping amongst gold medalists and so much more! Gold medal Olympian Edwin Moses even made a surprise appearance in the audience! We were honored by his presence! Idy also previewed the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2

This is Laura Rice, and you're listening to Full Body Frequency. My guest in this episode is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports, a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg of the 1996 Summer Olympic torch relay. In celebration of the 32nd Olympiad, we discuss the impact of the pandemic, politics, profits, protests, and plus-size athletes on The Olympics. In this episode, we talk: * The Summer Olympics and its complications, costs, and history; * The history of Olympic protests, 1908 to the present; * Primetime television, the NCAA, and The Simone Biles factor; * What has been banned, who has been banned, and what these bannings mean for diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in sports; and, * For the first time in the history of the games, women outnumber men. Thanks for tuning in. Check out the story links below, and don’t forget to like, subscribe,

This is Laura Rice, and you're listening to Full Body Frequency. My guest this segment is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports (https://www.idysports.com/), a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg of the 1996 Summer Olympic torch relay. In this segment: Idy Uyoe and I discuss the regulation of Black women’s bodies. We begin with British swimmer Alice Dearing, her natural hair, and Soul Cap; natural hormones and the bannings of Olympic middle-distance runner Caster Semenya and Namibian track and field stars Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi. Uyoe also touches on the Olympic disqualifications of Sha’Carri Richardson and the Nigerian women’s 4x400 team. #EpisodePreview #SummerOlympics #TheBlackBody How a Ban on a Swim Cap Galvanized Black Swimmers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/style/olympics-soul-cap-ban-swimming.html The Ban on Swimming Caps fo

This is Laura Rice, and you're watching Full Body Frequency. My guest this episode is Idy Uyoe. He is an Olympic historian and leads Idy Sports, a sports marketing, media, and events management agency located in Atlanta, Georgia. Not only does he work with several African Olympic Committees, but he also ran one leg of the 1996 Summer Olympic torch relay. He's bringing the facts, little-known Olympic Facts! Idy Uyoe, Idy Sports: https://www.idysports.com/

This is Laura Rice with another Plus-Size News Spotlight. * Refinery 29 recently issued a list of items plus-sized women wish existed and worked properly for the fat body; * 11 Honoré answers the call again. Danielle Williams-Eke, 11 Honore’s Design Director, has hit it out of the ballpark with partnerships featuring designers of color. First up, LaQuan Smith, and Greta Constantine’s Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong; and, * How about underwear that does double-duty during that time of the month? The Thinx brand improved and relaunched its plus-size period underwear line. Refinery 29, "The Items That Plus-Size Women Wish Existed:" https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/plus-size-fashion-thinx 11 Honoré: https://11honore.com/collections/bipoc LaQuan Smith: https://laquansmith.com/ Greta Constantine: https://gretaconstantine.com/index.html Thinx: https://www.shethinx.com/collections/thinx-plus and https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/thinx-plus-size-period-underwear Thanks for tuning in, check out the story lin

I recently viewed the "Bisa Butler: Portraits" exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago. Butler's use of vibrant colors, patterns, textiles, stitches, and stitching techniques take quilting to another dimension. This beautifully powerful exhibit continues until September 6, 2021. Butler’s work illuminates U.S. history through the lens of the African American diaspora. Her portrait work is personal, communal, global, and is accompanied by works from fellow genius artists: Romare Bearden, Charles Harris, Gordon Parks, Barbara Jones-Hogu, and Prof. Nelson Stevens. Both Hogu and Stevens are founding members of Africobra (The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists). Their work, along with photos documenting Black life, the work of other artists, and Bisa Butler’s family photo albums, serve as reference for her magnificent portraiture work. The exhibition’s accompanying playlist has been curated by her husband, John, a long-time DJ. This playlist can be found on Spotify (see link below.) ​ FREE ADMISSION to The A

I’m Laura Rice with another Plus-Size News Spotlight. -Trump is banned from Facebook until 2023. -Little House on the Prairie Dresses and Bedroom Bonnets in public are all the rage. Auntie Monique has spoken about the latte, AND a lot of y’all don't like what she has to say. -California Congresswoman Katie Porter whipped up on Big Pharma with her whiteboard.

I’m Laura Rice, and this is another Plus-Size News Spotlight. We end the week with the good, the bad, and the suspect. But in the words of Missy Elliot, let’s flip it and reverse it. The Bad: Body Mass Index or BMI. Is B.M.I. a Scam?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/style/is-bmi-a-scam.html Busting Myths on Health and Weight: https://lindobacon.com/videos/busting-myths-health-weight/ Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439 Although it has been touted as a reliable indicator of health, yet again, a number of health experts have countered and said that BMI is scientifically unsound, unreliable, unrealistic, and based on the white male body. The Suspect: the Federal Aviation Administration may require some passengers to be weighed before boarding US air carriers. Passengers may refuse. Airlines weighing passengers before a flight? The FAA says most probably won’t do that: https://www.fastcompany.com/90638076/airlines-weighing-passengers-b

Today’s Plus Size News Spotlight is all about fashion. Nina Parker of E’s Nightly Pop talks to Women’s Wear Daily (https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-...) about her new plus-size Collection for Macy’s, which debuts on Friday, May 14. According to the publication. “The collaboration is the first plus-size brand designed by a Black woman for the retailer.” I can’t tell you why it’s taken so long for this to happen. But, having seen the beautiful dresses that Nina Parker designed and made for herself during Hollywood’s award season, Nina Parker clearly understands design: cut, color, fit, wearability, and SLAY! Here's Why E! Host Nina Parker Made Her Own Oscar Dress: https://www.essence.com/fashion/e-hos... Nina Parker Details Designing Her Own Stunning 2021 Golden Globes Dress: https://www.eonline.com/news/1242743/... According to Refinery 29 (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/stau...,) Staud quietly dropped its new high-end, plus-size clothing line. Prices range from $135 for a tank top to $450 US dollar

ABOUT WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPS From celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. “Brilliant and mesmerizing. Abrams follows in Dan Brown’s footprint with this masterfully plotted thriller that unfolds like the ultimate chess match—bold move to bolder move with lives hanging in the balance.”—Lisa Gardner “Stacey Abrams is a true novelist, and While Justice Sleeps is a first-class legal thriller, favorably compared to many of the best, starting with The Pelican Brief, which it brings to mind. It’s fast-paced and full of surprises—a terrific read.”—Scott Turow "Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together—excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn—the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases—has sl

Today on Full Body Frequency, we continue our series on surviving and thriving, aka LIVING OUR BEST LIVES during COVID-19. My guest in this episode is Juanita Martin. She is an Intuitive Reiki Master and Teacher, Vibrational Sound Therapist, Crystal Healer, and Artist. Martin is the owner of Your Reiki Relief, https://www.yourreikirelief.com/ and Nitjuan Designs, https://www.instagram.com/nitjuandesigns/. She will help us unpack Reiki and share what Reiki is, what it isn’t, and what it and other healing therapies can offer you during this time of trauma, transition, and transformation. I also share my fat and Black body Reiki experiences. “Everything heals. Your body heals. Your heart heals. The mind heals. Wounds heal. Your soul repairs itself. Your happiness is always going to come back. Bad times don't last.” - Author Unknown. listen via: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-body-frequency/id1103767628  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fullbodyfrequency Spotify: https://open.spotify.