Good girl myths and how we internalize the patriarchy with Majo Molfino

Today’s interview guest is Majo Molfino, the host of the HEROINE podcast, a woman’s leadership guide, and the author of Break The Good Girl Myth: How to Dismantle Outdated Rules, Unleash Your Power, and Design a More Purposeful Life. On today’s episode we’re chatting about the main good girl myths, what the patriarchy actually is, and how the internalized patriarchy expresses itself in women and holds us back.

At the beginning of the show (0:30 – 4:00) I’m giving and update on the #AmplifyMelenatedVoices challenge I participated in last week, and how I will be incorporating anti-racism work into my brand and the show. Because breaking down diet culture and learning to accept your body is a social justice issue. And we can’t show up fully to do this ESSENTIAL anti-racism work in the first place, if we’re solely focused on shrinking ourselves and fitting into unrealistic societal standards of beauty, of what we “should” be eating, doing, acting, and looking like as womxn.

I plan to continue my content about neutral nutrition, how to improve our body image, our relationship with food, and kicking diet culture to the curb so we can live fully and freely. AND incorporating anti-racism work. To elevate the voices of those whose shoes I can never walk in. Supporting black creators. Holding myself accountable. Educating myself and sharing what I’m learning.

Links Mentioned in the intro:

#AmplifyMelanatedVoices Challenge from @blackandembodied and @jessicawilson.msrd. I would highly recommend you check out that hashtag and those creators’ accounts for more information.
“There is no dismantling of diet culture without first neutralizing the power structures that undergird the social foundations of white supremacy. Then, and only then, will we be able to begin the process of rendering diet culture obsolete.” – Ayanna Habtemariam, MSW, RDN (@thetrillrd)