Episode 133: How to be Full Of Yourself & Love Your Body with Siobhán Gallagher
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Siobhán Gallagher.
Siobhán Gallagher is a Canadian illustrator and comic artist. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and Penguin Classics books. She is the author of "In a Daze Work" and "Who Do You Think You Are?" and is a humor contributor to The New Yorker. Currently, Siobhán is living in Laguna Beach, California, with her husband, John, and small dog, Porky. "Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image" is her third book.
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In this episode we talk about:
Siobhán’s book: Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image
how the way we dress and create impacts perception and the way we feel
reclaiming hyperfemininity - traits that were once used against women
women’s issues and women’s stories
racist roots of the hatred of curly hair
body dysmorphia
looking at internalized stories
healing through creativity and humor
what do we make from what we were handed?
pop culture that informs body dysmorphia and self-consciousness
Siobhán’s journey with body image, and what led her to write her book