I wanted to share with you an amazing list of BODY LOVE warriors and all of their contact information. I met most of these sheroes via the Body Love Conference in Tucson this past weekend that took place at the University of Arizona. It was a day and weekend so full of so much BODY ACCEPTANCE. An amazing collection of humans that teach us how to LOVE our bodies, how to trust our bodies and how to celebrate our bodies…. and I do mean ALL bodies. Skinny, fat, thick, athletic, gay, straight, bisexual, physically challenged, able bodied and very other kind of body you could imagine were celebrated and supported at the Body Love Conference!
Let’s start first with the creator and queen bee of the Body Love Conference, Jes Baker, also known as The Militant Baker. Jes is a body acceptance bad ass and she pulled this amazing event together with a crazy, smart and sexy team of bad ass women. I am so in awe of their organizational skills. The whole event of around 400 people happened seamlessly and they brought together such a strong group of presenters. KUDOS Jes. You changed the world …. you definitely changed me. Follow Jes on Twitter here: @militant_baker
The keynote was from Tess Munster, the creator of the Eff Your Beauty Standards movement. You can find Tess on her own website www.TessMunster.com or you can follow her on Instagram and Facebook as #effyourbeautystandards Tess also has an awesome Instagram page with 17K + Followers.
http://instagram.com/effyourbeautystandards to find Tess on Instagram. (We are pretty new at it, but Curvy Girl Lingerie is also on Instagram. http://www.instagram.com/curvygirlingerie )
I did get to go to a few of the presentations after I completed my presentation about “Hot Sex and the Curvy Girl” (which you can read more about here on my blog where I summarized my presentation.)
There were so many amazing presenters and educators, I put a list together here of most of them. I will continue to add to this Body Love Conference Resource List as I get new contacts to add here. I hope this list is HELPFUL and a great resource to our readers and customers.
Body Love Conference Resources / Presenters
- Jen McLellan, website www.PlusSizeBirth.com and facebook.com/plussizemommymemoirs Jen also created this very cool video from the Body Love Conference : http://plussizebirth.com/2014/
04/body-love-conference.htmn Twitter @plussizemm - Jennifer Tress, website: www.yourenotprettyenough.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/yourenotprettyenough Twitter: @jdtress - Sonya Renee : Website: www.thebodyisnotanapo
logy.com blog: http:// thebodyisnotanapology.tumblr. com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Body-Is-Not-an- Apology/201907573156278 instagram: @thebodyisnotabapology twitter: @radicalbodylove -
Julie Megan Sullivan : Website: www.juliamegansullivan.com http://yesittakesmoxie.
wordpress.com Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/pages/Yes-It- Takes-Moxie/1421156478130873 Twitter: @YesItTakesMoxie Instragram: @YesItTakesMoxie -
Jennifer Chambers : Website : www.jenniferbchambers.com http://www.
jenniferbchambersauthor. blogspot.com/ Business FB: https://www.facebook.com/ jenniferchambersbookshelf?ref= hl Twitter: @JenniferChambe1 - Michelle Merritt : Website: www.merrfeld.com https://www.facebook.com/
michellemerritt.tandemneal Twittter: @michellemerritt Catherine Lumenello : Website: www.CatherineLumenello.com or: www.LittleLightHealingArts.com Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/pages/Little- Light-Healing-Arts/ 110105772433362 -
Lisa O’Niell : website: thedictionaryprojectblog.com twitter: @dictionaryproj Writer. Creativity Usher. Creator of The Dictionary Project
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Debra Metelits : Website and Blog: wiseolderwoman.com Debra’s book is on Amazon : “Wise Older Woman: Growing in Grace and Sass”
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Dana Sturtevant & Hilary Kinavey : Website: www.benourished.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/
benourishedpdx twitter: @benourished -
Pia Schiavo-Campo : website: www.
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blog: http://mixedfatchick.
blogspot.com/ www.facebook.com/mixedfatchick instagram: @mixedfatchick twitter: @MixedFatChick -
E.I. Ross Ricci : Website : www.ivyross.com https://www.facebook.com/
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Amanda Mervine Edwards : Website : .motherofambition.com www.facebook.com/momofambition @momofambition (Twitter, pinterest, instagram) Author of 2 Under 2 Pregnancy and Parenthood available now on Amazon
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Jessica Dorland : Website : www.InOnePeace.com https://www.facebook.com/Dr.
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Meghan Tonjes : Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/meghantonjesmusic
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Twitter: @meghantonjes Instagram: @meghantonjes youtube: http://www.youtube.com/
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Kymberly Nichole : Website : www.wellfitcurves.com
blog: www.curvygirlskitchen.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/curvygirlskitchen
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Modeste Zankpe aka Monday Blues :blog (she’s just a baby): http://missmondayblues.
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Louise Green : Website : www.BodyExchange.ca Body Exchange Lifestyles INC Twitter: @bodyexchange Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
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Shanna Katz : Website : www.ShannaKatz.com facebook.com/ShannaKatz Twitter : @shanna_katz
- Liora K. : Website : www.LioraKPhotography.com https://www.facebook.com/LioraKPhotography Twitter : @LioraKPhoto
- Chrystal L. Bougon : Website : www.CurvyGirlInc.com www.facebook.com/curvygirlinc Twitter: @blissconnection and @curvygirllingerie on Instagram
Thanks everyone and I would like to keep this going, so if I missed any of the #blc presenters or you have any thing to add about how the conference was for you, please share here in the comments section.
Here’s to RADICAL BODY LOVE for all!
Chrystal Bougon
Resident Curvy Girl / Owner Curvy Girl Lingerie