Christiana
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I mean, most people's relationship with food don't come from themselves. They often come from their parents and their families.
I mean, most people's relationship with food don't come from themselves. They often come from their parents and their families.
It's really interesting. There is this cultural... The body that's idealized is quite hard to get. So it's like big hips, tiny waist and big boobs and a big bum, which is...
It's really interesting. There is this cultural... The body that's idealized is quite hard to get. So it's like big hips, tiny waist and big boobs and a big bum, which is...
pretty impossible to get right most people don't have it naturally and you're not probably going to have that after you have kids I was always considered a bit too skinny like my grandma was like I remember she was saying to me once she was crying and my mum was like why are you crying she was just like she calls me by my name Amma she was just like who's going to marry Amma she's got bones right
pretty impossible to get right most people don't have it naturally and you're not probably going to have that after you have kids I was always considered a bit too skinny like my grandma was like I remember she was saying to me once she was crying and my mum was like why are you crying she was just like she calls me by my name Amma she was just like who's going to marry Amma she's got bones right
You know, if you actually go to West Africa in particular, you see a lot of body diversity. So you see like really tall women, really muscular women. And like in Nigeria, I think the most, the biggest indicator about how bodies naturally are is that does your tribe have a fattening room? Which is like before a woman gets married, she has to go to a room. You said a fattening room.
You know, if you actually go to West Africa in particular, you see a lot of body diversity. So you see like really tall women, really muscular women. And like in Nigeria, I think the most, the biggest indicator about how bodies naturally are is that does your tribe have a fattening room? Which is like before a woman gets married, she has to go to a room. You said a fattening room.
They call it a fattening room where you have to become fat because the girls are just naturally quite muscular, especially in like in the Southeast, quite muscular and live. You know what I mean? So you know what that means. Fatness is supposed to be good, a sign of fertility.
They call it a fattening room where you have to become fat because the girls are just naturally quite muscular, especially in like in the Southeast, quite muscular and live. You know what I mean? So you know what that means. Fatness is supposed to be good, a sign of fertility.
Until you get fat.
Until you get fat.
Yeah. Oh, I don't know. I don't know about that. Oh, wait. Okay.
Yeah. Oh, I don't know. I don't know about that. Oh, wait. Okay.
Is it like... They're giving you yams and thick food, carbohydrates, basically, and lots of meat to make you bigger.
Is it like... They're giving you yams and thick food, carbohydrates, basically, and lots of meat to make you bigger.
I mean, the girls didn't want to get fat or get married. So it's kind of like...
I mean, the girls didn't want to get fat or get married. So it's kind of like...
I'm sorry, guys. It always gets dark.
I'm sorry, guys. It always gets dark.