“Ella Mills occupies a position of extreme privilege that is very rarely acknowledged. Taking into account her influence, it is worrying that topics are covered here in such a superficial way and guests are almost always speaking from the white wealthy position. Very few guests are of colour, from diverse backgrounds or offering topics for discussion that are underpinned by solid, wide reaching research that would take the listener out of the narrowest ‘wellness’ echo chamber occupied by both Ella and her followers. If we’re not dismantling the systems inside which topics such as diet culture, calorie counting, fasting, ‘manifesting’ and others exist, then we are remaining part of the inherent problem. This podcast is a lazy attempt at entering an increasingly complex arena and seems to attract guests with an equally worrying lack of critical thinking. As so many other reviewers have commented here, this podcast is incredibly disappointing. The world is not only white and wealthy, and especially given where we are now politically and socially, these topics and guests feel tone deaf. I’d love Ella and the producers to take a break, consult a wider demographic, do their hard work and come back with something that can really tackle ‘wellness’ through a non-white, non-wealthy lens.”
hollygr via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/20/23