CW: eating disorders, weight, dieting, surgery

This week we take the body positivity discussion existential and ask whether have to love our mortal flesh prisons to be happy. Will conditioning ourselves to love our stretch marks and cellulite really dismantle institutionalised fatphobia? We also get into why we are so invested in celebrity body transformations and why BBLs are straight-up terrifying. Plus, we give you some hot girl Christmas present recsfor when you don't want to participate in consumerism for ethical reasons and also because you're broke. 

Required Reading:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2w7dp3

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/25/no-more-mr-muscle-the-activists-raising-body-confidence-for-men

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35047908/what-is-thin-privilege/

https://butterfly.org.au/unpacking-thin-privilege-weight-stigma/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144520303971?casa_token=ltQ7xkywfsQAAAAA:QxbIbghhVeQl5sZyeZY_rdbtKq8sbT9uzQqCEqpMfcMAcco92sgZOXgfTA_9MRBNFIz81sZXqvs

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144519303894?casa_token=jJT5QVHyxUgAAAAA:1MqW4yx9hH0wuQ9za9P4w-f50iYOJiUK4mU47YG9JZKZS2-AZSUyy3gKeElXW8m8WZz81sXIEL8

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/23/the-rise-of-the-body-neutrality-movement-if-youre-fat-you-dont-have-to-hate-yourself

https://www.allure.com/story/why-i-dont-use-body-neutrality

https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/35992/in-brazil-plastic-surgery-is-about-power-not-culture/

Music Credit:

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/the-lowdown

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https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/in-the-now

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NB: All opinions are our own and this podcast is for humorous and fun analytical discourse only!