"confessions of a former body positive influencer" and other media nonsense
From A Dose of Sass by Kaitlyn Moore
March 3, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
Kaitlyn discusses recent media pieces related to body positivity and influencer culture.
Two horrible pieces of media have come out in the last month that we have to discuss. The NYT Opinion piece, "Confessions of a Former Body Positivity Influencer," and the Mike Tyson Superbowl ad for realfood.gov. Ugh. Let's chat. References: William Hornby's video on the obesity epidemic Dr. Jessica Knurick's video on the realfood.gov ad
People in this episode
Host: Kaitlyn Moore
Topics covered
- body positivity
- media criticism
- influencer culture
- obesity epidemic
- advertising ethics
Keywords
- body positivity
- influencer
- media criticism
- obesity epidemic
- advertising
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NYT, realfood.gov
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