An Honest Talk About Body Image (Re-Release)

About this episode

The episode discusses the hosts' experiences with body image and the impact of diet culture.

Hi all! With skinny culture coming back in a scary way, I wanted to re-release this episode to show how Gracie and I combat toxic diet culture and the pressure to be small. (this was originally posted in march 2024 so our pop culture references are from then!) This week, we got real while chatting about our history with body dysmorphia and body image. We dive into what made us self-conscious in the first place (diet culture and 2000s media- ugh) and then take you through our jour...

People in this episode

Host: Abigail Jensen

Guest: Gracie

Topics covered

• body image
• diet culture
• body dysmorphia
• self-consciousness
• 2000s media

Keywords

• body image
• diet culture
• body dysmorphia
• self-consciousness
• 2000s media
• toxic culture
• skinny culture

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