The Myths: The Myths About Fat People

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate science and health
editor Shannon Palus is joined by author and co-host of Maintenance
Phase, Aubrey Gordon. Shannon and Aubrey discuss Aubrey’s new book,
“You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People,
the fraught nature of “body positivity” and the insidious goalpost
moving of the Dove “Love Your Body” campaign. In Slate Plus, Aubrey
and Shannon discuss the new weight-loss fad, Ozempic.  Further
Reading Recommendations From Aubrey: Hunger by Roxane Gay Belly of
the Beast by Da’shaun L. Harrison The Body Is Not An Apology by
Sonya Renee Taylor Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings 
Julie Murphy’s fiction novels like Dumplin’ Check out Shannon’s new
Slate Column: Good Fit Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with
editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send
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