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The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness

The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness

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So-called "swoletariats" are exercising for the resistance.

There’s a lot of fitness content in conservative manosphere circles
– that’s not new – but now, there are also fitness influencers who
call themselves the “swoletariat.” That’s a combination of the word
“swole,” meaning buff, and “proletariat,” meaning the working class
— the swoletariat are people whose fitness regimens connect to
leftist politics. NPR's Life Kit producer Margaret Cirino shares
her reporting with Brittany on the history of leftist fitness – and
why she’s seeing the swoletariat picking up steam on social
media.

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