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The privilege of being "skinny"

The privilege of being "skinny"

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If society privileges "thin" people, should you aspire to conform?
And at what cost?

Last year, online influencer Slim Kim went viral for a TikTok where
she said she loves "being skinny." It sparked a debate that
continued throughout 2025: how do we talk about bodies without
falling into "body fascism." And with drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy
flooding the market, how are the ways we talk about bodies shifting
and changing?

Brittany is joined by authors Emma Specter and Kate
Manne to find out: what's so wrong with loving being
skinny?

This episode originally aired on December 6, 2024.

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