Chewing the Fat: Real Talk about Weight Gain, Toxic Diet Culture

The 90s and early 2000s were a golden age for many things ... including toxic diet culture. From "fad diets" that basically promoted disordered eating to paparazzi photo magazines body shaming everyone, there was a lot of influence about weight, fatphobia, and self-image. Cohosts Clarissa and Kourtney were not spared from the damage, and on this episode they settle in for some real talk about how it has impacted their struggles with weight and body positivity. The nuances of health, what it feels like being a fat woman in today's world, and how an entire generation internalized fatphobia is all up for conversation.Content warning: Discussion of weight, eating disorders, mental illness, and suicide is present throughout this episode.