The 90s Diet Culture That Messed Us Up (feat. Erika Tkatchuk)

Trigger warning: discussions of diet culture, fatphobia, disordered eating, eating disorders, body shame, and weight loss messaging.We take a trip back to the 90s and early 2000s, when fat-free everything, “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” and low-rise jeans conditioned a whole generation to treat our bodies like problems to solve. We unpack diet culture as a system built on patriarchy, racism, capitalism, and control, and we share hard-hitting stats on how early body dissatisfaction and disordered eating begin for girls. Erika Tkatchuk, fitness professional and entrepreneur, also joins us to talk about how “wellness” disguises restriction, why diet culture keeps thriving online, and how we start healing our relationship with food and our bodies for good. Follow us on Instagram @raiseherco and @scaries.podcast and on TikTok @raiseherco.For those eager to dive deeper, visit www.raiseherco.com/the-scaries/ for all the resources.Brought to you by RaiseHER Community Collective Inc.