[Content warning: this episode contains discussions around eating disorders and self-harm.] This week, Lauren and Leila are talking about body image. In pop culture, chatter about how people look, how much weight they’ve lost or gained, or if they look young or old is constant. Lauren and Leila dissect this phenomenon, give a history of the body acceptance movement, and share their own relationships with their bodies. 

Media that Lauren and Leila mentioned:

The Whale Who Went AWOL by Ferris Jabr

Just In Time by Nina Simone 

Jane the Virgin 

Taken 

The Vanishing Half

Unshrinking by Kate Mann

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