Why do Americans routinely circumcise their babies? Jess and Marcos explore this common, but perhaps not deeply thought about, procedure. 

 Jess and Marcos try to get to the root of why so many women have a broken relationship with food. They discuss  our cultural perception of thinness, why we are so obsessed with weight and how dysfunctional eating habits seem to be a normalized part of being a woman   They also talk about how fat people can be anorexic too. 

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Jess and Marcos cover the corsets of yore and the shapewear of today. They ask if untamed female bodies make the world uneasy and discuss whether such a thing as objective beauty exists. Go forth with your disobedient bodies! 

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Jess and Marcos cover liposuction-the procedure, the risks and the stats. Then they delve into gastric bypass and gastric sleeve surgery and discuss whether these two bariatric procedures are really about health or are they still just about attaining that cultural ideal of slimness. 

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Jess and Marcos continue their exploration of weight loss by discussing our culture's relationship to fitness. Find your pelvis (we know you got one) and get ready to hear about reducing salons, Jazzercise, Richard Simmons, Oh My! Also, did our grandparents "work out"? e-mail us @[email protected]

Jess and Marcos delve into the history of dieting in the US and cover the fad diets of each decade. They explore what being fat meant in the 19th C and discuss weight stigma of the modern day. 

Here's another bonus episode where Jess and Marcos offer their uninformed opinions on other people's problems. Sit tight! Our episode on fad diets is coming soon. 

In this first part of the the multi-episode discussion on the theme of weight loss, Jess, Marcos, Kenzie and Hannah discuss why so many women have issues when it comes to eating and weight. 

Jess and Marcos read advice columns and provide their armchair advice on this bonus episode. Stay tuned for our next full episode which will be on weight loss. 

Jess interviews her friend Lauren on her recent breast implant procedure. Lauren shares why she wanted to get this procedure done and touches upon the prep, costs and recovery.