In today's episode, Kate explores the hell that is "Skinnytok" and how it's gained traction on social media. She looks at how these videos promote disordered eating, Eurocentric beauty standards, and dangerous dieting habits to young impressionable women via fast-paced social media algorithms. Kate analyzes the link between diet culture, patriarchy, and conservative ideals — highlighting how thinness is intertwined with a larger project to control women's bodies and keep us too weak to challenge unjust systems around us.

Kate discusses the deadly consequences of eating disorders such as brain atrophy, osteoporosis, organ failure, infertility, and more — which is why ED treatment needs to be made much more accessible through public policy.

Resources Mentioned:

How the far right is using thinness to radicalize women and teen girls

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

We Steal Secrets

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In today's episode, Kate explores the hell that is "Skinnytok" and how it's gained traction on social media. She looks at how these videos promote disordered eating, Eurocentric beauty standards, and dangerous dieting habits to young impressionable women via fast-paced social media algorithms. Kate analyzes the link between diet culture, patriarchy, and conservative ideals — highlighting how thinness is intertwined with a larger project to control women's bodies and keep us too weak to challenge unjust systems around us.

Kate discusses the deadly consequences of eating disorders such as brain atrophy, osteoporosis, organ failure, infertility, and more — which is why ED treatment needs to be made much more accessible through public policy.

Resources Mentioned:

How the far right is using thinness to radicalize women and teen girls

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

We Steal Secrets

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In today's episode, Kate talks about the prevalence of alt-right pipelines in the wellness space online. Kate looks at how seemingly harmless niches such as fitness, clean eating, pilates, and more can quietly serve as pipelines to conservative ideologies. She touches on why conservatives are so good at mobilizing online due to their messaging in seemingly "apolitical niches" and how these subtle pipelines can start to spread more radical sentiments.

Kate discusses how algorithms can speed up this radicalization for both young men and women and how to spot these talking points when you scroll on your FYP. Kate touches on the imbalance between liberal and conservative content online and how the Left can start to build out alt-left pipelines to counteract all of the conservative messaging on social media.

Resources mentioned:

Media Matters: The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces

Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes by Christine Yu 

Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich

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In today’s episode, Kate discusses the dangers of the MAHA — Make America Healthy Again — Movement and RFK Jr.

Kate analyzes how this movement preys on paranoia and health anxiety, then pushes misinformation, conspiracy theories, and distrust of science and government to its supporters.

Kate explores who's supporting this movement — from moms to wellness influencers — and which talking points are resonating with Americans. This episode breaks down RFK Jr.'s dangerous push to defund critical health agencies, push pseudoscience, fire experts, and undermine the very systems that keep us safe against public health problems.

Kate finishes the episode by looking at how hyperbolic language and flashy talking points distract from real solutions like universal healthcare and equitable access to care, which are the keys to make America healthy.

 

Resources mentioned:

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves, by Sophie Gilbert

Wealth, shown to scale: https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

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RFK Jr. pissed off Kate so much that she decided to bring back Seamossgirlies :)

Welcome to the first episode! Kate will be talking about what has happened in the wellness space and world at-large since 2024. Spoiler: there have been a lot of right-wing shifts in culture, politics, and social media. Kate will briefly touch on all that’s happened online since the pod stopped – including topics such as “skinnytok,” MAHA, anti-vaxxers, trad wives, and more. Tune in to learn about what you can expect for SMG 2.0. See you every Wednesday!

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With so much noise on social media about the best ways to take care of your health, Seamossgirlies aims to take on the wellness industry and debunk rampant misinformation for Gen-Z women. Tune in each week to get smarter through a broader social and political analysis of wellness with your host Kate Glavan.

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Thanks for tuning in for all of these years :') enjoy the last episode of seamossgirlies. You'll keep seeing us on the meme page and in Geneva. xoxo

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In today's episode, Kate and Emma share that this podcast is coming to an end. We talk about the reasons we started the pod, our favorite memories of these last 4 years, and what's next for us both. Ask us questions on the meme page or in Geneva for next week's final episode of seamossgirlies. We love you all@

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Topics for this week's pod include the new wave of ED content on TikTok, how to improve your skin health, and how to master solo travel.

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In today's pod, Kate and Emma talk about the Poppi lawsuit, the way Americans view wellness + healthcare after COVID, and the power of walking.

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