Episode Description
Celebrity weight loss is back in the spotlight — in headlines, before-and-after photos, GLP-1 speculation, and nonstop commentary online. Alongside that has come a louder insistence that we "shouldn't talk about people's bodies" at all.
But should we really keep quiet?
This episode focuses on body image, diet culture, celebrity bodies, and how weight loss is discussed on social media.
I talk about why I personally don't comment on bodies in everyday life, why praising weight loss is never neutral to me, and why that rule becomes harder to apply once bodies move into public media, celebrity culture, and influence.
The episode moves through the different ways this conversation shows up right now — criticism, praise, silence, and backlash — and what happens when the only option we allow is not speaking.
I also touch on kids growing up inside these images, the "double standard" argument, and the tension between personal body autonomy and cultural symbolism, and Lizzo's recent essay on "weight release."
This is a conversation about what we're allowed to say, what we're told not to say, and how to redefine the conversation.