35. Diet Culture

Big Reputations

In this episode we define and discuss Diet Culture, how it has affected us, and how it has affected and others. We tackle the history and origins of Diet Culture including how it has evolved to continue to terrorize us in modern times. Then we take a look at the impact the media has on our ways of thinking about Diet Culture, and the truth behind its hold on us as a society. To wrap up, we look at the damage Diet Culture has done to women and what we can do to avoid it.

Trigger warnings: eating disorders, fat shaming, diet talk

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Hosts: Kimberly Kunkle and Rebecca L. Salois

Logo Design: Samantha Marmolejo

Music: Shawn P. Russell

Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell

Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

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Sources:

• The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy, by Caroline Dooner
• “Diet Culture: A Brief History” by the Social and Health Research Center in San Antonio, TX
• "The Unbearable Weight of Diet Culture" by Jessica Teich
• “The Long, Strange History of Dieting Fads,” by Melissa Wdowick
  
• "Does the media's depiction of food feed into diet culture?" by Sarah Gill
• “The Evolution of Diet,” by Ann Gibbons
  
• Health at Every Size