Jia Tolentino

But yeah, I mean, I'm pro-choice too, you know, like it's... It's none of my damn business what anyone's doing with their own body.

But yeah, I mean, I'm pro-choice too, you know, like it's... It's none of my damn business what anyone's doing with their own body.

I, you know, this I do have thoughts on, you know, I think that one of the things that our whole fascination with Ozempic is based on is, and it's interesting, you know, Christiane, I wonder if you have thoughts with little kids, right?

I, you know, this I do have thoughts on, you know, I think that one of the things that our whole fascination with Ozempic is based on is, and it's interesting, you know, Christiane, I wonder if you have thoughts with little kids, right?

Part of beauty is thinness as it's taught to you from a really early age, like fatness, queerness, darkness, all of these things are like coded as signs of deviance. Like you, you learn as a really young child in Disney movies in anything about Like beauty is really coded as morality and there's this Protestant work ethic thing, right?

Part of beauty is thinness as it's taught to you from a really early age, like fatness, queerness, darkness, all of these things are like coded as signs of deviance. Like you, you learn as a really young child in Disney movies in anything about Like beauty is really coded as morality and there's this Protestant work ethic thing, right?

It's something that you should achieve through hard and punitive work and discipline, right? And when people use Ozempic, it's like, you cheated. You skipped the hard work part, you know? And so you got the thing we demanded of you, but now we find this a vaguely immoral thinness.

It's something that you should achieve through hard and punitive work and discipline, right? And when people use Ozempic, it's like, you cheated. You skipped the hard work part, you know? And so you got the thing we demanded of you, but now we find this a vaguely immoral thinness.

I hear what you're saying.

I hear what you're saying.

But in both cases, it's about wealth, right? I mean, in both cases, like the thing that is valued is always the thing that's correlated with wealth. And I feel like that's been the case. You look through art history, right? The fuller figures are valued at a time when it's, you know, the wealthy signifying plenty.

But in both cases, it's about wealth, right? I mean, in both cases, like the thing that is valued is always the thing that's correlated with wealth. And I feel like that's been the case. You look through art history, right? The fuller figures are valued at a time when it's, you know, the wealthy signifying plenty.

And now it's signifying, you know, I got a trainer, I got a cook, I got a, you know...

And now it's signifying, you know, I got a trainer, I got a cook, I got a, you know...

It's so interesting that all of this concern about what creates health for kids always comes down to food and weight.

It's so interesting that all of this concern about what creates health for kids always comes down to food and weight.

And it's like there's so much other stuff. It's like it's housing policy. It's like it's it's food stamp policy. Right. It's all of these things. And it's like funding for recess and, you know, and for like physical activities and for and for all these things, because, you know, there are there are levers you can pull to change things.

And it's like there's so much other stuff. It's like it's housing policy. It's like it's it's food stamp policy. Right. It's all of these things. And it's like funding for recess and, you know, and for like physical activities and for and for all these things, because, you know, there are there are levers you can pull to change things.

your body certainly during childhood and that, you know, like it's not to say that lifestyle and what you eat doesn't affect it. But, you know, there I talk to doctors that are, you know, they're the patients are their kids are in food deserts and they have nobody that can take them outside. And it's not safe to be outside where they are. They are just kind of sitting in a room

your body certainly during childhood and that, you know, like it's not to say that lifestyle and what you eat doesn't affect it. But, you know, there I talk to doctors that are, you know, they're the patients are their kids are in food deserts and they have nobody that can take them outside. And it's not safe to be outside where they are. They are just kind of sitting in a room