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Chapter 1: What reflections does the host share after returning from Bali?
Hello and welcome to the final episode of the Bali series. I'm now back in Australia and I've spent the last 48 hours reflecting, following the online discourse this content has created and you know, this trip was initially just meant to be about exploring the ever-changing, unrealistic beauty standards forced upon us and the impact that influencers actually have on those who follow them.
The whole internet now is talking about this rib contouring.
It's rib contouring, not removal, because removal would be stupid.
But over the last week or so, it's become something much bigger than that.
Where did you find out about this rib contouring surgery? Because it's not currently available in Australia.
And in a weird way, it's become about all of us. Let me get my ribs done. How we view ourselves.
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Chapter 2: What is rib contouring and why has it become a trending topic?
Is it dangerous? Like, it feels like a proper body modification that could be dangerous. How we view those around us.
And I want to say, like, I reckon Kylie Jenner for sure has gotten this done.
And the hypocrisy, double standards and performative outrage that is rampant, not just across the influencer industry, but society. And she's not advocating for the procedure. I will say now in advance that this podcast is going to anger a lot of people with blue ticks on Instagram.
And in this episode, you're going to hear me talk to someone from below deck who has now had the rib surgery done in Bali.
My friends were like, you're not actually going to do that. That's insane.
And you're going to hear from people like Stella, who shares her own surgical regrets for the first time.
But was it worth it? Was it really, really worth it? I don't think so.
I'm also going to call out some people who may respond and bite back. And I'm going to share a story from Bali that I haven't yet, which I'm not going to lie, breaks my heart a little bit.
I'm very big on my body, my choice.
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Chapter 3: How do influencers impact perceptions of beauty and body image?
I think my body, my choice, you know, like. So, with this extra dramatic intro out of the way. I want to hear my body, my choice. Can I get, can I get my body, my choice? Let's finally get to it, yeah? The truth. This is going to be a long episode, so bear with me, please.
Firstly, some of you have asked why most of my content is just focused around Beck, who was so set on getting the rib contouring surgery. Then she backed out on the day of it to spend more time contemplating it. But as of right now, the point I'm recording this on Thursday, I believe that she will go through with it.
And the reason I have focused mostly on Beck is because she is just someone I know the most. And there was a real story there. And there were so many wider points to make off her story. And for me to then bring in like everybody else to other influencers, in my opinion, it would just lose the impact of the points I've been raising.
And, you know, with all those other voices, I also thought it would start to just feel like I'm endorsing this surgery, which as I've said from the very start, I'm not. Yeah.
But when Beck did back out and I later saw a girl named Ali Dor, who some of you may know from Below Deck, sat by the pool the day after her surgery wearing the corset thing you must wear for 10 weeks afterwards, which permanently shapes their ribs that they've just had fractured and turned inwards. I did ask her if we could have a little chat afterwards.
And that was just well to get the perspective of someone post-surgery to just see, well, how was it? And just like I'd asked Beck and Athena, what made you come here and actually go through with this? Sat here wearing a corset.
Yes, so I'm in the corset. So I'm going to be stuck in this for the next 10 to 12 weeks.
Oh, every day? Like day and night?
Yeah, 24-7. But to be honest, it actually feels good. When I take it off to shower, it feels... I don't know, like my body's too free post-surgery. I'm two days post-surgery. And when it's on, it feels like just, it's like hugging everything. It's like keeping everything nice and like tight and compact, so.
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Chapter 4: What insights does Below Deck's Alli Dore provide about her surgery experience?
just talk for a few minutes. And I thought it would just be a few minutes, but you'll hear it went a little bit longer. So they've made a tiny needle point thing in your side. Yeah. And then through that and then ultrasound, they kind of like reshape your bottom ribs.
Yes.
And then this is what now holds it in place to permanently keep them there.
So basically I have control now. So the first week you just kind of keep it compact, but now I have control. It's got these, see these little toggles. So this tightens it. And if I want to be teeny tiny waist, I can tighten it like crazy tight. If I want more natural, more like human-like, I can sort of just keep it.
So you have complete control over what sort of result you have at the end with the corset, which is wild to me.
What I didn't know at that time was as Ali and I were chatting, Stella from this year's season of Married at First Sight, she just posted a TikTok. And after she saw all of my posts about this trip in Bali, she revealed in her post that she was almost here, sat amongst us. And this is her explaining why she ended up declining the offer of this trip.
I personally myself was also invited to go on that journey with Snatched Waste and I have utmost respect for the people who are creating the business and the opportunity for the women and then to change their body structure. I took utmost care to actually get to understand what the type of surgery it is because
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Chapter 5: What regrets does Stella from Married At First Sight express about her cosmetic surgery?
That is a surgery, okay? It's not teeth cleaning for 15 minutes. It's a surgery. You go under. That's one. And I also had to consider, does this actually align with me and who I am as a person? And I didn't say straight away no, because curiosity, you know, got the better of me. And I have...
the end of the day was intrigued you know and after listening to the surgeon talking about it if that procedure was ever on the top of my mind to do so I would have but since I never thought about it and it's the last thing that I probably would think about at the end of the day I was like nah that would be just
something i would want to do right and just because someone and something is given for you for free doesn't mean you have to take it interestingly though whereas stella sat with the offer for a little while and you know although the appeal of a smaller waist did briefly appeal to her she ultimately said no because this is just not something she's ever considered doing
But with Ali, when I asked her reasons, she said that after she was also reached out and offered this procedure in exchange for some social media coverage, she raced to her decision.
And my friends were like, you're not actually going to do that. That's insane. I was like, well, I never knew this was a thing, but now that it's on my radar, I kind of want it. That is going to be like, a lot of people are probably going to hear that and be like, that's ridiculous. It's not like you've been sitting here thinking, for years.
This is something that's going to be life changing for me.
It's a bit ridiculous to be honest. I know. It is.
I'm such an impulsive person. I know that's not like a positive trait. It's not the best trait at all. I'm such an impulsive person. But when I get an idea in my head, I'm very obsessive about it. And so once I had the idea in my head, I'm like, like I was saying to you before, I was watching the Sports Illustrated swim show that was on recently.
Yes.
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Chapter 6: How do social media pressures affect influencers' decisions about body modifications?
And then I was looking at some of the other body shapes and the curves and the hourglass. It's like, but I love that shape too. And the way that they described the entire process was very minimally invasive. It's only a 45 minute procedure. You know, there's no ribs being removed. There's nothing getting broken.
It's just kind of a softening of the tissue and just the surface of the bone and then the contouring with the corset. So I thought, Oh, it sounds so chill.
I know, it's so... No, I mean, like I came here to document this and kind of find out the reasons why so many people are doing this surgery and the reason just seems to be, why not?
Why not? I know, we're all doing the YOLO thing because it's not been on any of our radar because it's not in Australia.
I'm going to be honest now. I liked Ali when I met her. I thought she was lovely. She had a great energy and just like a really friendly vibe to her. But I had to politely push back on that YOLO response and just let her know, well, like, just how dangerous that is because of her job title. But do you worry that that is going to piss people off? Of course.
And you have, like, quite a big following.
Yeah.
And, like, they're all, I mean, you're already documenting this.
Yeah.
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Chapter 7: What are the consequences of promoting unrealistic beauty standards?
Because I must say, after going through the surgery myself, just, you know, quite recently-ish, I guess, the surgery won't solve the problems if you're trying to solve them if someone is saying i actually you know don't find myself sexy because i don't have boobs okay go for it but if someone says
my god boobs changed my life um something magically flicked and happened and now i am this confident uh sexy it's not gonna happen okay you will wake up you will go through the healing you will have the ups and downs and at the end of the day six months in the shine of this something new is gonna wear off and you're gonna be left with the same thoughts about yourself
So if you are not changing, if I'm not changing my thoughts about myself internally at the first place, no surgery will change your confidence. No surgery will change the feeling of insecurity. Confidence and insecurity is the internal job. Whatever you put outside is going to be a temporary solution to relieve the pain. It's like
having alcohol when you feel depressed, having drugs when you don't feel okay and stuff like that. So I always encourage, try to understand the reasons why something is being offered, why something is being promoted and why something is being done.
The more Stella has really sat and thought about her new breasts over the last couple of weeks, after the offer of this ballet trip has just had her reflecting on all of the choices she's made with her body, she has realized that ultimately she does have regrets.
And not just because of the reasons she got them done, but the way they've impacted so many other parts of her life that she hadn't anticipated, like exercising.
took me probably six months to accept the fact that okay well i'm not i'm not not happy with my boobs but was it worth it was it really really worth it
don't think so I don't think so it didn't make me happier in nothing I don't know if anything I actually feel like it affected me in quite a negative way and I'm still I've lost my routine I was scared to train I was scared to do push-ups I was scared to do intensive functional training and I
It's only now and it's, it's been plus six months that I feel like, okay, it feels like somewhat my body, And, yeah, I didn't have the reason to do the boobs rather than the vanity at the end of the day. I'm sorry. I know it might ruffle a lot of people in a different position, in a... How do I say? It might rub people in wrong ways, but... No. I was sexy before. I was feeling sexy before.
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Chapter 8: How can we recognize and address hypocrisy in influencer culture?
kids in the world where yes there are things that we can do to make ourselves feel confident and comfortable and and you know less insecure and whatever and i'm all for it i straightened my teeth i got rid of the glasses because i was wearing glasses since i was 16. i'm all for it but when it comes to um when it comes to trends when it comes to something that can cause more stress than benefits.
I advise not, I even advise all of my friends who are like, oh my God, you got your boobs done, where you got your boobs done, I want to get them done. And I'm like, think, why do you want to get your boobs done?
As I saw Ali's carefree YOLO facade break a little at that last question, I started to think there's more to her story here, like there just must be. And as I started to question more about just her body image throughout her entire life, we started to unpack together like the real reason she was here having this done. And you know what?
I related to a lot of what she was saying, which some of you who may have heard a recent episode of my other podcast, Occasionally Funny, may already know.
It's hard. So I'm a millennial and I feel like millennials, we got cursed in the, in the sense of like how we were, how we were programmed to look at our bodies. Like we, I was in the peak Misha Barton, like the zoom in.
What's very funny. I did a pod recently where I spoke about, um, Nicole, Richie, Paris Hilton. So I dropped out of school at 15 to be paparazzi. The first person I photographed was Paris.
yeah and then i was suddenly around that world from being a gay in the closet teenager who never felt i fit in and i developed an eating disorder for a while and i only saw pictures recently but i would go days without eating like i was skeletal and i only saw those pictures like a week ago and on my other podcast occasionally funny and then it's funny you say that but like i was influenced back then because it was everywhere the magazines the yeah
you couldn't escape it and it was those it was that collarbone on all of them it was like that was the that was yeah i used to look at that i want a collarbone protruding i was like what the was that yeah it was it's actually funny because i when i was on below deck i actually there was an episode where i was feeling is one of our first episodes on our night off where everyone was getting in the hot tub and i was feeling insecure i was talking to my friend daisy um and i was feeling insecure about my body because the other girls were all teeny tiny petite
and I used to be really really skinny and I was normal I was a normal size at that point and a lot of people really
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