How Does Hollywood Manipulate Our Beauty Standards?

Good Bodies

Betches

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

You know when you watch an old TV show or movie and think, “how tf did we think this was ok?” Remy and Emily get into just that on today’s episode, re: fatphobia in Hollywood. They look back on shows that were all about weight loss and looks—Biggest Loser, The Swan—and wonder, how did they even cast for shows like this? This leads into a convo about the v problematic credits used in old Sex and the City episodes, before Remy and Emily debrief some famous fat-suit characters: Fat Monica in Friends, Bruce in Matilda, Fat Bastard in Austin Powers, just to name a few. They wrap up discussing the *mass amounts* of body image-focused ads we see, before sharing a few shows that are actually getting body diversity right. Spoiler: it’s a very short list, so send dst@betches.com your recs. Check out our latest promo codes here: https://betches.com/promos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just a reminder that Diet starts tomorrow is a podcast for entertainment purposes only.
0:05.1	It is not a medical podcast and does not constitute medical advice.
0:10.1	Always seek the advice of a physician or a health professional.
0:15.0	Betches media presents Diet starts tomorrow.
0:18.4	I stand behind my decision to avoid salad and other disgusting things.
0:21.9	With hosts, Remi Kassamir.
0:23.6	I'll have what she's having.
0:25.1	And Emily Lubin.
0:26.2	Remember, she's like you have a secret.
0:29.1	We are here to amuse your bush.
0:34.6	Hello and welcome to Diet starts tomorrow.
0:36.8	I'm Remi and I'm Emily and today we're talking about my favorite subject,
0:41.5	which is fat phobia in TV.
0:44.0	That's there. Sure is a lot of it.
0:46.4	And also we're going to be talking about America's focus on weight loss
0:49.7	and casting tropes in Hollywood.
0:52.0	It's a fun app.
0:53.0	Yeah, it's an episode that we know a lot about.
0:56.4	I study TV professionally.
1:00.3	Professionally?
1:00.9	No, my friends used to joke in high school that whenever they would be like,
1:05.1	what did you do last night and I'd be like, watch six hours of TV,
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