Wait for It is a show about the way we feel about our bodies.

Consequently, each episode may include references to gaining and losing weight, eating disorders,

weight loss surgery, and weight stigma.

If these topics are triggering to you, please take care while listening.

We have links to support resources for anyone who may need them in our show notes.

Wait for it.

This is the only body that you're going to get.

You can't do anything about that.

A lot of us are kind of socialized to feel shame about some parts of our bodies.

And that is like, it's the cruelest thing because this is the only body that you're going to get.

You can't, you know, you can't do anything about that.

That is the voice of Damon Young.

He's a writer whose work I've followed for many years.

Author of What Doesn't Kill Meeks You Blacker, co-founder of very smart brothers,

contributing opinion writer from New York Times, Washington Post, host of Stuck with Damon Young. He started his podcast, Stuck with Damon Young in 2022, and I'm a big fan. He has these long,

poignant conversations with his friends and other luminaries on life, love, and anything else that he

feels stuck on. He's a bit of an overthinker like me,

so I've constantly been drawn to his work.

I reached out to him to talk about dudes and friendship,

which is related to today's episode,

but what we ended up talking about was the root of the real issue,

which is at the center of our story today.

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