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The Polyester Podcast

Skinnytok, Crunchy Teens , & The Return Of Pro Ana Content

The Polyester Podcast

The Polyester Podcast

Society & Culture, Arts

4.5533 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The writing has been on the wall for a while - Thin is in, pop songs are referencing eating disorders and flexing our ribcages in selfies and fashion content is back full force. In this week's episode, hosts Ione and Gina get stuck into the spectre that has been haunting social media platforms for the past six months and more - the pervasive return of pro ana content, now newly dubbed #Skinnytok.


From influencers like Liv Schmidt launching secret members clubs with tips on cutting calorie counts to crunchy teens falling hook, line and sinker for Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Make America Healthy Campaign to hyper focus on their food intake, the internet is riddled in body negative language that stands to harm us all.


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0:00.0

Hi Gina. Hi, Ione. Hi everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor of Pollyester.

0:05.2

Dan Mayoni, the founding editor-in-chief of Pollyester, and this is the Pollyester podcast, a feminist pop culture podcast, dissecting the discourse on a weekly basis.

0:14.2

Before we start, we've just relaunched our membership platform to include...

0:17.9

When you're going to start saying, stop saying just.

0:20.6

When will be people signer?

0:23.4

To include loads of new perks, including exclusive podcast-cented ones, but also, I'll know.

0:29.5

Loads for the good ones.

0:30.9

We're now offering exclusive video episodes, secret mini episodes and even episodes

0:36.5

centered on what you want us to talk about across

0:38.6

different tier options. Go check it out at the link in our description. And if you haven't yet,

0:44.2

please make sure to like, rate, subscribe and review. Do we have any reviews, I only? Yeah,

0:50.2

and we have a new mini episode this week for members. What's it about?

0:55.1

Nathan Fielder.

0:57.0

Hello!

0:59.5

Okay, so you've put... Dina's put another review end of someone we know.

1:03.5

This is so embarrassing.

1:05.1

No, it's nice to have friends.

1:07.2

Five stars, me and my cat listen every Monday.

1:09.4

This is from Bog, but me and Nauty Catmoo listen every Monday on my work from home day. Love the topics, always super timely and relevant to the conversations I'm having in my own life. Don't think Mu has conversations, but he clearly enjoys it anyway. Who's that by? Hattie. Thank you, Hattie. Hattie Rex. And on Spotify, we have one from May McSweeney that says,

1:29.4

just wanted to say that I've been casually listening to you girls for a few months.

1:32.9

But lately, you've entered my regular podcast rotation, so congratulations.

1:36.7

I'm loving recent episodes and recommending you to all of my critically minded friends.

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