Hi everyone, I'm Joanna.

And I'm Jenny.

And this is hyphenated, the podcast about living in the hyphen.

And today we wanted to talk about beauty standards.

Ooh.

So we're going to be talking about how beauty standards have affected us, how we see it affect our society, and also

how Latin culture has specific type of beauty standards that we see are particular and different.

So, Jenny, growing up, you know, as women, we've been confronted with beauty standards and

have probably been affected by it. Am I right to assume that?

Oh, you are absolutely correct. What was the biggest issue you had to deal with growing up and even to now

where you see yourself just not fitting into a mold that you perceive? You know, you're born and raised in a city like Miami, a city that idolizes the type of

women you see in Pitbull's music videos, the type of women you see on Sao Lo Higante or did

see.

And it's a specific type of skinny.

Now, I'm a skinny little shit.

People know this by now.

Many of you have probably commented on my weight in videos and have told me to eat a sandwich.

Though, please, everyone out there, get more creative about the meal that you want to shove down my throat.

A sandwich isn't really going to make me gain that much weight.

Anyway.

Doing empanada, at least, you try it.

It's a sandwich that's fried, bro.

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