Double X Gabfest

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate science and health editor Shannon Palus is joined by author and co-host of Maintenance Phase, Aubrey Gordon. Shannon and Aubrey discuss Aubrey’s new book, “You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People, the fraught nature of “body positivity” and the insidious goalpost moving of the Dove “Love Your Body” campaign.In Slate Plus, Aubrey and Shannon discuss the new weight-loss fad, Ozempic. Further Reading Recommendations From Aubrey:Hunger by Roxane GayBelly of the Beast by Da’shaun L. HarrisonThe Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee TaylorFearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings Julie Murphy’s fiction novels like Dumplin’Check out Shannon’s new Slate Column: Good FitPodcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.