GLP-1s and the Politics of Thinness | There's LOTS to Unpack

GLP-1s are everywhere right now — and so is the conversation about them. But the discourse keeps missing nuance.

You either believe in bodily autonomy OR you're complicit in toxic diet culture. What if the real work is learning how to sit in the tension?

This conversation doesn't exist in a vacuum. We're in a political moment where bodily autonomy is already under attack — and that includes our bodies, our size, and how we're allowed to exist in them.

There's a growing cultural shift, particularly on the right, that openly privileges thinness, reinforces patriarchal ideals, and rewards women for taking up less space. At the same time, we're watching celebrities and public figures navigate (and often reinforce) these pressures in real time.

So where does that leave us? How do we make personal choices about our bodies without ignoring the systems shaping those choices?

How do we resist a culture that still centers the male gaze and equates worth with appearance? What would it look like to build lives that exist beyond how we look?

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