The Waves: Two Feminists Talk Weight Loss

Published: March 16, 2023, 7 a.m.

b'On this week\\u2019s episode of The Waves, Slate senior editor Shannon Palus talks with longtime health and foodwriter Tamar Haspel about her views on weight loss, and why it\\u2019s important for feminist to not shy away from the topic. They dig into why crank diets don\\u2019t work and often fail in trials, how Tamar changed her mind about \\u201cjust lose weight!\\u201d being good, blanket advice, and how to make conversations about weight empowering\\u2014or, at least, less fraught.\\xa0\\n\\nIn Slate Plus, a discussion about the latest weight loss drug, Ozempic.\\xa0\\n\\nPodcast production by Cheyna Roth and Tori Dominguez with editorial oversight by Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.\\nSend your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'