On this episode hosts Dana, Sirius, and Hilary discuss GLP-1s, and how they’re showing up in pop culture and politics. They unpack the Super Bowl ads and awkward displays of male power in the media. They critique a New York Times opinion piece about “leaving body positivity” and use it as a jumping off point to discuss the importance of using an intersectional lens to approach body trust. They discuss the rise in GLP-1 related deaths and incidences of scurvy, and announce the release of their ethical care guidelines for folks using GLP-1s.

00:46 Pop culture round up: the Super Bowl

17:43 Health Nuance And Backlash

21:45 Political Roots Missing in Body Positivity

28:41 Fat loss does not eradicate oppression

32:53 FDA Warnings And Deaths

55:57 Iran And War Distractions

01:01:23 Introducing our ethical care guidelines

RESOURCES

Ethical Care Guidelines for GLP1 Medications by Center for Body Trust

Instagram Post with Band Names for Junior and Kid Rock

The Split Inside Body Positivity Boils Down to This One Thing

Ethical Care Guidelines and Secondary Uses of GLP-1 Medications

Beyond Body Positivity

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In their first live episode, hosts Dana and Hilary are interviewed by Sirius as they celebrate and reflect on 20 years of Body Trust work. They discuss the evolution of their work and the ongoing refusal of healthcare and public discourse to address diet culture’s harm. They address the current cultural moment—GLP-1 advertising, the “era of emaciation,” the Super Bowl commercials, and connections between beauty standards, desirability, and Epstein’s grooming. They share lessons about relationship, coalition-building, non-linear transformation, and future learning edges including disability justice, food justice, and aging, then take audience questions highlighting aging/disability intersections and community impact.

RESOURCES

Join us March 13th for Desiree Adaway’s Praxis of Liberation

The Menopause Summit by Center for Body Trust (recording available)

Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old: A Makeover for Self & Society by Kimberly Dark

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On the Body Trust Podcast, Hillary, Dana, and Sirius interview Savala Nolan about her book Good Woman: A Reckoning. They discuss the Super Bowl’s heavy presence of GLP-1 ads, Savala’s quick Instagram response as a handhold toward concepts like Health at Every Size and weight neutrality, and the added weight of government-backed messaging (including a Mike Tyson ad sponsored by realfood.gov). They connect diet culture to broader systems that control women’s bodies and voices, including male sexual violence and the challenges of naming harm (referencing Savala’s “Which Men” essay). Savala reads from her opening chapter “Refusal” (“I refuse to be good”) and describes the book as divesting from “good woman” conditioning—being quiet, pleasing, and body-controlling—while rebuilding a fuller, more authentic life. She explains that leaving dieting can make a woman culturally “illegible,” shares a workplace example of pervasive diet-talk, and outlines how midlife dissatisfaction and motherhood catalyzed the book. Savala also describes how she raises her daughter with food autonomy, body respect, and tools to navigate outside messages.

RESOURCES

The Book: Good Woman - A Reckoning* by Savala Nolan

*Most Anticipated Feminist Book of 2026 by Ms. Magazine
Instagram: @savalanolan
Website: savalanolan.com

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