Episode 140. Pump It Up: The Substance (2024) Live from Salem Horror Fest

Join Andrea and Alex live from Salem Horror Fest for feats of strength (!) and a discussion of the horrors of beauty standards, the weight of celebrity culture, and the algorithms that are out to get us. 

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REQUIRED READING

The Substance. Dir. Coralie Fargeat, 2024. 

 

EXTRA CREDIT

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism. Sarah Wynn-Williams account of her time at Facebook. 

 

On Women. Susan Sontag’s essays on women and their physical relationships to the world.

 

Fran Lebowitz on Race and Racism. From the 1997 edition of Vanity Fair where Lebowitz discusses nepo babies.

 

How Ozempic shaming illuminates complexities of treating weight problems from the Harvard Gazette.

 

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