Welcome to Season 4 and Episode 60 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this much requested first part of a three-part episode series, Laurel and Sarah discuss the phrase long and lean from a historical and sociological perspective. They cover the idealized image of women through art with a historical gaze, then unpick the narrative around becoming long and lean, how diet and exercise became front and center for this impossible ideal, and where we are today with social media, photoshop, and AI in the mix.
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Reference links:
The Toast Looks Back: The Best Of Two Monks
https://greatist.com/grow/100-years-womens-body-image#1
https://www.worldometers.info/weight-loss/