Content warning: This episode contains heavy discussion of bodies, human or otherwise. We discuss weight in detail, and one of the central premises of this episode is the question "Why is no one in Star Trek fat?" Please feel free to skip this episode and use the transporter to get to another one if this one would make you uncomfortable.
Bodies. We've all got one. So why don't we celebrate them more? If you ask our host Paul Byron, he'd say they're gross with gross holes. But today we're going to be discussing some of the great things about our bodies with this special episode about body positivity. Listen as we get into:
- Why fat shaming is bad - even for cats
- Star Trek invented girlbossing
- Diversity of bodies among Trek series
- Why representation matters
- &MORE
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