Diet-wellness culture objectifies women.
In that world, women are aesthetic objects and projects.
Waiting outside the green room before appearing on The Dr. Oz Show. The name of the segment was the “7-Day Crash Diet” featuring a medical influencer’s diet for weight loss. All three of us were inundated with cheers and whistles. Unfortunately, the fact that we had shrunk our bodies was the only interesting thing about us that day. (A well-dressed male on the streets of Manhattan even asked me to marry him after the taping of that show!)