I want to start off by stating three really important things: Fat-phobia is rampant, especially in the medical world, and causes significant mental and physical harm. Being fat is not a moral failing. Fat people should not be treated differently than “straight-sized” people.
I work in public health as well and when I heard this episode, I sat down to outline all the misunderstandings and bad faith arguments I heard, but it was such a tangled web, I gave up. Thanks for doing this, it was an interesting read.
This has been a relief for me to find you. I greatly appreciate the nuance and detail with which you’ve criticized the glib and patently false claims of Maintenance Phase. These two twittery millennials lack the patience, analysis, and depth to pursue these topics with any rigor. The podcast has annoyed me for months. My hat is off to you!
I had no idea about this podcast, saw it a couple of times in the app, but never listened. I started reading your blog without listening to the podcast and will continue to do so through an RSS feed - don't mind me for not subscribing through e-mail, but it is way too cluttered.
You are harsh, yet right, on your criticism regarding journalism. I will go the extra mile and look at the discourse around the podcast, the praise the hosts get from journalists who base their whole opinion on listening to an episode and hearing something that confirms their bias. In writing that, a journalist (a profession I also practice) may think that they take a stance against Something, though they reproduce poor quality and low standards.
"That’s false. I’m not sure what Aubrey’s definition of “evidence-based” is. But there are many evidence-based treatment strategies." I'd love to know what these are, because I'm yet to find one that has worked for me
I work in public health as well and when I heard this episode, I sat down to outline all the misunderstandings and bad faith arguments I heard, but it was such a tangled web, I gave up. Thanks for doing this, it was an interesting read.
This has been a relief for me to find you. I greatly appreciate the nuance and detail with which you’ve criticized the glib and patently false claims of Maintenance Phase. These two twittery millennials lack the patience, analysis, and depth to pursue these topics with any rigor. The podcast has annoyed me for months. My hat is off to you!
This is great, important work. Thank you!
I had no idea about this podcast, saw it a couple of times in the app, but never listened. I started reading your blog without listening to the podcast and will continue to do so through an RSS feed - don't mind me for not subscribing through e-mail, but it is way too cluttered.
You are harsh, yet right, on your criticism regarding journalism. I will go the extra mile and look at the discourse around the podcast, the praise the hosts get from journalists who base their whole opinion on listening to an episode and hearing something that confirms their bias. In writing that, a journalist (a profession I also practice) may think that they take a stance against Something, though they reproduce poor quality and low standards.
Apparently some documentarist followed her around for years to document her rise to stardom - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/26/your-fat-friend-documentary-aubrey-gordon-jeanie-finlay-interview - though from this Guardian piece it shows nowhere an interrogation of her research.
"That’s false. I’m not sure what Aubrey’s definition of “evidence-based” is. But there are many evidence-based treatment strategies." I'd love to know what these are, because I'm yet to find one that has worked for me