22 episodes
Modified Jessica
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- Society & Culture
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5.0 • 12 Ratings
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Modified explores the many ways that women have altered their bodies, throughout time and across the globe, and what it all means about being female. We delve into the origins of female body modification trends and try to figure out why, despite time and place, it seems as if women are always being told they need to change their bodies.
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Male Circumcision
Why do Americans routinely circumcise their babies? Jess and Marcos explore this common, but perhaps not deeply thought about, procedure.
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Weight Loss Part 5: Disordered Eating
Jess and Marcos try to get to the root of why so many women have a broken relationship with food. They discuss our cultural perception of thinness, why we are so obsessed with weight and how dysfunctional eating habits seem to be a normalized part of being a woman They also talk about how fat people can be anorexic too. e-mail us with questions, comments or just to say hi at modifiedpod@gmail.com
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Corsets
Jess and Marcos cover the corsets of yore and the shapewear of today. They ask if untamed female bodies make the world uneasy and discuss whether such a thing as objective beauty exists. Go forth with your disobedient bodies! e-mail us @modifiedpod@gmail.com
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Weight Loss Part 4: Surgical Fat Reduction/Weight Loss
Jess and Marcos cover liposuction-the procedure, the risks and the stats. Then they delve into gastric bypass and gastric sleeve surgery and discuss whether these two bariatric procedures are really about health or are they still just about attaining that cultural ideal of slimness. e-mail us at modifiedpod@gmail.com
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Weight Loss Part 3: Fitness
Jess and Marcos continue their exploration of weight loss by discussing our culture's relationship to fitness. Find your pelvis (we know you got one) and get ready to hear about reducing salons, Jazzercise, Richard Simmons, Oh My! Also, did our grandparents "work out"? e-mail us @modifiedpod@gmail.com
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Weight Loss Part 2: Fad Diets
Jess and Marcos delve into the history of dieting in the US and cover the fad diets of each decade. They explore what being fat meant in the 19th C and discuss weight stigma of the modern day.