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This week we talk about I Feel Pretty, a garbage piece of cinema that reinforces the messages it claims to be fighting.  

In This Episode

We’re going in on I Feel Pretty, the recent movie starring Amy Schumer that generated a ton of controversy when it came out due to the confounding amounts of body shaming, mixed messaging, and the corporate sellout ending. Joke in the Middle
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News

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• The Company Behind AirBnB and Dropbox is About to Dismantle Meat and Dairy (VegNews)
• U.S. Attempts to Push Excess Dairy onto China (VegNews)

Articles Referenced for this Episode

• In I Feel Pretty, Self-Acceptance Comes With a Price Tag | by Bridget Read | Vogue
• Opinion: Amy Schumer’s New Movie, ‘I Feel Pretty’, is Problematic as Fuck | Cosmopolitan
• ‘I Feel Pretty’ and the Rise of Beauty-Standard Denialism | by Amanda Hess | NY Times
• I Feel Pretty Is a Message Movie That Can’t Stay on Message | by Christopher Orr | The Atlantic