Lindsay & Jamie dive in deep with this episode, where they explore body image ideals and the preposterous beauty standards that are upheld by our society and culture. It is indeed a heavier topic to explore and yet, Lindsay and Jamie somehow find a way to make this subject matter approachable. It is a rebellious, passionate and humorous conversation that will stir questions, awareness, and personal inquiry, that's a guarantee. L & J would argue that this is their most vulnerable podcast yet, and the risk feels so worth the potential for change that comes from being honest about this topic. They share personal stories that have impacted their view on their own body image, while simultaneously challenging the status quo and external authority that has been placed on women's bodies for centuries.
Core emotions emerge within these unrealistic beauty standards, and Lindsay & Jamie are the first to admit that they are not immune to the conditioning and indoctrination that the beauty industry, patriarchy and capitalistic society creates. They breakdown the paradox of these intense feelings, normalizing them alongside ALL bodies and appearances. They share tools that have worked to support them in exposing these narratives, breaking through the lie that a certain body type/size and appearance of a woman is correct and healthy, while another is wrong, bad and unhealthy. There is a core component that feeds the hamster wheel of chasing an ideal beauty standard, and L & J expose this truth with potency throughout this episode.
This conversation is a dance between the pain of subjugation that lives inside the beauty standard, juxtaposed with what is possible when we break free from the cage of smallness that is society's obsession for women. Lindsay & Jamie bring consciousness to the messages that women are being fed, and how we can take our power back so we may reclaim our bodies. The result is an emergence of a women who is fully expressed...and what woman doesn't want to be more wholly-expressed?
