{"podcast":{"title":"Rethinking Wellness","slug":"rethinking-wellness-6159414","podcast_index_feed_id":6159414,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1424334.rss","website_url":"https://rethinkingwellness.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1424334/347aa218f0c7e116f57f41fb05a62ed1.jpg","author":"Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS","episode_count":181,"summary":"Critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, and reflections on how to find true well-being.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rethinking-wellness-6159414"},"episode":{"title":"Why Beauty Imperatives Are Not Victimless Crimes ft. Elise Hu","slug":"why-beauty-imperatives-are-not-victimless-crimes-ft-elise-hu","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:07:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rethinking-wellness-6159414/why-beauty-imperatives-are-not-victimless-crimes-ft-elise-hu","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rethinking-wellness-6159414","url":"https://rethinkingwellness.substack.com/p/why-beauty-culture-is-a-cousin-of","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199167473/8bdf807aedafc7912089e4d13bbfcb8b.mp3","summary":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com Journalist, podcaster, and author Elise Hu joins us to discuss her background with modeling and disordered eating, why beauty culture is a cousin of diet culture, Elise’s experience with intense beauty standards in Korea, and the realities of pushing back against performances of femininity. Behind the paywall, Christy and Elise discuss the rise of K-Beauty globally, problematic K-Pop body ideals, the lack of mental health support in many Asian countries, and how the technological gaze is reshaping beauty standards online and around the world. Paid subscribers can hear the full interview, and the first half is available to all listeners. To read the full post and upgrade to paid, go to rethinkingwellness.substack.com . More from Christy: Christy's second book, The Wellness Trap , is available wherever books are sold! Order it here , or ask for it in your favorite local bookstore. If you're looking to make peace with food and break free from diet and wellness culture, check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course . Subscribe on Substack for full interviews and more! Support the podcast by becoming a paid subscriber, and unlock great perks like extended interviews, subscriber-only Q&As, full access to our archives, commenting privileges, and a place to connect with other listeners.","meta_description":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.com Journalist, podcaster, and author Elise Hu joins us to discu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1743,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rethinking-wellness-6159414/episodes/why-beauty-imperatives-are-not-victimless-crimes-ft-elise-hu/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rethinking-wellness-6159414/why-beauty-imperatives-are-not-victimless-crimes-ft-elise-hu.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}