{"podcast":{"title":"The Fundie Diaries","slug":"the-fundie-diaries-7573443","podcast_index_feed_id":7573443,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b434d04/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://christinezaluke.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44739273/44739273-1773353835473-83560ff07d7f7.jpg","author":"Christine Z.","episode_count":5,"summary":"An ex-fundie podcast. I'm Christine and I was raised Christian fundamentalist, Christian nationalist, and was homeschooled. After years of deconstruction, now I'm breaking down fundie Christian culture to help those on the outside understand, and those on the inside make sense of their childhoods.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fundie-diaries-7573443"},"episode":{"title":"the hidden christian values behind health & beauty trends","slug":"the-hidden-christian-values-behind-health-beauty-trends","published_at":"2026-02-22T18:04:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fundie-diaries-7573443/the-hidden-christian-values-behind-health-beauty-trends","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fundie-diaries-7573443","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefundiediaries/episodes/the-hidden-christian-values-behind-health--beauty-trends-e3fep1p","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b434d04/podcast/play/115876345/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-22%2Faa2bb7a6-074a-264d-f74f-b1d8b1f544cc.mp3","summary":"video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NjBVwJ6JsSs support my work on patreon: http://patreon.com/christinezalukeinstagram: http://Instagram.com/christine.zalukeTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@christine.baraka sources:Clean Living Movements book: https://alcohol.iu.edu/books/clean-living/index.htmlhttps://play.google.com/store/books/details?pcampaignid=books_read_action&id=_E_EEAAAQBAJ&pli=1American Christianity and diet culture: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/born-again-bodies/paperGreat website on black history: https://blackpast.orgSylvester Graham: https://www.livescience.com/18131-women-thin-dieting-history.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_GrahamJohn Harvey Kellogg: https://www.history.com/articles/dr-john-kellogg-cereal-wellness-wacky-sanitarium-treatmentshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_KelloggReally helpful article breaking down racist stereotypes in US media: https://medium.com/@suzanejardim/reconhecendo-esteriótipos-racistas-internacionais-b00f80861fc9Illness as beauty: https://avenuemagazine.com/history-of-illness-and-beauty-ideals-connection/https://hyperallergic.com/consumptive-chic-a-history-of-beaty-fashion-disease/Foot binding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_bindingGwen Shamblin info was from the HBO documentary "The Way Down"Aketch Joy Winnie's original TikTok video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xFk3nj/Venus figurines: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/venus-figurines-theory-scnhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurine 0:00 intro3:27 why is thin back in? 16:03 who decides beauty standards?24:10 western vs. African beauty standards28:10 America's dieting obsession begins36:18 beauty practices through history37:48 beauty standards in the bible45:52 outro","meta_description":"video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NjBVwJ6JsSs support my work on patreon: http://patreon.com/christinezalukeinstagram: http://Instagram.com/chris…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fundie-diaries-7573443/episodes/the-hidden-christian-values-behind-health-beauty-trends/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fundie-diaries-7573443/the-hidden-christian-values-behind-health-beauty-trends.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}