Last week, I wrote about Lee Tilghman's LATEST reinvention, which has triggered quite the response. Some of my favorites include this essay by fitness and exercise writer Anna Maltby and this incisive analysis by Mallory DeMille.

In her book, Lee Tilghman wrote about how the wellness influencer economy exacerbated her tendency towards restriction, tracking, and disordered eating. Not even a year later, her online presence is effectively rewriting this thesis. In Tilghman's "method" launch, she includes a before/after photo; props her own body up as "proof" that her "method" works (ie will make you lose weight and appear toned); employs "beautiful from the inside out" marketing language; and places moral weight on particular foods. In other words, Tilghman's launch might be triggering for anyone who is actively steering clear from diet culture, anti-fatness, and wellness as a stand in for worthiness.

Emily has discussed her relationship with disordered eating and eating discovery recovery on a few of our eps, and I wasn't sure she'd be up for talking about Tilghman's rebrand, but she was, and both her insight and her unique perspective made for a fascinating conversation. Because this episode contains personally vulnerable content (and because I get a little spicy lol), we've paywalled it as a bonus ep for premium subscribers at around the 15ish minute mark. If you'd like to upgrade so you can listen to the entire conversation, you can do that here. Premium subscriptions are either $5/a month or $50 a/year and give you access to one extra essay per week, access to the entire archive, and commenting privileges. They also enable this newsletter to exist! Thank you!