Prof. Paul Connett

The Economics of Disgust: Why Do Wealthy Societies Spend More Managing Their Waste Than Preventing It — and What Does That Say About What We Actually Value?

The body positivity movement set out to challenge impossible beauty standards — but critics argue it has sometimes swung so far that legitimate health concerns get dismissed as fatphobia. Dr. Lindo Bacon, Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, and Dr. Yoni Freedhoff debate whether the movement has expanded the conversation around health and identity or made it harder to have honestly.