Good Bodies

What really is intuitive eating? How can you meal plan without focusing on weight loss? What even is health? Brittany Modell—registered dietician, intuitive eating counselor, body image coach, and long time DST listener—joins Remy and Emily to talk about it all. Brittany shares her background and how she went from spending two decades of her life actively trying to lose weight, to then transition...

Remy and Emily dive in with a scoop du jour article all about a nutrition curriculum taught at NYU, which focuses on weight loss and the promotion of diet culture. They unpack the problematic course, which leads into a convo about nutritionists. Emily shares her personal experience with nutritionists, and gets into the benefits of seeing a weight-neutral registered dietician, rather than a nutriti...

Remy and Emily ring in the new year with a quick rendition of Auld Lang Syne (they promise to learn to harmonize in 2023). Then onto the much anticipated topic du jour—resolutions. Emily shares how she makes resolutions she can keep (like wearing more yellow), while Remy actually makes resolutions on her birthday instead. This year, however, they’re coming in with New Year’s goals aplenty. Emily i...

TW: This episode discusses eating disorders and disordered eating. Remy and Emily start off with some talk about TikTok. A study from the University of Vermont found that TikTok perpetuates toxic diet culture among teens and young adults, and Remy and Emily have thoughts. They unpack some TikTok trends that might play a part in this, re: “What I Eat In A Day,” “That Girl” lifestyle videos, and the...

Naturally, today’s episode is about all things holiday. They start off by reminiscing on the last one (tbt to Thanksgiving), before getting into the great debate: which holiday foods are overrated? Emily crosses latkes right off the list—they’re underrated, if anything. They talk about some of their fav holiday recipes, before Emily shares a life update. She has been taking a break from drinking,...

We can all agree that the early aughts did not make body acceptance easy. Remy and Emily share a DST listener’s Glamour article (shoutout Michelle), all about this topic and how the early 2000s fostered body image issues. Emily brings up that v problematic Paris Hilton book (you know, the one that recommends clubbing to dance away calories), which leads into a convo about how pop culture and TV gl...

Stars—are they really just like us? Joining Remy and Emily today is special guest Peter Grossman, a former employee of Us Weekly and Rolling Stone and an aficionado of the “Stars—They’re Just Like Us!” column. Peter unpacks that infamous section of the magazine: he shares the original intention, how it came about, and his role in it as a photo editor. The short answer? No, they’re not like you, bu...

Two scoops in a waffle cone, please. Remy and Emily unpack double scoop du jours, starting with those AI portraits you’ve been seeing all over your Instagram feeds. Emily hasn’t tried the technology, but Remy has, and it didn’t have the effect she was anticipating. After seeing the AI’s *perfect* version of herself (by Eurocentric beauty standards), she realized that her imperfections are what mak...

Alyssa Amoroso wears many, many hats (in life and in fashion). Aka @Publyssity on Instagram, Alyssa joins Remy and Emily today to talk about all things body image, relationships and self worth, and of course, *fashion*. A former publicist turned influencer, Alyssa gives the 411 on her professional background before getting into her personal experiences with fashion. She shares how her body has cha...

What time is it? TikTopics time, obvi. Remy and Emily are debriefing some TikToks that cover it all—body image, dating, societal norms. First up is one woman’s video about dating in a larger body. Remy wonders, do you have to present yourself so completely online, before someone can judge whether or not they’d date you? This leads into a walk down memory lane of Remy and Emily’s dating stories’ pa...

When you google “dressing for your body” a lot of different things pop up, most with the goal of looking “flattering.” But wtf does “flattering” even mean? Remy and Emily unpack it all on today’s episode, which is not about dressing for your body type, but dressing FOR your body (yes, there’s a difference). They discuss a recent article about the workplace dress code post-Covid, which begs the que...

Today's ep starts with Remy’s fav platform—TikTok. She and Emily discuss some recent videos that Remy found, starting with one about the education of body image in schools (or realistically, the lack thereof). This leads into another video about how speaking negatively about your own body actually opens the door for others to doubt their bodies. Then onto yet another TikTok, which demonstrates a t...

TW: This episode discusses restrictive eating, weight loss, and eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia. Now that we’re all good friends here, Emily is getting personal about her body journey. She and Remy preface the episode by saying that their experiences might not be the same as everyone else’s, and that recovery is a lifelong process. Then, Emily gets into her journ’. She shares how...

Do you ever feel anxious around Thanksgiving? ’Cause, same. Remy and Emily get right to it and chat about all of the things, re: restriction around food, body image issues, difficult moments with family. They unpack the pressures surrounding the holiday, and Emily shares how she has changed her mindset to actually enjoy the day (remember to take it little by little). Then Remy asks the important q...

Remy and Emily are joined by a v exciting guest today—fat activist and content creator, Megan Ixim. Emily tells Remy how they originally met (Megan dated one of Emily’s friends), and how Emily remembers Megan as the first person to introduce her to the fat acceptance movement. But before Megan became a fat-positive activist, she was a 9-year-old girl doing Weight Watchers. Megan shares her whole b...

It’s getting hot in here—no literally, the recording studio gets so warm Remy brought in two ice packs for today’s episode. Remy’s feeling good about the ice packs, but she and Emily are not feeling good about the current resurgence of the “heroin chic” conversation. They break down a recent headline about the problematic concept, which leads into a convo about the connection between social media...

Today is Remy and Emily’s first guest episode (!!) and they're sitting down with Justin and Taylor Norris, the impressive husband and wife fitness trainers-meet-creators of the Low Impact Training Method (LIT...literally). But first, Remy and Emily catch up. Remy shares the *painful* reason why she couldn’t workout this week and they debate the name of Emily’s neighborhood cat (Necklace, Nicolas,...

What’s the best kind of bread? Is mac and cheese called “mac” because it’s short for macaroni, or because “mac” is an acronym for macaroni and cheese? Remy and Emily start off today’s episode with these great debates (and yes, they’re based off of memes). The conclusion? Talking about it just made them hungry, so they transition into the main course of today—a listener Dear DST. To summarize: the...

Remy and Emily jump (or actually sit), right into the hot topic of today's episode—fitness—and Remy starts off by unpacking her ongoing journey. She gets into her complicated experiences with ballet growing up (it literally sounds like Dance Moms), before explaining the unexpected story of how she got a personal trainer. Remy brings up Disney’s first plus-size ballerina heroine, and they discuss t...

Guess what — today is Remy and Emily’s first solo episode *audibly says “yay”*. They’re answering all of your fun Instagram questions, but first, le scoop du jour — the Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero” music video drama. ICYMI, they break down the scene that set the internet ablaze, before unpacking all of the q’s: Did T-Swift really need to use the word “fat?” Were listeners right to call Taylor out? The...

Drum roll, please...let's give a very DST welcome to the fab new hosts, Emily Lubin and Remy Kassimir *pauses for applause*. They’re v excited to be here (how awkward if they weren’t), and they chat with Aleen to answer all of your burning questions. How do they know each other? What do they do? And basically, who TF are they? Amidst the background info (you’ll get to know all about them), Remy, E...

Sami and Aleen are back for a DST Thursday episode! If you haven’t already, go listen to Sunday’s episode where they share a *big announcement*. To kick this one off, Aleen and Sami share their DST Wins of the week. Sami’s is about her big move to the ’burbs (this episode was recorded in advance, right before Sami’s move), and Aleen’s is all about this new post-hosting chapter in her life. Next up...

This week, Aleen is joined by the one and only Sami Sage — and they have big news about the future of DST. They start off the episode reminiscing about the history of the podcast and how far they’ve come since it started back in 2018. And while the news is definitely bittersweet, it gave them the opportunity to reflect and talk about the interviews they’re most proud of, the best memories they mad...

Who’s ready to think about their thinking? One of the amazing hosts of the Oversharing podcast, clinical psychologist—and of course, Jordana’s sister—Dr. Naomi Bernstein rejoins Aleen on the pod to tackle lots of v important topics. We’re talking body image, control, the relationship you have with yourself, your cute little inner child, and actually so much more. Dr. Naomi shares how she got into...

Welcome to the world of breast reductions! Renowned plastic surgeon and skincare genius, Dr. Lara Devgan, joins Aleen on the pod for the first time since 2018 to get into all things breast plastic surgery. From those who want a reduction to those who want a breast lift, to those with different size breasts, Dr. Devgan covers it all. She shares why someone might get a breast reduction—re: back pain...