Nancy and Sarah talk about their favorite recent story, “How Weight-Loss Drugs Can Upend a Marriage.” What seemed at first like a regular ol’ trend piece explodes into a fraught exploration of marriage, sex, identity, repressed anger, changing gender roles and more. Are you the same person after you’ve lost 60 pounds? Let’s discuss!
The ladies also talk about the mind-blowing performances (and annoying speeches) at the Grammys, the fascinating 2012 true-crime documentary The Imposter, a recent New York Mag cover story on hot young Republicans (“The Cruel Kids’ Table”), and Sarah’s new reality TV obsession.
(Hint: Love Island Love Island Love Island)
Also discussed:
Frank Sinatra asks Nancy for a favor
“The terrific and terrible gift of the psychopath is to make you feel as if you ‘get’ him as others do not.”
The disorientation of weight loss
What is “missing the squish”?
“A Burka from the Gap”
White jeans on a girl is a high-wire act
Benson Boone, MILF-bait
The great tiny mustaches debate!
Chappell Roan wins award, changes the world
Love Island Love Island Love Island
Reagan 80s-era yuppies/beautiful people are back
R-word, fat jokes, etc.
Doechii’s bangin’ body
Plus, Nancy’ tries for a neologism and fails; Sarah makes Kat Rosenfield blush, and did we mention Love Island?
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