we need to talk about Ozempic.

are YOU perplexed by this "miracle weight loss drug" Ozempic?! have YOU seen countess Tiktoks on Ozempic face and celebrity weight loss?! do YOU feel like you hear all this buzz around the drug without actually knowing anything about it?! well, have I got the video for YOU!

strap in for an hour long odyssey through the discourse surrounding Ozempic: what it is, how it works, the shortage and the role of Big Pharma, diet culture, fatphobia and weight bias, the celebrities using it, the impact on the beauty standard, and the future of this drug that's become a household name.


time stamps:
0:00 intro
4:32 wtf is ozempic
8:40 fatphobia & diet culture
16:28 big pharma & the ozempic shortage
29:43 celebrity culture & beauty standards
40:22 the wealth gap
44:16 the future of ozempic

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faq
what's your accent? i lived in america til i was 7 and ireland since then so my accent is a mix between the two!
camera: canon m50 mark ii
microphone: rode reporter / rode wireless go ii
editing: adobe premiere pro
eyeshadow: kaja bento box trio

SOURCES:
books:
You Just Need to Lose Weight & 19 Other Myths about Fat People, Aubrey Gordon
Fearing the Black Body, Sabrina Strings
Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino
Dante's Inferno (a poem I guess but whatevs)

podcasts:
Maintenance Phase (Ozempic)
Weight for It (Episode 3 & 4)
Life Kit (Thoughts on Ozempic from a body positive doctor)

articles:
-"Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity", New England Journal of Medicine (STEP Trials)
-"Will the Ozempic Era Change How We Think About Being Fat and Being Thin?", Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
-"Ozempic has won, body positivity has lost. And I want no part of it", Rachel Pick, the Guardian
-"Have Our Attempts to Curb Obesity Done More Harm Than Good?", Areeba N Memon, Asavari S Gowda, et. al., National Library of Medicine
-“The real winners of the Ozempic craze? Big Pharma”, Caitlyn Clark, Dazed
-"Celebrities Keep Distancing Themselves from Ozempic", Tariro Mzezewa, the Cut
-"Oprah Proves Diet Culture Spares No One", Jennifer Weiner, New York Times
-"CNN Exclusive: Prescriptions for popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs soared, but access is limited for some patients", Deirdre McPhillips, CNN
-"The N.Y.C. Neighborhood That’s Getting Even Thinner on Ozempic", Joseph Goldstein, NYT
-"Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken", Tressie McMillan Cottom, NYT
-"Doctors have fatphobia, too — which does serious harm to patients", Kate Manne, the Washington Post
-"Worth Your Weight? Re-examining the Link between Obesity and Wages", Michael T. Owyang & E Katarina Vermann, The Regional Economist
-"The Moral Panic Over Ozempic Misses the Point ", Rachel Bedard, New York Magazine