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Mikala Jamison

Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C.
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Writes the Body Type newsletter. Author of THE FOREVER PROJECT, out 2027, rep @pande_literary.
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Mental Health Is Now a Marketing Tool for Weight Loss

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By Mikala Jamison
| The Atlantic Verified
Noom, the popular weight-loss app, prompts its users not only to log their meals and exercise but also to gaze at paintings. The “Mindful Art Break” feature includes images of such works as Claude Monet’s Woman With a Parasol—Madame Monet and Her Son and Franz Marc’s The Bewitched Mill, neither of which seems to have anything to do with body fat. Breath work, meditation, and lessons in cognitive-behavioral-therapy techniques are also available on the app.
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How do we talk about this new era of extreme thinness?

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By Mikala Jamison
| Dazed Magazine Verified
A version of this article was originally published 10 May 2024. Back in May 2023, Jemima Kirke posted an image of herself to her Instagram. Among the comments, a few were just one word: “Ozempic.” “If you motherfuckers only knew. I wish it was fucking Ozempic. How can you make such specific inferences and judgments about a person through their size?” Kirke replied. How can we? Easily.
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Mikala Jamison on navigating wellness culture

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By Shannon Watts, Mikala Jamison
| Substack
Mikala Jamison is an award-winning journalist, the creator of the bestselling Body Type newsletter, and a health and culture writer for outlets like The Atlantic and The Washington Post. She has worked as a certified group fitness instructor and trained as a competitive powerlifter, and also created the body-image focused live storytelling show, The Body Show.
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