{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world","title":"Specimen in a Petri Dish Part Two: Body Control as Political Power","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6f268255\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1370,"description":"Body Policing as Authoritarian Power: From Fascist Propaganda to TikTok Pipelines\nIn Part One, we asked who gets to decide what a woman's body should look like. In Part Two, Dr. Leslie Poston follows that question into political history, tracing a line from Mussolini's propaganda offices to the fashion industry to TikTok's algorithm. The distance between fascist body archetypes and a teenage girl's feed in 2026 is shorter than you'd think. Drawing on the work of Sabrina Strings, Da'Shaun Harrison, and Lois Shearing, this episode examines how and why body control has functioned as a tool of authoritarian power, and what makes it so effective at recruiting women and girls today.\nPARTICIPATE IN MY POST DOC RESEARCH! CLICK HERE.\n00:00 Part Two Setup\n01:16 Fascist Body Archetypes\n03:49 Fear and Conformity\n05:03 Racial Origins of Fatphobia\n07:11 Modern Body Fascism\n09:33 Fashion Industry Data\n12:38 Ariana Grande Case Study\n13:36 Skinny Talk Pipeline\n17:09 Why It Works Psychologically\n21:34 Closing Resources","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tfTZRMl-qAeSUK8tWME-JVPi2fZ9cCSCIKffGPEXHOY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUxMjc3LzE3MTEx/Njg4NjYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}