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Ozempic, Shein, and Karl Lagerfeld's Diet Book (with Aubrey Gordon)

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The Crazy Ritual of Eating a Banana and Drinking Warm Water

I was into K-pop for a little bit, and I would read like the translated magazine interviews that they would do with the stars. And they would say their type for girls. Because you know, it's like they're pandering to their female fans. They would list the weight also of their type of girl. So fascinating. It was very pervasive. Like there's so many issues with that too, with how they treat the idols. But a lot of them would have to go on these like insane diets. She went on a diet where she would only eat like three bananas a day with like water. The disgusting combination of eating a banana and drinking a glass of warm water.

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