The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness<\/p>\n
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So-called “swoletariats” are exercising for the resistance.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot of fitness content in conservative manosphere circles \u2013 that\u2019s not new \u2013 but now, there are also fitness influencers who call themselves the \u201cswoletariat.\u201d That\u2019s a combination of the word \u201cswole,\u201d meaning buff, and \u201cproletariat,\u201d meaning the working class \u2014 the swoletariat are people whose fitness regimens connect to leftist politics. NPR’s Life Kit producer Margaret Cirino shares her reporting with Brittany on the history of leftist fitness \u2013 and why she\u2019s seeing the swoletariat picking up steam on social media.<\/p>\n
Want to know more about fitness and health? Check out these episodes:<\/p>\n
The difference between losing weight & being “healthy”<\/p>\n
Beware the Wellness Industrial Complex!<\/p>\n
The privilege of being “skinny”<\/p>\n
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This episode was produced by Liam McBain. It was edited by Neena Pathak. We had engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Executive Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.<\/p>\n
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