BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260905T191054Z - 90723@iZuf69e0i0z4ibdboqb33jZ DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260912T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260912T180000 CREATED:20260905T191054Z DESCRIPTION:Thin at Any Cost? Oz empic\, Diet Culture & the Perfect Body\nHave you noticed any internat ional celebrities recently getting surprisingly thin\, oddly fast? Perhaps in a way that might be unhealthy? What if staying thin no longer required eating less\, exercising more... or even eating particularly well? Ozempi c and the new generation of weight-loss drugs have changed the conversatio n around weight almost overnight\, becoming part medical breakthrough\, pa rt celebrity obsession and part cultural phenomenon. But they’re only th e latest chapter in our strange relationship with being thin. From extreme diets and punishing workout routines to fasting trends\, “miracle” su pplements\, cosmetic procedures and now injections that can dramatically r educe appetite\, we seem willing to try almost anything to change our bodi es. And this is certainly not just a Western obsession: China has its own powerful culture of thinness\, body-conscious social media trends and ever -changing ideas about the “ideal” body. So when does wanting to look b etter become unhealthy — and when can medical intervention genuinely imp rove someone’s life? Join Damon\, a university professor in the US and p ublished poet\, for a smart\, playful and occasionally outrageous discussi on about weight\, health\, beauty and the crazy things humans do to their bodies. We’ll look at Ozempic and the science behind this new category o f drugs\, but also at the much bigger cultural questions surrounding them: Why are we so fascinated by celebrities suddenly becoming extremely thin? Are healthy people beginning to treat powerful medicines like beauty prod ucts? If a drug can keep someone slim while they eat terribly\, does that make them healthy? And are we entering a future in which obesity becomes i ncreasingly treatable while our obsession with appearance becomes even wor se? No medical knowledge required — just bring your curiosity\, your opi nions and perhaps your weirdest weight-loss [...] DTSTAMP:20260905T191054Z LOCATION:China\,\, Shanghai SUMMARY:Thin at Any Cost? Ozempic\, Diet Culture & the Perfect Body END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR