2 FAST 2 FLAGELLATE
Sad Girl Syllabus by Bethany Tabor and Mary Thompson
Episode notes
For the final episode of season 5, Bethany and Mary continue to explore the connection between food and spirituality by talking about… not eating. They discuss fasting and asceticism, the phenomenon of Victorian Fasting Girls, and reflect on the season as a whole. Note to listeners, the content in this episode is at times graphic.
Keywords
foodreligious studiessaintsasceticismdiet culture