tonight we're thrilled to host kate manne and kara alaimo for a discussion. their latest books on shrinking how to face fatphobia and over the influence by social media is toxic for women and girls and how we can take it back. kaye is an associate professor of philosophy at cornell university, where she's been teaching since 2013. before that she was a junior fellow at the society of fellows, mann did her graduate work in philosophy at mit and is the author of two previous books down girl and entitled cara, the associate professor of communication fairly dickinson university. she's been writing for cnn opinion the social impact of social media and issues affecting women and girls since 2016. she's also former communicator in the obama administration and united nations. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming kate and cara to the stage. hi, everyone. hi. great to see everyone so we're very excited to have this conversation. and if we're looking at our phones, it's not we're on social media. we just have a little for for our conversation planned out