WOKE 2.0 IS DESPERATE FOR NEW MATERIAL: Crazy: NPR Guest and University of Michigan Gender Studies Professor Claims Physical Fitness Is a “Tool of Soft Fascism” — Says BMI Standards and Self-Discipline Are “Racialized”

NPR guest and gender studies professor Ava Purkiss (Ph.D.) suggests that being physically fit is a tool of fascism.

Purkiss argued that the government is "racializing" and separating people with high BMIs through the fascist concept of being physically fit.

Lmao. Remarkable. pic.twitter.com/iUHh49OwN5

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 14, 2026

C’mon guys, think of something new; you’ve run this topic into the ground:

● Do you boast about your fitness? Watch out – you’ll unavoidably become rightwing.

—The Grauniad, September 27th, 2018.

● ‘Fascist fitness:’ how the far right is recruiting with online gym groups.

—The Grauniad, March 6^th, 2022.

● MSNBC opinion article ridiculed for warning about ‘fascist fitness.’

—Fox News, March 23^rd, 2022.

● The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise, and 6 Other Surprising Facts About the History of U.S. Physical Fitness.

—Time magazine, December 28^th, 2022.

● According to MSNBC, if you exercise and work out, you’re a Nazi.

—The Washington Examiner, July 11^th, 2023.

Finally, in California, you don’t need an ID to vote, but you do need one to buy creatine: California to force gym buffs to show ID to buy popular fitness supplement.