You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and it’s time for your May Indulgence Gospel. And because it is Fat Swim Week, we are doing an entire swim-themed episode for you! We’ll get into: Can we reclaim the swim dress? (But do we want to?) Why is the Lands End swimsuit website SO bad? How to get sunscreen in impo…

Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! It’s time for your May Extra Butter! Today we are talking about the bodies of Bridgerton. If you’re listening to this the day it drops, season three is out! We love the show. We love Nicola Coughlan. And we do not love the way the Internet talks about her body! Harper’s Bazaar photo by AGATA POSPIESZYNSKA To…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Yes, even though it’s Tuesday! We’ve got a podcast episode for you today, even though it is not our normal Thursday podcast day, because I was so excited to be able to add this particular conversation to our May lineup. And it had to be in May because today we are talking about Your Fat Friend, the documentary about…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are , and , and it’s time to wrap up the #UnflatteringToast Style Challenge! ICYMI: Dacy is an anti-diet, weight-inclusive personal stylist, who also writes . She helps clients examine the fashion rules they’ve been told to follow and unpack the origins of those messages, to let them go. She also helps folks find…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. Today I’m chatting with Annie Nardolilli and Louisa Hall, of the band Griefcat. Annie and Louisa are a duo that you can’t easily categorize or file into a neat little genre. They wear matching outfits, they create beautifully blended harmonies and write brilliant lyrics. Their new album Late…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! I’m Virginia Sole-Smith, and today is the one year anniversary of my book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. It both feels like yesterday and an entire lifetime ago. I am so, so beyond proud of the ride this book has had so far. Fat Talk was featured on NPR’s Fresh Air, it was on Good Morning America, I…

Hello from the depths of my Google Drive, where I’m sifting through pages of interviews and notes for two fairly complicated stories-in-progress, both of which I’m planning to publish over the next few weeks. But first, we reached a cool milestone this week: There are now over 50,000 of you receiving this newsletter! And many of you are brand new a…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and it’s time for your April Indulgence Gospel. Virginia Which we are recording in the same room! Corinne It’s really weird. I’m really used to looking at my computer screen to see you. Virginia I’m not in there. Corinne It’s confusing. Virginia To paint the picture for ev…