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…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are , and . And we’re here today to launch the Unflattering x Burnt Toast Style Challenge! 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 fol…

Welcome to Indulgence Gospel After Dark! It’s time for your April Extra Butter! This month we’re answering a thorny mix of listener questions: Do we ever get tempted to buy back into diet culture? Is weight-loss surgery (and meds) not “doing it the old-fashioned way?” And what should you say when your daughter’s pants don’t fit—and she hates all he…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. Today I’m chatting with , co-host of the Dolls of Our Lives podcast, co-author of Dolls Of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl, and author of . Mary is a historian and cultural critic who loves thinking about the stories we tell about ourselves, and the meanings behind our pop culture…

You’re listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and it’s time for your March Indulgence Gospel. We’re doing an old-fashioned listener question episode because those are really everyone’s favorite (at least they are our favorite!). So if you’ve ever wondered: How to talk to a kid who only cares about being beautiful? Whe…