Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! Today I’m delighted to be chatting with Crystal Maldonado who is the author of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega , one of my favorite YA books—maybe one of my favorite books, period. Crystal also has a new book coming out in February called No Filter and Other Lies . Crystal Thank you so much for having me. I can’t believe you said it’s maybe one of your favorite books. I’m gonna go cry. Virginia I cried when I read it. I love it very deeply. So ...
Nov 04, 2021•37 min
Hello, and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! Today I am chatting with Dacy Gillespie, a personal stylist and creator of Mindful Closet . If you follow me on Instagram , you might have noticed I have been posting a little more fashion content. If you think anything I’ve been wearing is cute, it is because of Dacy. She is brilliant at fashion. She is even more brilliant at helping us release the patriarchal rules that we have felt like we had to follow about getting dressed. Dacy do...
Oct 28, 2021•44 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! Today is a very exciting crossover episode with my best friend Amy Palanjian , who is the creator of Yummy Toddler Food ; parts of this conversation will also run next week on Amy’s newsletter . Longtime listeners will remember Amy from our podcast Comfort Food (RIP) and from her previous Burnt Toast . And! Just a reminder that guest episodes of the audio newsletter are now free for all listeners! That means you can go back and listen to...
Oct 21, 2021•40 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions (and some answers) around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting, and health. I am Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and I’m the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . Today, I’m pleased to be chatting with Dr. Rachel Millner , a psychologist based in Newtown, Pennsylvania who specializes in eating disorders. Welcome, Ra...
Sep 30, 2021•30 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting, and health. I am Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and I’m the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . On Tuesday we talked about why parents need to question our own biases around school food. Today we are getting into all of your concerns about the diet cul...
Sep 23, 2021•27 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting, and health. I am Virginia Sole-Smith. I'm a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and I'm the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . Today, I am delighted to be chatting with Alyson Gerber , author of the critically acclaimed novels Focused , Braced , and, most recently, Taking Up Space ....
Sep 16, 2021•32 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! Audio newsletters are like podcasts in your email. You can listen to the episode right here and now by pressing play, or you can add it to the podcast player of your choice and listen whenever, by clicking that “listen in podcast app” link, above. And just in case you don’t like listening (or that’s not accessible to you), I’m including a full transcript (edited lightly for clarity) below. Today, I’m really thrilled to be chatting with N...
Aug 12, 2021•31 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and sometimes answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture. I’m the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . My voice is a little raspy because I was at my sister’s wedding all weekend screaming at the top of my lungs. Not like in an angry way, in a joyful way. You ...
Jul 29, 2021•25 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and sometimes answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture. I’m the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . Today I am chatting with Christy Harrison , a dietitian, host of the beloved Food Psych podcast and author of Anti-Diet , one of my favorite books, and the f...
Jul 22, 2021•36 min
Welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . Today I am chatting with my good friend and neighbor, Melinda Wenner Moyer . Melinda, welcome. Melinda Thank you so much. I’m so excited to be here. Virginia For folks who ...
Jul 15, 2021•43 min
Welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions and some answers around fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . And today, I’m really pleased to be chatting with Anna Sweeney, who is a social-justice oriented disabled dietitian. You probably Anna know from Instagram where she is @die...
Jul 08, 2021•29 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions, and some answers, about fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, and the author of The Eating Instinct and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . I’m so excited today to introduce my guest, Marquisele Mercedes , or Mikey. She is a writer and doctoral student from the Bronx who is completing her PhD at Brow...
Jul 01, 2021•53 min
Hello and welcome to another audio version of Burnt Toast! This is a newsletter where we explore questions, and sometimes answers, on fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health. I’m Virginia Sole-Smith. I’m a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture and the author of The Eating Instinct , and the forthcoming Fat Kid Phobia . I am so thrilled today to be chatting with Aubrey Gordon. Aubrey is the author of What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat . She is @yrfatfriend everyw...
Jun 24, 2021•36 min
Welcome to the now-weekly audio newsletter! It’s like a podcast in your email. You can listen to the episode right here and now, or add it to the podcast player of your choice and listen whenever. And just in case you don’t like listening (or that’s not accessible to you), I’m including a transcript (lightly edited for clarity) below. Audio newsletters are now coming out every Thursday. But starting next week, they’ll be for paid subscribers only. If you’d like to be one of those people, click h...
Jun 17, 2021•20 min
Welcome to Burnt Toast , a newsletter from Virginia Sole-Smith, which you can read about here . If you like what you read today, please subscribe and/or share it with someone else who would too. Time for another audio newsletter! It’s like a podcast in your email. You can listen to the episode right here and now, or you can add it to the podcast player of your choice and listen whenever. And just in case you don’t like listening (or that’s not accessible to you), I’m including a full transcript ...
May 19, 2021•17 min
Welcome to Burnt Toast , a newsletter from Virginia Sole-Smith, which you can read about here . If you like what you read today, please subscribe and/or share it with someone else who would too. This week, I’m trying out my first audio newsletter! If that’s a confusing concept for you, I get it. Technology is so extra. Think of this as a podcast in your email. You can listen to the episode right here and now, or you can add it to the podcast player of your choice and listen whenever. And just in...
Apr 28, 2021•26 min
