The Burnt Toast Podcast

A lot of their parenting advice veers out of “extreme parenting is a sickness, please give yourself grace” (hard agree) into “none of this matters, life is too hard to try at all, literally do whatever you have to just to get to the end of the day.” These are not the same!

I have been a long time listener and used Fat Talk to help inform some of the health education curriculum I used to develop and teach. Your “is … a diet?” episodes have stretched my thinking into just how pervasive diet culture is beyond women and our bodies. Recently I listened to the “is menopause a diet?” And really appreciated it. As a therapist who primarily works with women in the menopause transition, this question aligns with my approach to therapy- how systemic, cultural burdens have harmed all of us. You asked about menopause experts who are not trying to sell supplements. You likely have heard of Dr. Jen Gunter’s book, “the menopause manifesto” and her substack “the vajenda” for evidence-based information that cuts through the noise. She would be wonderful as a guest to further this discussion. Thanks for all the important work that you both do.

Thanks for being much needed support in my anti-diet journey. I need Virginia and Corinne’s voices countering the many, harmful messages coming at me from so many other directions. I am not a parent, but I benefit from some of the parenting info by recognizing how I was raised by a mom who was engulfed by 80s diet culture.

One of my very favorite podcasts! I love hearing guests speak on topics from physical movement to parenting to disability. I get exposed to new and different perspectives which I really appreciate. I also love listening to Virginia and Corinne talk about fashion, diet culture, dating, lifting weights… I’d probably listen to them talk about anything. Thanks for making this delightful and informative show.