Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith Calling Kids Lazy, Building Fat Community, and Halloween Costumes
Today’s episode is our October Ask Us Anything with Virginia and Corinne Fay of @SellTradePlus! We get into unlearning fatphobia, managing treats with kids, and our very unpopular opinions about Halloween.
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BUTTER & OTHER LINKS
Virginia (Corinne) joined TikTok.
How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
lazy can also be a very racialized term
our last reader survey
STP's Philadelphia Clothes Swap
Christy Harrison’s provider directory
Corinne's cheesy song
Aubrey Gordon has a great argument for why we should say anti-fat bias and not fatphobia
How to Raise Kids Who Aren't A******s by Melinda Wenner Moyer
The $58 plus size Rockford Peach Costume on Amazon.
Corinne is making this chocolate sheet cake with brown butter frosting.
Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute
Virginia is into Lauren Leavell Fitness
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CREDITS
The Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith. Follow Virginia on Instagram or Twitter.Burnt Toast transcripts and essays are edited and formatted by Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Jeff Bailey and Chris Maxwell.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting independent anti-diet journalism.
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