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Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

Does Dr. Becky Have a Privilege Problem?

Mar 20, 2025
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You’re listening to Burnt Toast!

We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and it’s time for your March Extra Butter.

Today we’re talking about Dr. Becky Kennedy, the beloved parenting influencer. We’ll get into:

⭐️ The Dr. Becky mantra that Virginia uses…often.

⭐️Why you don’t need to cook dinner for your kids at 3pm.

⭐️ The infamous “school nurse call” post.

⭐️ Is Dr. Becky — and parenting content more broadly— a diet or diet-adjacent?

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Is Mel Robbins a Diet?

Dating While Fat

Why all the fat influencers are getting skinny

And…did Virginia really get divorced over butter?

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