It's time for your June Indulgence Gospel! Corinne is here and we're celebrating our 100th episode. We've got answers to your questions about Ozempic, dahlias and leggings, plus a lil' hate mail and of course, Butter.  

If you are already a paid subscriber, you’ll have this entire episode in your podcast feed and access to the entire transcript in your inbox and on the Burnt Toast Patreon.

If you are not a paid subscriber, you'll only get the first chunk. To hear the whole conversation or read the whole transcript, you'll need to go paid. 

Also, don't forget to order Fat Talk: Parenting In the Age of Diet Culture! Get your signed copy now from Split Rock Books (they ship anywhere in the USA). You can also order it from your independent bookstore, or from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, Kobo or anywhere you like to buy books. (Or get the UK edition or the audiobook!) 

Disclaimer: Virginia and Corinne are humans with a lot of informed opinions. They are not nutritionists, therapists, doctosr, or any kind of health care providers. The conversation you're about to hear and all of the advice and opinions they give are just for entertainment, information, and education purposes only. None of this is a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice.

BUTTER & BOOKS

The Wellness Trap

Virginia's first book

OTHER LINKS

@selltradeplus

Target linen shorts

amazing local flower store Parcel

Health at Every Size health sheet for liver conditions

our episode with Christy Harrison

Marci Evans

Emily Fonnesbeck

the episode where Mia O'Malley came on

jeans science

Glennon Doyle, on how the clothes were policing her body

Universal Standard next to naked leggings

Roya leggings

I make videos where I eat snacks while I read them

a video with my car full of plants

now to enjoy my 25 cent tomato

Solomon’s Seal

A Way to Garden

Garden Study

Gatorade cucumber lime flavor

Nuun electrolyte tablets

@theblondemule

Joy the Baker

a lovely shot of a bunch of books

this little cart

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 anti-diet, body liberation journalism!

Episode 100 Transcript

Virginia

You're listening to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast about diet culture, anti-fat bias, parenting, and health. I'm Virginia Sole-Smith and I also write the Burnt Toast newsletter.

Corinne

And I'm Corinne Fay. I work on Burnt Toast and run @selltradeplus an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing.

Virginia

It is time for your June Indulgence Gospel! We are going to answer your questions like we do every month. We are going to read a little hate mail—I have a fun one teed up for you. And we are going to celebrate! Because this is the 100th episode of the Burnt Toast podcast. 

Corinne

Wooo!

Virginia

That's wild.

Corinne

This is also a paywalled episode. That means to hear the whole thing you'll need to be a paid Burnt Toast subscriber.

Virginia

Corinne, how are you? I'm happy you are here with me on this auspicious occasion.

Corinne

I am so excited that it's the 100th episode! It's fully summer here. It's hot. It's Pride. I am trying to find shorts. 

Virginia

Are you finding any? Or are you frustrated in the shorts journey?

Corinne

I'm both finding and frustrated. For some reason I'm feeling like all the shorts I wore last summer I don't like anymore. It's not that they don't fit. I just don't like them anymore. 

Virginia

I had a similar reaction. I had the Target linen shorts from last summer.

Corinne

They just haven't held up?

Virginia

No. It's not the highest quality linen, I guess.

Corinne

I do find that sometimes with fast fashion stuff, the next seaso