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Fat Talk with Virginia Sole-Smith
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jul 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
“Do I look fat in this?” This is the phrase that parents fear more than most any other. And yet, how many parents raised in the diet crazed 1980s and ‘90s have never said this themselves. As a nation, we are pathologically afraid of fat. And this, argues Virginia Sole-Smith is making us, not thinner or healthier, but fatter and sicker. Jane and Liz go deep with Virginia on her new book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, about how fatphobia affects children and how you to rethink conversations about weight.
And if you like what you hear, check out Virginia’s excellent Substack newsletter, Burnt Toast.
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And if you like what you hear, check out Virginia’s excellent Substack newsletter, Burnt Toast.
Sales and distribution by Lemonada MediaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jul 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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