Big Salad

4 days ago | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard

Hi!! We are in England right now and the boys went to the playground and I have an hour to myself. I’m in the mood for some girl talk! Do you have any questions or topics you‘d like to discuss? If you’d like, please submit your big or small questions for this Friday’s Ask Me Anything issue of Big Salad on this short form, and I’ll give you my honest answers.

1 week ago | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer

Hi! Today, the boys and I arrived at my aunt Lulu’s house in Cornwall, England, where we are hanging out with relatives who all talk at the same time but somehow hear each other. It’s wild to be part of! Is your family like this? Or do you actually take turns? One of the questions we get most often from readers is, what shoes are cool right now?

1 week ago | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer

Have you ever stumbled across the perfect shirt/pants/shoes that are way less expensive than they seem? The best feeling! The other day, I was on Instagram when…

2 weeks ago | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer

Hi! How’s your week going? We saw old friends last night, and it was funny to watch our kids, who were young last time, meet again as teenagers. I also realized how deep Toby’s voice has gotten!For this issue, very excitingly, Big Salad editor Kaitlyn Teer spoke with author Barbara Kingsolver. Have you read Demon Copperhead? Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the opioid crisis in Appalachia brought me to my knees. It’s funny, charming, gritty, moving, and devastating — to read it is to love it.

3 weeks ago | joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer

When I was in Paris last month, my female friends and I went to lunch. Over cheese and bread, the conversation turned to sex. “When you’re in bed, do your partners make noise?” one friend asked. “Or… talk?”