Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith

Burnt Toast is a newsletter that arrives twice a week, focusing on our experiences with diet culture and fatphobia, particularly in the context of parenting. However, it's also enjoyed by those who aren't parents!

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Team Box Mix Forever

1 week ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Corinne Fay |Virginia Sole-Smith

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Are Electrolytes a Diet?

3 weeks ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Corinne Fay |Virginia Sole-Smith

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -2:05Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry! We raised $13,991 with your help — more than double our original goal of $6,000!! These funds, plus the Burnt Toast match, will cover over 3,600 home-cooked meals for multiply marginalized folks in need. Learn more about this project here.
Skinny Is Not an Act of Rebellion

3 weeks ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Liv Schmidt is a 23-year-old weight loss influencer/girl about town. Literally about town; most of Schmidt’s Instagram content is photos of her posing in random spots around New York City, or walking obsessively around New York City or both.
We're SO Close — Help Us Crush Our Goal!

4 weeks ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Hi Burnt Toasties,And we’re less than $2000 away from our goal!! If you haven’t donated yet… the moment is now. I am SO proud that we’re on track to raise $12,000—with Burnt Toast’s matching grant, that will cover 3,600 meals for low-income multiply marginalized folks, many of whom are recovering from eating disorders. And we’re hoping that over 50 of you will sign on as recurring donors, to help make the foundation’s work sustainable.
Diet Culture Cannot Replace Your Friends

4 weeks ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Usually when I do a books post, I aim for more of a theme — like the Bad Mom Book Club kick I’ve been on the past few months. But my reading has been a little more scattershot lately, and I’m not mad about it! I’ve been craving a good story and 3/4 of these really deliver on that front; and then my non-fiction pick is just the most useful parenting book I’ve read in ages.
"I've Thought About Unleashing Jennifer on MAGA."

1 month ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Have you donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry? This amazing organization works to get low-income folks (many of whom are in eating disorder recovery) fed — and with the food of their choosing. Meaning yes, ultra processed foods that bring comfort and convenience, and yes to beloved cultural foods…and yes to trusting folks in need to know what they need. We’re trying to raise $12,000 and add 50 recurring donors to their rosters by June 1 AND WE ARE SO CLOSE TO OUR GOAL.
It's (Outdoor) Crowded Table Season

1 month ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

My kids’ school didn’t use enough snow days this year, so I’m sending this to you in the middle of a five day weekend but… I’m actually not mad about it. My best friend Amy Palanjian is visiting with her kiddos—who feel like cousins to my kids—and we’re so excited to show them the new chickens, go for ice cream, chill in the pool, and put on many movies for the kids so the adults can hang out (Jack is here too, passing the v important best friend test!).
Care For a Garden Tour?

1 month ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Last month, when I launched Garden Toast, I asked what kind of gardening content you are most craving in…a newsletter otherwise devoted mostly to body liberation.
MAHA Has a Diet for Everything

1 month ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Have you donated to the Me Little Me Virtual Food Pantry? No, it won’t prevent any of the MAHA shenanigans we’re about to discuss. But it will get low-income folks (many of whom are in eating disorder recovery) fed — and with the food of their choosing. Meaning yes, ultra processed foods that bring comfort and convenience, and yes to beloved cultural foods…and yes to trusting folks in need to know what they need. We’re trying to raise $12,000 and add 50 recurring donors to their rosters by June 1.
Our Next Surgeon General is Mad About Man Boobs.

1 month ago | virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith

Last week, Trump announced his new pick for Surgeon General: Casey Means, a wellness influencer who technically attended Stanford Medical School to become a doctor. Until she withdrew without completing her residency to start a “health tracking” app called Levels, where users log their food, exercise and blood glucose levels to receive “personalized guidance” about their health (you bet it’s a diet).