Almond Moms

Hot Mess-Terpiece Theatre

Jolenta Greenberg

Society & Culture, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, Relationships, Personal Journals, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta talk about “almond moms” and diet obsession. Plus, they offer up advice on dealing with people that have strongly differing views, and how to occupy downtime at work. Do you have an advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://wholesalenutsanddriedfruit.com/almond-mom/#:~:text=In%20it%2C%20Walker%20describes%20Almond,to%20her%20career%20and%20family. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/28/barack-obama-seven-almonds-every-night-new-york-times#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSo%2C%20Michelle%20%5BObama%5D,That's%20it. https://www.bustle.com/p/these-shrill-moments-had-fans-praising-the-show-on-twitter-proving-we-need-more-plus-size-women-on-screen-16962988 https://jezebel.com/everything-i-fucked-up-while-trying-to-eat-like-gwyneth-1596037126 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/almond-mom-viral-on-tiktok-diet-culture https://www.today.com/parents/moms/almond-mom-food-recovery-rcna53873 https://www.insider.com/almond-mom-explainer-gwyneth-paltrow-yolanda-hadid-eating-habits-2023-3#:~:text=Gwyneth%20Paltrow%20drew%20backl https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/there-are-more-male-ceos-in-advertising-than-female-pay-gap-exists.html https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/fjollaarifi/tiktok-almond-mom https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/almond-mom-trend-tiktok-parenting-diet-culture-96706555 https://parade.com/health/what-is-an-almond-mom https://www.parents.com/what-is-an-almond-mom-and-how-to-not-be-one-6822156 https://katiecouric.com/lifestyle/parenting/what-is-an-almond-mom/ https://www.glamour.com/story/growing-up-with-almond-mom https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/young-women-tiktok-want-generation-avoid-becoming-almond-moms-rcna54432 https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/fat-bias-worse-for-women/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to How To Be Fine. I'm Kristen Meinser and I'm Jolenta Greenberg. In each
0:12.3	episode of How To Be Fine, we weigh in on what's happening in the world of happiness, health
0:18.0	and betterment. And we offer a bit of advice to those who want it.
0:22.5	Now full disclosure, we're not psychologists or psychiatrists, but we are experienced
0:27.3	self-help critics. We've lived by the rules of nearly 100 self-help books for our other
0:32.0	podcast by the book, so we've tried on almost every kind of wellness trend out there.
0:37.2	And besides, we're not here promising to make you all the best, happiest,
0:41.5	richest, most optimal versions of yourself. If all goes well, we'll just help you feel a little
0:47.8	closer to fine.
0:58.7	All right, Jolenta, we have a couple of excellent advice letters to get to later in the show.
1:21.2	But first, as usual, we're kicking things off with our hot topic. And today, we have a tasty one.
1:29.1	Tasty. Ooh, do tell. Today's hot topic is Omen Moms.
1:37.9	Ooh, Omen Moms. I've been hearing a lot about Omen Moms lately. They're all over the news.
1:45.4	Yes, indeed they are. And if you're one of the very few people out there who has not heard of
1:51.8	Omen Moms, let me just give a brief description. An Omen Moms places a high value on thinness
1:57.5	and sees her daughter's size as a reflection of her own parenting. She's overbearing about what
2:02.7	her daughter eats, posing questions like, are you really hungry or just bored? And oftentimes,
2:08.8	knowing the word diet is loaded, an Omen Moms frames her fixation on food and exercise
2:14.8	as a concern for her daughter's health. Not wait. But an Omen Moms is not just an
2:20.8	arbiter of diet culture. She's also likely practicing restrictive eating herself. She talks openly
2:26.8	in front of her daughter about her dissatisfaction with her own body and the steps she's taking to fix it.
2:32.9	Does this sound familiar to anybody listening? I'm guessing it does. Sounds like a lot of moms.
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