Episode 065: Fat Talk, Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture w/ Virginia Sole-Smith

The Whole View with Stacy Toth

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Welcome journalist and author Virginia Sole-Smith to The Whole View! This week, Stacy and Virginia break down anti-fat bias, the problem with body positivity, and giving our children the gift of body autonomy and safety in the age of diet culture. Trigger warning: We will be talking about diet culture and all associations and derivatives of it, including disordered eating. Please be mindful and take care of your needs accordingly. Find Virginia: virginiasolesmith.substack.com instagram.com/v_solesmith twitter.com/v_solesmith tiktok.com/@v_solesmith Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole Smith Don’t forget to subscribe to this channel and visit realeverything.com! If you haven't yet unlocked our bonus content, checkout patreon.com/thewholeview. Your subscription goes to support this show and gets you direct access to submit your questions! We also want to give a big thank you to this week’s sponsors! TryNom.com/WHOLEVIEW | Get 50% off your no-risk 2-week trial Indeed.com/WHOLEVIEW | Get a $75 sponsored job credit JustThriveHealth.com/discount/wholeview | Use code WHOLEVIEW for 15% off sitewide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	But where we need to get to is to not say what the solution to my fear is to
0:06.1	control my child's body to keep them safe. The solution to our fear is to make
0:11.0	the world safe for our kids' bodies.
0:17.0	Facts do not have opinions. Just don't let perfection be the enemy of good.
0:27.2	Self love is really about self-respect and exotics.
0:34.2	Welcome to the whole view. I'm Stacey Topp of Real Everything. I'm here each week to
0:38.1	dive deeper into how we can find happiness and health inside and out for self-love,
0:42.5	body positivity, and discovering new ways to be our best selves. Before we get started,
0:47.9	a reminder this podcast is for general educational purposes and is not intended
0:52.4	to diagnose, advise, or treat any physical illness and a trigger warning through
0:57.9	this week. We will be talking about diet culture and all associations and
1:02.2	derivatives of it, including disbeliefing. So please be mindful and take care of
1:07.0	your needs accordingly. That said, I want to welcome this week's guest, author,
1:14.3	journalist, influencer, Virginia Sol Smith. Thank you for joining us on the podcast.
1:20.0	Thank you for having me. If you're not familiar, Virginia just released
1:26.3	the book Fat Talk, and it is to help support parents specifically in the age of diet culture.
1:35.9	I would venture to say that anybody can get a lot out of this book. We're
1:39.9	regardless of if you were a child of somebody else, if you're a parent of somebody,
1:45.8	regardless of their age, and also just for self and personal great understanding.
1:52.4	I would love to kind of hear more about you and the journey that led you to
1:59.8	write this book. Can you kind of introduce yourself to the listeners?
2:03.5	Absolutely, yeah. So I'm Virginia. As you said, I'm a journalist, author,
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