Just Feed the Damn Kids—With Virginia Sole-Smith

Feeding kids is hard. It doesn't matter if you have a sushi-loving toddler or one who eats three beige foods. There is judgement and stigma about everything and it is easy for moms to feel like they are constantly failing. Today we talk to author, podcaster and substacker Virginia Sole-Smith (author of Fat Talk and substacker of Burnt Toast) about how kid food influencers on social media can make mothers feel shame and promote diet culture and anti-fat bias from an incredibly young age. BUY Virginia's book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture here. https://bookshop.org/p/books/fat-talk-parenting-in-the-age-of-diet-culture-virginia-sole-smith/18525159 Subscribe to Virginia's newsletter and podcast Burnt Toast here. https://virginiasolesmith.substack.com/ Buy The Sicilian Inheritance here. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sicilian-inheritance-jo-piazza/20266161 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.