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Just Another Middle-Aged Person on TikTok

2 min • 10 juli 2025

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You’re listening to Burnt Toast!

We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and it’s time for… part 2 of our 200th episode!

We are continuing to revisit favorite moments from the podcast archives. Coming up:

🔥We have feelings about aging!

🔥What’s our current take on heterosexual marriage?

🔥How do you set boundaries when you’re in eating disorder recovery but your partner is…on a diet?

And so much more!

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"We are Not Living in a World Where Too Many People are Trying Too Many Things to Defend Fat People."

12 januari 2023 | 60 min

How to Tell if Your Resolution Is Rooted in Diet Culture

5 januari 2023 | 46 min

"I Don’t Have to Manage the Expectations of Another Person on My Body"

22 december 2022 | 11 min

"I Love a Beautiful Home, But it Doesn't Rank Higher than Being Able to Function in My Space."

15 december 2022 | 42 min

Winter Coats, Holiday Parties, and Good Comebacks

8 december 2022 | 40 min

Can We Conquer Anti-Fat Bias?

1 december 2022 | 40 min

“The Assumption is I’m to Blame for How She Looks.”

17 november 2022 | 12 min

We Can Trust Neurodivergent Children About Their Bodies.

10 november 2022 | 45 min

Where Are All the Plus Size Kids' Clothes?

3 november 2022 | 41 min

It's OK to Want More for Your Daughter than Sexy Donut Waitress

27 oktober 2022 | 6 min

Calling Kids Lazy, Building Fat Community, and Halloween Costumes

20 oktober 2022 | 45 min

"My Daughter Now Asks Me: 'Why Are You Shaving Your Legs?'"

13 oktober 2022 | 32 min

"I Sometimes Wonder What I Would Be Capable of if My Legs Didn’t Hurt."

6 oktober 2022 | 47 min

It's Time to Talk About School Lunch (Again)

29 september 2022 | 28 min

Feeling Bloated, Sober September, and Fall Soft Pants

22 september 2022 | 54 min

The Myth of the Maternal Instinct

15 september 2022 | 37 min

When Dieting Is the Family Business

8 september 2022 | 17 min

“All Are Welcome Here” Is Very Different From “This Was Made With You in Mind”

1 september 2022 | 34 min

Is Sugar Really Addictive?

25 augusti 2022 | 44 min

“Budgeting is Diet Culture For Your Money”

18 augusti 2022 | 41 min

The Perfect Roast Chicken Does Not Exist.

11 augusti 2022 | 44 min

"We Couldn't Have a Campaign That Was Just For Fat People."

4 augusti 2022 | 13 min

"The Way Our Hair Grows Out of Our Heads is a Problem for People."

28 juli 2022 | 27 min

"Well, if we have to break the law, how are we going to do it?"

21 juli 2022 | 41 min

You Never Need to Wear Skinny Yoga Pants

14 juli 2022 | 40 min

"Health Is About More Than Food. Health Is About The Whole Child."

7 juli 2022 | 45 min

On Reclaiming Comfort Food

30 juni 2022 | 28 min

Why Anti-Thin Jokes are Anti-Fat

23 juni 2022 | min

Nobody Asked Mark Bittman Why He Needed Childcare.

16 juni 2022 | min

"Skincare Culture is Dewy Diet Culture"

9 juni 2022 | 29 min

Do We Owe It To Our Kids To Be Healthy?

26 maj 2022 | 31 min

Skinny Husbands, Bad Bras, and Talking Bodies with Kids.

19 maj 2022 | min

Essential Labor and Essential Pleasure, with Angela Garbes

12 maj 2022 | min

Calf Liver Gummies Are Not Delicious.

28 april 2022 | min

Stop Apologizing For How You Cook

21 april 2022 | 33 min

“The More You Feel Like You Don’t Have Permission to Eat It, the More You Will Crave It."

14 april 2022 | 42 min

You're Missing: Homeschool Diets and Monomeals!

7 april 2022 | 1 min

The Myth of Visible Abs

31 mars 2022 | 48 min

When The Pregnancy App Talks About "Belly-Only Weight Gain," We Have Work To Do.

24 mars 2022 | min

"They Say 'Failure to Thrive' but Moms Hear 'Failure To Feed.'"

17 mars 2022 | 34 min

It's Time to Stop Panic Giving.

10 mars 2022 | 29 min

This Diet Wants You To Throw Out All Your Food.

3 mars 2022 | min

"If My Daughter Wanted to 'Eat Healthier,' I Would Respond Like She Wanted to Smoke Cigarettes."

24 februari 2022 | 39 min

What Thin Fashion Designers Don't Know About Fat Bodies.

17 februari 2022 | 41 min

Getting The Thin White Momfluencer Out of the Room.

10 februari 2022 | 39 min

"Using Weight as Our Main Marker of Health Isn't Working."

20 januari 2022 | 24 min

The Value and Visibility of Momfluencer Bodies

13 januari 2022 | 41 min

"We All Know Too Much About Nutrition."

6 januari 2022 | 37 min

"The Goal Is Not A Kid Who Eats Everything."

16 december 2021 | 36 min

The New Burnt Toast Podcast!

9 december 2021 | 28 min

"Healthcare for Fat People is Based on the Premise that it's Acceptable to Kill Us to Make Us Thin."

2 december 2021 | 39 min

"Ankles Don't Get Fat at the Same Rate as Butts."

18 november 2021 | 29 min

"I Spent My Whole Life Wondering if There Was Room for Fat Folks to Fall in Love."

4 november 2021 | 37 min

"You’re Showing Up in the World, and Nobody is Fooled," with Dacy Gillespie of Mindful Closet

28 oktober 2021 | 44 min

"Can I Make My Kid's Candy Disappear?" with Amy Palanjian of Yummy Toddler Food

21 oktober 2021 | 40 min

Fatness Is Not The Trauma, with Rachel Millner

30 september 2021 | 30 min

Unlearning Diet Culture at School, with Gwen Kostal

23 september 2021 | 27 min

Writing Disordered Eating, with Alyson Gerber

16 september 2021 | 32 min

Building a World for Fat Bodies

12 augusti 2021 | 31 min

It's Nice to Be Soft, With Tyler Feder

29 juli 2021 | 25 min

Maybe You Just Think Rice Makes You Sluggish? With Christy Harrison

22 juli 2021 | 36 min

Don't Make Your Kid Finish The Soup.

15 juli 2021 | 43 min

Reclaiming Pasta with Anna Sweeney

8 juli 2021 | 29 min

"That's Unethical as Hell."

1 juli 2021 | 53 min

Why We Seek Thin Privilege, with Aubrey Gordon

24 juni 2021 | 36 min

Decoding Growth Charts with Anna Lutz, RD, MPH

17 juni 2021 | 20 min

Why Is Getting Dressed So Hard. (Part 2)

19 maj 2021 | 17 min

On Trusting Little Kids To Eat

28 april 2021 | 26 min

Just Another Middle-Aged Person on TikTok

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The Curious Evolution of Emily Oster

Are Core Workouts a Diet Industry Scam?

Those Pants Don't Deserve You

Dr. Mara Will Not Sell You a Weighted Vest

The Live Where Corinne Took Her Top Off

Are The Heterosexuals Okay?

Just Another Middle-Aged Person on TikTok

What Can Replace the Emotional Support Skinny Jeans?

Is Dr. Mary Claire Haver Making Menopause a Diet?

Team Box Mix Forever

StairMasters are the Mean Girls of Cardio

Is Giving Up Your Furniture a Diet?

"I've Thought About Unleashing Jennifer on MAGA."

RFK Has a Vision Board for Food Dye Bans

Did Virginia Buy a $700 Calendar?

The Episode Corinne Has Been WAITING For!

Are We Wearing Whatever the F We Want?

Let's Fund a Virtual Food Pantry!

All Your Fat Sex Questions, Answered!

Every Parent Is (Kind Of) Disabled

Is Weight Loss Surgery the New Ozempic?

"I Love Reading Books With Fat Women Who Don’t Care About Being Fat."

Are We On A Phone Diet?

"Do I Tell My Kids I'm On Ozempic?"

Does Dr. Becky Have a Privilege Problem?

The Last Fat Mom in the Hudson Valley?

Virginia Likes Kale Now

Washboard Abs Don't Make You Good In Bed

Mel Robbins Has a PHD in Diet Culture

Is Mel Robbins A Diet?

Ozempic Is Morally Neutral

Our Amazon Diet

Why Is the WNBA Running Weight Loss Ads Right Now?

Taking Ozempic for "Wardrobe" Reasons

Birds Are In, Social Media Is Out

"You Can Count Your Protein and Still Be Nice to Fat People."

Your Five Favorite Episodes of 2024

Santa is a Fat Icon

A Pudgy Belly Can Be a Strong Core

The Tyranny of the Millennial Camisole

What Are We Doing All Day on Our Phones?

The Curious Evolution of Emily Oster

Healthcare is Ground Zero for Fatphobia

We're Not Calling It Girl Dinner

We Could Buy Less Stuff From Target?

Julia Turshen Is Your Home Depot Dad

What To Do When You Miss Your Smaller Body

There are No Gold Stars for Packing Light!

How to Make an Unapologetic Fat Film

We Need To Talk About Fat Fertility

Dating While Fat!

"People Read My Sex Scenes and Ask: Is That Possible for Fat Bodies?"

What If I Just Don't Want My Kid To Be Fat?

If You're Losing Weight, Should You Tell Your Kids Why?

Why Ultra Processed Foods Save Family Dinners

Nobody Cares About Your "Health and Fitness" Journey

Why America is Scared of Single Women

Fatphobic Roller Coasters and Fatphobic Socks

That Time I Spent $200 On My Chin.

"Like Hand Soap In Your Fruit Juice"

"If Trump Wins, State Legislatures Are A Best Defense"

Is It Diet Culture to Want a Breast Reduction?

"Health Is Not What Makes You A Good Person."

Did Virginia Get Divorced Over Butter?

"A Fancy Prison Run By Skinny, Wealthy, White Women."

"Heavy Boobs Are Very Frump."

Should We Reclaim the Swim Dress?

Wait, Is Nicola Coughlan Even Fat?

"Fat Is Weirdly Invisible, You Know?"

"You Put on Your Purse and Button Your Pants."

"Fat People Poop the Same Amount As You."

“Good Athletes Control Their Weight."

Can You Wear Birkenstocks with Skinny Jeans?

We Are Not Seeking Closet Perfection.

Is Weight Loss Surgery the "Easy Way Out?"

We Need a Fat American Girl Doll

"Can I Want to Lose Weight for a Good Reason?"

Is Not Shopping A Diet?