"I Want My Kid to Love Their Body. I Also Don't Want Them to Be Fat."

FAT TALK is now out in the world! To celebrate, Corinne is here to chat with Virginia about the writing and reporting process. If you love what you hear, you can order the hardcover, ebook, or audiobook (or if you’re in the UK and the Commonwealth, the paperback) anywhere you buy books. Split Rock has signed copies (feel free to request a personal inscription!). 

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Disclaimer: Virginia and Corinne are humans with a lot of informed opinions. They are not nutritionists, therapists, doctosr, or any kind of health care providers. The conversation you're about to hear and all of the advice and opinions they give are just for entertainment, information, and education purposes only. None of this is a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice.

LINKS

The Eating Instinct

Diet Coke, obviously.

a great review in the Washington Post

Read an excerpt from Chapter 11 here

last week’s podcast

Amy

Lynn Steger Strong

Aubrey Gordon

Sabrina Strings

Da'Shaun Harrison

Marquisele Mercedes

Girls and Sex and Boys and Sex by Peggy Orenstein

Virginia's sensitivity reader Dom

an excerpt of the dads chapter in The Atlantic

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