You're listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay and today we are discussing the rise of extreme thinness in Hollywood.

This is a subject many of you have asked about, and honestly, I think we've been resistant to talking about, but it is time. We're getting into:

⭐️ Ariana Grande, Olivia Wilde and Demi Moore

⭐️ How do we find compassion for these folks while still having a conversation about the larger, insidious system.

⭐️ What would we say to the younger generation?

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BUTTER & LINKS

Virginia's Butter: The Four Seasons on Netflix

Corinne's Butter: American cheese

Yes, We Need to Talk about Wicked Bodies

TikTok about extreme thinness discourse

Natalie Reilly via I Say This With Love: What Nobody is Telling You About Olivia Wilde's Face (Substack)

Caroline Calloway via Byline: The Drug That Made Me Want Less

Liz Plank via Airplane Mode: What If We're Not Actually Worried About Ariana Grande (Substack)

Taffy Brodesser-Akner via NYT: How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million: Inside the growth of the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.

https://www.patreon.com/virginiasolesmith/posts/episode-256-164562981

EPISODE CREDITS

Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay. 

Producer:  Kim Baldwin. 

Logo design: Deanna Lowe.

Theme Song: Farideh.

Video Editor: Elizabeth Ayiku

Audio Engineer: Tommy Harron

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Virginia is on Instagram and Threads as @v_solesmith and on Bluesky at @virginiasolesmith.  

Corinne is on Instagram at @selfiefay, on Bluesky at @corinnefay and on Patreon at Big Undies.

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