The Emotional Labor of Pandemic Meal Planning




The Brian Lehrer Show show

Summary: <p>Deciding what to have for dinner can sometimes be as exhausting as making it. Virginia Sole-Smith, a journalist who covers weight stigma and diet culture, the author of the book <em>The Eating Instinct</em> (Henry Holt and Co., 2018) and the newsletter Burnt Toast, talks about why meal planning often falls to women, and offers tips on how to make the process less agonizing and more equal.</p>