About this episode

Virginia Sole-Smith continues her conversation with Savala Nolan, discussing themes of sex, divorce, and societal perceptions of class.

You're listening to Burnt Toast. I'm Virginia Sole-Smith. Today is the second part of my conversation with Savala Nolan . Savala is a writer, public speaker and professor at UC Berkeley. Her brand new book, Good Woman: A Reckoning is out now. Her first book, Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender and the Body , was shortlisted for the William Saroyan Prize and celebrated as a “standout collection” by the New York Times . Savala's writing has been featured in Vogue , Harper’s Magazine , the New York Times , NPR , TIME and more. Today is the second part of my conversation with Savala. In part one , we talked about bodies, race and gender. Today in part two, we're getting into sex, divorce and classy and trashy Butters. This conversation is for paid subscribers only, so go to patreon.com/virginiasolesmith to join us. Membership starts at just $5 per month. You're not going to want to miss this one. One last thing! If you order Good Woman from my local independent bookstore, Split Rock Books, you can take 10% off if you have also ordered a copy of my book Fat Talk from them. Go to Split Rock Books and use the code "fat talk" at checkout. Here's Savala. You need to be a…

People in this episode

Host: Virginia Sole-Smith

Guest: Savala Nolan

Topics covered

• chivalry
• gender
• race
• sex
• divorce
• culture

Keywords

• chivalry
• Savala Nolan
• Good Woman
• gender
• race
• sex
• divorce
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Vogue, Harper’s Magazine, NPR, TIME, Split Rock Books

Books & works: Good Woman: A Reckoning, Don’t Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender and the Body

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