Virgie Tovar
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Virgie Tovar Articles
I spent most of last week in a southern California heat wave.
Read...A lot of people don’t know this, but fat activism has been around in the United States since the 1960s. Yes, it’s true!
Read...A couple of weeks ago I got an email that contained a question I never thought I’d be asked.
Read...One of my favorite ways to help people conceptualize patriarchy is by asking them to imagine a Chuck E. Cheese.
Read...Why is it important to call a diet a diet? Because 1. The truth is actually important and 2. Misleading language only benefits the person peddling it.
Read...The 3 Levels of Fatphobia are intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional. Yes, everyone is affected by fatphobia. But the follow-up question is: How?
Read...You deserve someone who loves your body, who makes you feel safe, who makes you feel sexy. Never date someone who doesn’t love your belly!
Read...I thought I’d make a list of regular things that become “radical” (in the culture’s eyes) when you’re doing them while also being fat.
Read...I told you I never wanted to speak to him again. I offered that we work together to rid him from our lives. I thought we had both made the realization that he was garbage, but in reality, only I had.
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