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You Do Have A Right To Remain Fat: A Conversation with Virgie Tovar

Why are women judged for their size? What if you decided that you had the right to remain fat? This episode explores:

Our born desire to like ourselves as we are.

How we get shamed out of that at such a young age, and so very quickly.

How hard it is to re-learn how to like yourself.

Why our cultural commitment to fat-phobia harms us all.

A Discussion of the book You Have the Right To Remain Fat.

Our guest is: Virgie Tovar, who is an author, activist, and a lecturer on weight-based discrimination and body image. She holds a Master's degree in Sexuality Studies with a focus on the intersections…

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