E60: You Have the Right to Remain Fat w/ Virgie Tovar

Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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We are excited to have Virgie Tovar on the pod today! Virgie is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat. She is one of the nation’s leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. We talk with Virgie about her experiences with fatphobia, the long road to radical self acceptance, intersections between diet culture and sexism, race, and classism, how fat people can advocate for themselves in medical settings & MORE! Catch the full post at: foodheavenmadeeasy.com/podcast Thanks to our sponsors: Poshmark invite code: FOODHEAVEN Thrive Market See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:02.8	Hey, it's Wendy.
0:03.9	And it's Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven podcast.
0:06.8	Your online resource for delicious and nutritious living.
0:20.9	Hey everyone, thanks so much for tuning in to another episode of the Food Heaven podcast with Wendy and Jess.
0:26.4	Today we have a very special guest.
0:28.5	We have Vergie Del Vod joining us.
0:30.8	Vergie is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat.
0:34.0	She is one of the nation's leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image.
0:39.2	And the founder of Babe Camp, a four week online course,
0:42.9	designed to help women break up with diaculture.
0:45.7	She lives in San Francisco and holds a master's degree in sexuality studies.
0:50.4	Hmm interesting.
0:51.3	With the focus on the intersections of body size, race and gender.
0:55.2	She pens a weekly column called Take the Cake and is a contributor for Forbes.com.
1:01.3	Welcome to the podcast Vergie.
1:03.9	Thank you.
1:04.4	Thank you for having me.
1:05.9	So we are so thrilled to have you here on the podcast.
1:09.4	We both have a copy of your book and love it.
1:11.6	I have it up in my office.
1:13.6	And I just wanted to learn a little bit more about you in terms of like,
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