Writer, fat activist and podcast host Virgie Tovar teaches us about the roots of fatphobia and the many pitfalls of diet culture. She and Laverne cover everything from discrimination to health care, white supremacy and social policing. Even if you’ve never been on a diet a single day in your life, this is for you, too. 

Virgie Tovar is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat and The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color. She is a contributor for Forbes.com, where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight-based discrimination at work. Her podcast, Rebel Eaters Club, investigates the North American relationship to food and body. 

Rebel Eaters Club podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebel-eaters-club/id1495401238




You Have the Right to Remain Fat audiobook:

https://www.audible.com/pd/You-Have-the-Right-to-Remain-Fat-Audiobook/B08G1T4LGZ




The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color

https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Revolution-Radical-Positivity-Solutions/dp/1684034116




Babecamp: Break Up with Diet Culture E-Course

https://bodypositiveschool.teachable.com/p/babecamp

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Writer, fat activist and podcast host Virgie Tovar teaches us about the roots of fatphobia and the many pitfalls of diet culture. She and Laverne cover everything from discrimination to health care, white supremacy and social policing. Even if you’ve never been on a diet a single day in your life, this is for you, too. Virgie Tovar is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat and The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color. She is a contributor for Forbes.com, where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight-based discrimination at work. Her podcast, Rebel Eaters Club, investigates the North American relationship to food and body. Rebel Eaters Club podcast:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebel-eaters-club/id1495401238"> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebel-eaters-club/id1495401238</a> You Have the Right to Remain Fat audiobook:<a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/You-Have-the-Right-to-Remain-Fat-Audiobook/B08G1T4LGZ">https://www.audible.com/pd/You-Have-the-Right-to-Remain-Fat-Audiobook/B08G1T4LGZ</a> The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Revolution-Radical-Positivity-Solutions/dp/1684034116">https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Revolution-Radical-Positivity-Solutions/dp/1684034116</a> Babecamp: Break Up with Diet Culture E-Course<a href="https://bodypositiveschool.teachable.com/p/babecamp">https://bodypositiveschool.teachable.com/p/babecamp</a>  Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

Years ago, a therapist said in our very first session that there are only two things that we can truly control in our lives - our own perception and our own behavior. That's it. Nothing more than that.  Each week, The Laverne Cox Show will feature intimate conversations with folks who help me to see and think differently so that maybe I can act differently. It is my hope that this becomes a place that fosters perspectives that might inspire new behavior in each of us, which in turn gets us closer to becoming the very best versions of ourselves. Let's have a spiritual makeover together.

The Laverne Cox Show

Laverne and fat activist Virgie Tovar talk real about fatphobia, the pervasive fear Americans have of being fat, and diet culture, the socially acceptable expectation of losing weight at any cost.

Fatphobia and Diet Culture w/ Virgie Tovar

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/34aeae03-5ce4-4879-a508-ae2e0146e747/transcript

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