Virgie Tovar speaks on her experience with the negative effects of weight discrimination, discovering self-love, and balancing health with body acceptance and positivity.
Tovar holds a master's degree in Sexuality Studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race, and gender. She's a contributor for Forbes where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight discrimination at work. She started the hashtag campaign #losehatenotweight. In 2018, Tovar gave a TEDx talk on the origins of the campaign. 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's also the host of the podcast, "Rebel Eaters Club."
"Plus sized women in particular, tend to get funneled into more physically laborious, lower paying jobs, care, jobs that involve caring for children, caring for elders, etc. And thin women tend to are likely or more likely to be funneled into jobs that are client facing and more sedentary, that involve a better higher paying."
In this episode, you will learn about:
negative effects of weight discrimination
balancing health and self-acceptance
Tovar's book, "Self-Love Revolution"
Keynotes:
[0:56] Tovar talks about experiencing "fatphobia" from others growing up.
[2:02] She explains how she discovered "fat activism," and her experience with data methods society uses to keep people a certain size.
[4:29] The negative consequences of weight discrimination at the doctor's office.
[6:31] Tovar talks about black women experiencing racism and sexism at the doctor's office.
[7:51] Plus-sized people experience weight discrimination at work and school.
[9:31] Tovar explains how society is structured regarding weight expectations, especially with people of color.
[11:45] How weight discrimination affects a person, physiologically and physically.
[13:07] The data behind "a normal weight," and accepting that data.
[17:11] Tovar talks about her book, "The Self-love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color."
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Podcast https://www.rebeleatersclub.com/
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