Episode 12 - Virgie Tovar on diet culture and fatphobia
In this episode, Nicola and Florence receive American award-winning author and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body image, Virgie Tovar. Virgie evokes her memories of growing up in a larger body, and internalizing toxic cultural messages about her ultimate responsibility to become thin. In her early twenties, she was introduced to fat activism while studying for her Master's degree in Sexuality Studies. Together, Virgie, Nicola, and Florence explore the 3 levels of...