Virgie Tovar

The other day I was having coffee and ice cream with my friend. We were talking about who we follow online.

I spent most of last week in a southern California heat wave.

Fat liberation and fat people’s full humanity and our right to a life free from discrimination — not our health status.

I find that clarity is the key to getting the exact heterosexual intercourse you want. Part of this involves taking the gloves off around discussions of my body. So, I said it in the ad:
“I weigh 250 pounds.”

I can think of few things more worthy of celebrating on International Women’s Day than the slow and very public decline of a company that has capit

One of my yearly rituals is making a list of things I’ve learned in the past year. So, I thought I would make public the list of things I’ve learned, and rather than just focus on one year, I thought I’d share my most important lessons from all the years I have been on this sacred poo-ball called earth.

I have come to learn that most of the things I hate are things I can manage (if not eradicate) with boundaries, introspection, a sense of my needs as valuable, and the language to articulate what is happening.

When it comes to plus-size fashion, we’re all outsiders to this world — a world that makes amazing garments in our size and welcomes us with open arms full of bubbly water and tiny cakes.

Fatphobia morphs into a conversation about looks because fatphobia targets women. The bigotry is masked through this gendered decoy.

Even children experience fatphobia. Children deserve to be treated with care and responsibility, free from the stigma we grew up knowing.