Virgie Tovar
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If you asked me to guess what was going through her head, I would say she was in shock that a fat lady would wear a tight skirt, belly in full sight. This feminist act of taking up space, tacitly but clearly making room for myself in a fatphobic culture, is a bold-but-crucial move if you’re my brand of fat babe.
Read...There are a lot of places where fat people don’t feel safe because of fatphobia. What does it feel like to feel safe in your fat body?
Read...The other day I was having coffee and ice cream with my friend. We were talking about who we follow online.
Read...Fat people are not obligated to be disproportionate emotional laborers. They get to be angry, frustrated, and even difficult, just like everyone else.
Read...The other night, I was eating capellini with asparagus and shrimp with a new friend/Babecamp Jamaica alum.
Read...Resolution season is rough for many of us.
Read...Last week I was sitting anywhere between nineteen and thirty-seven feet from Kevin Bacon.
Read...Solidarity strategies are possible. They happen all the time — though often less frequently in the realm of romance, unfortunately.
Read...Fat liberation and fat people’s full humanity and our right to a life free from discrimination — not our health status.
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