Virgie Tovar

I was taught that weight loss was self-care, but then I did a bunch of research and realized dieting is actually the patriarchal destruction of my body.

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

Like many women and girls, I was taught that confidence is a commodity that we can use to attain romantic and sexual attention from men. We spend a lot of money and energy trying to capture that elusive sense that we are worth a damn. But for me, healing has become my primary focus and it has led to major shifts in my sense of self, more clarity about what I need, and a deeper relationship to my desire.

There is not a single path to self-love, and so you must become an engineer of that process. We have to feel lots of uncomfortable things.

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

Fat Girl Scarcity — the sense that we are not enough or that we don’t have enough — permeates the life of a person in a marginalized body.

It’s important to recognize that tiny or unsupportive seats (no matter how beautiful) send a silent but powerful message about who has the right to sit down. This message has strong ripple effects for a community that is already facing quite a bit of discrimination.

It all started with a text from my roomie, Kori: "I am manifesting lying out, and getting some sun on my cooch."

This week I have been thinking a lot about home, and how home shapes the way we feel about our bodies.

Earlier this month I flew into JFK for the Glamour Women of the Year Awards (WOTY, for short) and took selfies with Gabourey Sidibe!