💔 The Ethics of GLP-1s, Prescribed Starvation, & The Liberatory Heartbreak of Fatness with Virgie Tovar

In this episode, I sit down with fat activist, author, podcaster, and feminist, Virgie Tovar. We cover:

• Virgie's experience growing up in a fat family and how that shaped her early relationship with her body
• Fat activism vs body positivity & the evolution of these frameworks
• The intersection of queerness & fatness, & the having your heartbroken by the culture
• The ethics of GLP-1’s and prescribed starvation
• GLP-1s as a pump an dump marketing cycling
• How to cope with feeling the pressure of going on a GLP-1 for weight loss
• Living a life of integrity vs a life of apology
  
  

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• A 5 Stage Model of Fat Identity Development

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