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    You Have the Right to Remain Fat

    By Virgie Tovar

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    About this ebook

    This revolutionary and "viscerally accessible" manifesto isn’t about body positivity—it’s about a fat revolution (Joy Nash).

    “In this bold new book, Tovar eviscerates diet culture, proclaims the joyous possibilities of fatness, and shows us that liberation is possible.”—Sarai Walker, author of Dietland

    Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But after two decades of dieting and constant guilt, she was over it—and gave herself the freedom to trust her own body again.

    Ever since, she’s been helping others to do the same. Tovar is hungry for a world where bodies are valued equally, food is free from moral judgment, and you can jiggle through life with respect. In concise and candid language, she delves into unlearning fatphobia, dismantling sexist notions of fashion, and how to reject diet culture’s greatest lie: that fat people need to wait before beginning their best lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Feminist Press at CUNY
    Release dateAug 14, 2018
    ISBN9781936932320
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    You Have the Right to Remain Fat
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    Virgie Tovar

    Virgie Tovar is an author, activist and one of America’s leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She is the founder of Babecamp, started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight, and edited the groundbreaking anthology Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion. Virgie has been featured by the New York Times, MTV, Al Jazeera, NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, and BUST.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this! While it didn't really change my views massively on my own body, it did definitely make me think about the intersectionality of fatphobia and racism/sexism/classism. It was overall positive, easy to follow (not dry and academic) with plenty of anecdotes from the author's own life.
    • 5/5
      This book is an anthem for anyone with a body that grew up in a culture that made you feel like your body should be different, less. I love this book!