About the Author
Virgie Tovar, MA, is one of the nation’s leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She holds a master’s degree in sexuality studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race, and gender. She is the founder of Babecamp, a four-week online course designed to help people who are ready to break up with diet culture, and creator of the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. Tovar edited the anthology Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion (Seal Press, 2012) and is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat (Feminist Press, 2018), which was placed on the American Library Association’s Amelia Bloomer List. She is a contributor for ForbesWomen and Bedsider, and in 2018 she was named one of the top 50 most influential feminists by Bitch Magazine. She is a recipient of the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale. Tovar has been featured by the New York Times, Tech Insider, MTV, Al Jazeera, and Yahoo Health. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
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