Take The Cake: Dear Fat Girl, Do You Know How Powerful You Are? July 24, 2018 by Virgie Tovar Leave a Comment This article by Virgie Tovar originally appeared on Ravishly and has been republished with permission. A question that has been haunting me for well over a month now is one that was posed to me by an ultra cute, very smart fat girl. She asked me how I learned to give up on the dream of being a desirable, beautiful, sexy thin person. Her question seemed to unveil a worldview … [Read more...]
4 Problems with the Trauma-Leads-to-Fatness Narrative June 17, 2017 by Virgie Tovar Leave a Comment This piece first appeared on the author’s blog under the title "4 Problems with the Trauma-Leads-to-Fatness Narrative" and is reprinted here by permission. I've seen the fatness-as-a-product-of-trauma conversation pop up about five times in my feed this week. Though I have no desire to belittle the truly stultifying realities and effects of trauma (sexual and otherwise), … [Read more...]
