In this episode, I sit down with fat activist, author, podcaster, and feminist, Virgie Tovar. We cover:<ul><li>Virgie's experience growing up in a fat family and how that shaped her early relationship with her body</li><li>Fat activism vs body positivity & the evolution of these frameworks </li><li>The intersection of queerness & fatness, & the having your heartbroken by the culture </li><li>The ethics of GLP-1’s and prescribed starvation</li><li>GLP-1s as a pump an dump marketing cycling</li><li>How to cope with feeling the pressure of going on a GLP-1 for weight loss</li><li>Living a life of integrity vs a life of  apology </li></ul>More From Virgie: <ul><li><a href='https://www.virgietovar.com/'>Virgie's website</a></li><li><a href='https://virgietovar.substack.com/'>Virgie's Substack</a></li><li><a href='https://virgietovar.substack.com/p/a-5-stage-model-of-fat-identity-development'>A 5 Stage Model of Fat Identity Development</a></li></ul>More From Leah:<ul><li><a href='https://leahkernrd.kartra.com/page/vRJ30'>📚Download your free Intuitive Eating Starter Pack</a></li><li><a href='https://d7salcpkhwn.typeform.com/to/VMStO8S0'>Apply to The Embodied Method, my 1:1 coaching program</a></li><li><a href='https://leahkernrd.kartra.com/page/TYx2?mc_cid=009a7c0f6c&mc_eid=a7c055805d&mc_cid=da081ae0c6&mc_eid=a7c055805d'>Join my self-paced course, The Return</a></li><li>Subscribe to Leah's <a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU_Dspj_KAKfgGixTgR7uqQ'>Youtube Channel</a></li><li>Subscribe to my <a href='https://leahkern.substack.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=1e11b9'>personal Substack</a></li><li>Follow me on Instagram for more intuitive eating content <a href='https://www.instagram.com/leahkern.rd/'>@leahkern.rd</a></li><li>Visit my <a href='https://leahkernrd.com/'>website</a> to learn more about my coaching offerings</li><li>Subscribe to my <a href='https://leahkernrd.kartra.com/page/aEI13'>weekly newsletter</a> to get a nugget of intuitive eating inspiration delivered straight from my heart to your inbox each week.</li><li><a href='https://www.speakpipe.com/Leahkernrd'>Send me a voice message</a> on Speakpipe</li><li>Email me: <a href='mailto:Leah@leahkernrd.com'>Leah@leahkernrd.com</a></li></ul>

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