The Ethics of GLP-1s, Monetized Starvation, & Heartbreak 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 More From Virgie: Virgie's website: https://www.virgietovar.com/ A 5 Stage Model of Fat Identity Development: https://virgietovar.substack.com/p/a-... __ Listen to the podcast: https://pod.link/1616910063 Apply to 1:1 coaching: https://d7salcpkhwn.typeform.com/to/V... Enroll in my self-paced course, The Return: https://leahkernrd.com/course/?kuid=4... Check out the blog: https://leahkernrd.com/blog/ Join the LKN newsletter: https://leahkernrd.com/newsletter/ Subscribe to my personal writing Substack: https://leahkern.substack.com/ Check out my Instagram:   / leahkern.rd   Email me: [email protected]