💵 The Ethics of GLP-1s, Monetized Starvation, & Heartbreak with Virgie Tovar
Update: 2025-12-16
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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
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