#132: Diet Culture’s Impact on Women - interview with Virgie Tovar

Virgie Tovar, author of You Have The Right To Remain Fat is on the show talking about why diet culture is so toxic to our self-worth, the influence of sexism on our desire to diet and so much more. In this episode, we chat about: - Virgie’s new book, You Have The Right To Remain Fat – why she wrote it and what’s she’s hoping people get out of it, - How Virgie felt the magic of her body as a child before she was introduced to fatphobia and how that magic feels today,  - The importance of understanding what internalized inferiority is, how this is upheld by diet culture and how you can unpack that for yourself, - Why “dieting is a survival technique” and obligation in our culture,  - The role of sexism in diet culture and why it’s a means of controlling women’s lives,  - Why intimate relationships might take longer to cultivate once you’ve opted out of diet culture, but will ultimately be more meaningful and fulfilling, - The difference between liberation and acceptance and why we need to be aiming for liberation versus settling for acceptance,  - Why you deserve more than a $7 bottle of Shiraz and need to upgrade to the Dom Perignon and other amazing metaphors to help you feel worthy of all your desires, Plus, so much more!