PERSON: Virgie Tovar

Author

Virgie Tovar, (/born May 19, 1982) is an American author, lecturer, and weight-based discrimination speaker. She writes about fat acceptance, anti-fat bias, and diet culture. She was the host of The Virgie Show on CBS Radio and the podcast, Rebel Eaters Club (produced by Transmitter Media).

Tovar is of Mexican descent. She has struggled with weight issues since childhood. In middle school she struggled with an eating disorder.

Tovar received her bachelor’s degree in political science from University of California, Berkeley in 2005 and her Master of Arts in Human Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State University.

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