Hot & Heavy

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In this fun, fresh, fat positive anthology, fat activist and sex educator Virgie Tovar brings together voices from an often marginalized community to talk about and celebrate their lives Hot Heavy rejects the idea that being thin is best, instead embracing the many fabulous aspects of being fat building fat positive spaces, putting together fat friendly wardrobes, turning society s rules into personal politics, and creating supportive, inclusive communities Writers, activists, performers, and poets including April Flores, Alysia Angel, Charlotte Cooper, Jessica Judd, Emily Anderson, Genne Murphy, and Tigress Osborn cover everything from fat go go dancing to queer dating to urban gardening in their essays, exploring their experiences with the word fat, pinpointing particular moments that have impacted the way they think and feel about their bodies, and telling the story of how they each became fat revolutionaries.Ground breaking and long overdue, Hot Heavy is a fierce, sassy, thoughtful, authentic, and joyous collection of stories about unapologetically and unconditionally loving the body you re in. Best Read [ Hot & Heavy ] by [ Virgie Tovar ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Amazing Empowering reading from cover to cover Made me think, laugh, cry, and question my attitude to so many things.Get your hands on it NOWBlogged here I took forever to read this book And it was certainly NOT because it isn t a good book I do a weird thing where if something is really kick ass, I don t want it to end or wear out so I take years to read something or I don t wear that perfect fitting skater dress with a peter pan collar Hot Heavy Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love Fashion edited by Virgie Tovar was like an amazing size 26 frock I ooh and aah d over it when it was being released, even proclaiming my hot Blogged here I took forever to read this book And it was certainly NOT because it isn t a good book I do a weird thing where if something is really kick ass, I don t want it to end or wear out so I take years to read something or I don t wear that perfect fitting skater dress with a peter pan collar Hot Heavy Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love Fashion edited by Virgie Tovar was like an amazing size 26 frock I ooh and aah d over it when it was being released, even proclaiming my hot and heaviness on Virgie s 50 days of fat ferociousness Then when I had it my fat hands, I peeked in on some of the pages and read bits here and there I am sort of happy to say that I just finished it I secretly wish it would never end though.The intro itself grabbed my attention and every chapter and author continued to stun me I love how Virgie wove the stories together, giving you a perspective of so many different fat girls The book is fabulous cover to cover I could relate a little bit to every author By the end ...I am a big fan of Virgie Tovar and her great work as a fat activist as well as her fierce Fatshionista approach to life When I heard about her new book, I thought it was going to befluffy than it actually is I was expecting a lot of talk about glitter and how to shop and style a hot fat look and in the wonderful introduction, Virgie shares that she started out wanting to write a fun, light book about fatness But the wonderful stories she started receiving also shared the darker, har I am a big fan of Virgie Tovar and her great work as a fat activist as well as her fierce Fatshionista approach to life When I heard about her new book, I thought it was going to befluffy than it actually is I was expecting a lot of talk about glitter and how to shop and style a hot fat look and in the wonderful introduction, Virgie shares that she started out wanting to write a fun, light book about fatness But the wonderful stories she started receiving also shared the darker, harder parts of being fat and finding inner fat acceptance She very smartly switched the intention of the book to reflect thiswhole and complete set of personal stories and I m so glad she did This book is PHENOMENAL The truth telling is wonderful and heart breaking and funny and empowering Often, when you gather this...Starts out interesting but the stories are pretty redundant.i hated myself, then i learned to love myself the end.I have a personal connection with fat activism and size acceptance so that was one of the main reasons that I picked up this book I m a fat girl living in this world that loves to hate and discriminate against everyone who is fat This book was liberating and made me feel like I could do anything and wear anything that I want, whereas before, I was too afraid to wear what I wanted because I didn t want anyone to make fun of me or laugh at me because of my size I realized that that may happen n I have a personal connection with fa...Really liked it, although I definitely wantedfrom a lot of them and, like, weirder I wanted weirder I started out thinking, this is maybe gonna be a lot of super basic stuff and not unlike reading blogs ...I think the Fat acceptance movement and the Healthy at every size movement are really interesting, and I award 2 stars to this collection of essays for making me aware of this perspective on being fat and other form...I love this book It is thought provoking and empowering It challenges all of us to work to dismantle size discrimination, bullying, thin Eurocentric beauty standards, and diet culture.I m giving this 4 stars because it takes on a challenging topic with courage, and is inspiring in part because by including 31 personal stories, it helps the reader to experience for a little while at least a world peopled by folks who aren t spouting the fat is bad, thin is good mentality However, for me personally, this anthology was not entirely helpful at shifting my perspective It s funny, because some books on body image, or feminism, can actually be kind of triggering, or at least, I m giving this 4 stars because it takes on a challenging topic with courage, and is inspiring in part because by including 31 personal stories, it helps the reader to experience for a little while at least a world peopled by folks who aren t spouting the fat is bad, thin is good mentality However, for me personally, this anthology was not entirely helpful at shifting my perspective It s funny, because some books on body image, or feminism, can actually be kind of triggering, or at least, unconvincing For me, Hot and Heavy was perhaps less successful than it could have been in part because of two things One, i...The fat girls of Hot Heavy Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love Fashion are ready to give you a piece of their mind on living large in large bodies The authors come from all over the spectrum of sociocultural, gender, and sexuality backgrounds, which makes for a very welcome variety of perspectives on being a fat girl in a fat hating world Not being unfamiliar with the Health At Every Size movement, I was expecting to read a lot of affirming stories from women who have battled their way The fat girls of Hot Heavy Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love Fashion are ready to give you a piece of their mind on living large in large bodies The authors come from all over the spectrum of sociocultural, gender, and sexuality backgrounds, which makes for a very welco...

Hot & Heavy
  • English
  • 03 July 2017
  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • 1580054382
  • Virgie Tovar
  • Hot & Heavy