Virgie Tover

Where do you see the intersection really? What is your definition of health?

Where do you see the intersection really? What is your definition of health?

Where do you see the intersection really? What is your definition of health?

Mm, yeah, that's really complicated, right? I think I want to sort of, I want to talk about that question, but I want to start by saying that, you know, no one has to be healthy. No, right? Like, I mean, it's like, no, like there is no governing body that's like out there putting, you know what I mean?

Mm, yeah, that's really complicated, right? I think I want to sort of, I want to talk about that question, but I want to start by saying that, you know, no one has to be healthy. No, right? Like, I mean, it's like, no, like there is no governing body that's like out there putting, you know what I mean?

Mm, yeah, that's really complicated, right? I think I want to sort of, I want to talk about that question, but I want to start by saying that, you know, no one has to be healthy. No, right? Like, I mean, it's like, no, like there is no governing body that's like out there putting, you know what I mean?

It's like, no one owes anybody that in either the traditional sense of the word or any other more innovative or, you know, more politicized, maybe even version of that word. So I think it's important to say, and I want to back up and bring in intersectionality and say, look at the disabled community.

It's like, no one owes anybody that in either the traditional sense of the word or any other more innovative or, you know, more politicized, maybe even version of that word. So I think it's important to say, and I want to back up and bring in intersectionality and say, look at the disabled community.

It's like, no one owes anybody that in either the traditional sense of the word or any other more innovative or, you know, more politicized, maybe even version of that word. So I think it's important to say, and I want to back up and bring in intersectionality and say, look at the disabled community.

I think people with disabilities and activists within that space have consistently been saying, I'm never going to be your notion of healthy. That doesn't mean I don't get to be a full human. You get to treat me some kind of way. And so I think that I love taking that principle within disability rights, to fat activism and to understandings of fatness. So I want to start there, right?

I think people with disabilities and activists within that space have consistently been saying, I'm never going to be your notion of healthy. That doesn't mean I don't get to be a full human. You get to treat me some kind of way. And so I think that I love taking that principle within disability rights, to fat activism and to understandings of fatness. So I want to start there, right?

I think people with disabilities and activists within that space have consistently been saying, I'm never going to be your notion of healthy. That doesn't mean I don't get to be a full human. You get to treat me some kind of way. And so I think that I love taking that principle within disability rights, to fat activism and to understandings of fatness. So I want to start there, right?

Like no matter what size you are, you don't owe anybody else your health. But I mean, for me, like in an ideal world where, like in an ideal world, there wouldn't be health-based gatekeeping.

Like no matter what size you are, you don't owe anybody else your health. But I mean, for me, like in an ideal world where, like in an ideal world, there wouldn't be health-based gatekeeping.

Like no matter what size you are, you don't owe anybody else your health. But I mean, for me, like in an ideal world where, like in an ideal world, there wouldn't be health-based gatekeeping.

CRFI. If you're like many women, you've been to a birthday party or a small office gathering, an event that's meant to bring people together. There's swinging tunes, some adult beverages, and good convo. And then it comes time to cut the cake and someone decides to ruin everything.

CRFI. If you're like many women, you've been to a birthday party or a small office gathering, an event that's meant to bring people together. There's swinging tunes, some adult beverages, and good convo. And then it comes time to cut the cake and someone decides to ruin everything.

CRFI. If you're like many women, you've been to a birthday party or a small office gathering, an event that's meant to bring people together. There's swinging tunes, some adult beverages, and good convo. And then it comes time to cut the cake and someone decides to ruin everything.

Can you cut me half of half of that? A cake-related fatphobic incident or CRFI is that moment when it's time to eat delicious cake and it's interrupted by a moralizing impulse.

Can you cut me half of half of that? A cake-related fatphobic incident or CRFI is that moment when it's time to eat delicious cake and it's interrupted by a moralizing impulse.