Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion

A collection that celebrates positive body image, feeling comfortable in one's own skin, and being fabulously fine with being fat 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. 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.Groundbreaking 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. 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 fatbuilding fat-positive spaces, putting together fat-friendly wardrobes, turning societys rules into personal politics, and creating supportive, inclusive communities. Writers, activists, performers, and poetsincluding April Flores, Alysia Angel, Charlotte Cooper, Jessica Judd, Emily Anderson, Genne Murphy, and Tigress Osborncover 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 unapologeticallyand unconditionallyloving the body youre in. In This Fun, Fresh, Fat-positive Anthology, Activist And Educator Virgie Tovar Brings Together Voices From An Often-marginalized Community To Talk About And Celebtrate Their Bodies. Writers, Activists, Performers And Poets Write About Everything From Fat Burlesque And Queer Dating To Plus-size Modeling And Building The Ultimate Fat Wardrobe--p. []4] Of Cover. Edited By Virgie Tovar. "In this fun, fresh, fat-positive anthology, activist and educator Virgie Tovar brings together voices from an often-marginalized community to talk about and celebtrate their bodies. Writers, activists, performers and poets write about everything from fat burlesque and queer dating to plus-size modeling and building the ultimate fat wardrobe"--Page 4] of cover