You sent us your questions about how to get the hell out of diet culture, and Virgie, along with health coach Isabel Foxen Duke, are here to answer them! They talk about a better way to think about the meaning of hunger and fullness, and what to do when you’re confronted with a choice between the lasagna and the salad (hint: just eat them both!)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How to Stop Fighting Food
It can seem impossible to break out of the cycle of dieting and binging, but health coach Isabel Foxen Duke found the key at the end of what she calls her “final binge.” And the answer isn’t more dieting! Virgie and Isabel talk about “radical hopelessness,” why Nutella is the ultimate anti-diet food, and why dieting - not binging - is the real coping mechanism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Horny For Healing: Body Positive Dating Advice
Virgie talks with disability justice advocate Alex Locust (aka Glamputee) about dating and intimacy. They discuss what fat liberation and disability justice teach us about interdependence, and Alex shares why they have started saying they're "horny for healing."Topics include:The Intersection of Fat Liberation and Disability Justice [04:20]Unpacking Hook Up Culture [05:40]Hiding Yourself for Others [09:09]How To Become “Horny For Healing” [14:45]What Is Access? [17:08]A Different Way to Date [20:50]The Tool of Shedding [24:24]Future Sex Love Sounds [28:32]For more of Alex’s work, follow them @glamputee on social or head to their website glamputee.com. Follow @virgietovar and @transmitterpods to stay up to date on all things Rebel Eaters Club, and make sure to visit rebeleatersclub.com to download your starter kit! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Trails Not Scales with Fat Girls Hiking
Virgie and Summer talk about fat erasure from fitness spaces, the new (fat positive!) rules of hiking, and the simple joy of petting moss. Topics include:Empowerment through Hiking [02:40]“Fat Time” [05:05]Nature/Body Parallels [07:36]Fitness Trauma [10:58]How Summer Reclaimed Nature [13:22]Fat Girls Hiking [17:59]Redefining “Hiking” [19:45]The Fat Girls Hiking Community [23:30]The Tool of Being in Nature [25:19]For more of Summer’s work, follow her @fatgirlshiking and buy her new book "Fat Girls Hiking." For more Rebel Eaters Club, follow @virgietovar and @transmitterpods for updates! And be sure to visit rebeleatersclub.com to download your starter pack if you haven't already! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How to Raise Food-Positive Kids with Ginny Jones
Parents can often trigger their kids so easily and without meaning to, especially when it comes to food and weight. Parenting coach Ginny Jones tells us how parents can learn how to raise food-positive kids — and how we all can heal after growing up in a fatphobic or food-restrictive environment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you’re one of the millions of people who are struggling to survive in a culture that’s obsessed with weight loss, the way a Rebel Eater lives her life might sound like a revolution. In this world, pizza is not the enemy, and we love the bodies we have right now! Hosted by Virgie Tovar, a writer and activist, and one of the nation's leading speakers on weight-based discrimination and body image.
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