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Author: Virgie Tovar, The Summer of Self-Love

Tuesday, 8/18/2020
7:00 - 8:00
Virtual Library

United States

Imagine a world where you truly believe there is nothing wrong with your body. Virgie Tovar author of The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color (New Harbinger Publications 2020) and You Have the Right to Remain Fat (Feminist Press 2018), will share her most surprising findings and tools from a decade dedicated to understanding why we are so afraid of being fat.  

Virgie Tovar hosts the podcast Rebel Eaters Club, is a contributor for Forbes.com and started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. 

Reservations required: https://bit.ly/VirgieSelfLove8-18-20

Connect with Virgie Tovar: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

OTSP Book Club: Sunday, Aug. 16 • 2 p.m.Virgie Tovar You Have the Right to Remain Fat  

Reservations required: https://bit.ly/OTSPBkClb8-16-20


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