Virgie Tovar,Charlotte  Cooper
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 fatâ€”building fat-positive spaces, putting together fat-friendly wardrobes, turning societyâ€™s rules into personal politics, and creating supportive, inclusive communities. Writers, activists, performers, and poetsâ€”including April Flores, Alysia Angel, Charlotte Cooper, Jessica Judd, Emily Anderson, Genne Murphy, and Tigress Osbornâ€”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 unapologeticallyâ€”and unconditionallyâ€”loving the body youâ€™re in.
Nonfiction,Feminism,Fat,Fat Studies,Health,Fat,GLBT,Queer,Fat,Fat Acceptance,Writing,Essays,Autobiography,Memoir,Self Help,Gender,Gender Studies
Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion