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San Francisco Health Department hires 'fat positivity' expert to consult on 'weight stigma and neutrality' Virgie Tovar, the author of 'You Have the Right to Remain Fat,' called the partnership an 'absolute dream come true'
Fox News via Yahoo ^ | 12/17/2024 | Yael Halon

Posted on 12/17/2024 5:03:23 PM PST by vespa300

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has hired a self-described "anti-weight-based discrimination" expert to consult on "weight stigma and weight neutrality."

Virgie Tovar, the author of 'You Have the Right to Remain Fat" and other published works on "fat positivity and body acceptance" announced on her Instagram Monday that she was hired to consult for the department, calling the collaboration an "absolute dream come true."

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KEYWORDS: california; californication; fat; positivity; sanfrancisco; sanfransicko
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To: vespa300

They may have to requisition a new office chair. They don’t need any workplace accidents.


21 posted on 12/17/2024 6:06:10 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: vespa300
SING IT, Arthur!
22 posted on 12/17/2024 6:06:50 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: philman_36

https://ergonomicshealth.com/office-chairs-for-heavy-people/

they are not fat people, they are heavy people.


23 posted on 12/17/2024 6:10:34 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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LIVING THE DREAM AT 250 POUNDS // BY VIRGIE TOVAR

The standard load weight for office chairs is about 250 pounds.
They should look in the big and tall section.

24 posted on 12/17/2024 6:11:36 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: vespa300

I’m in a Christmas play / musical. Backstage is crowded. The main narrow hall has room for three normal sized people to stand side by side and pass.

Most performers are air fat they completely fill the hall. People have to back out.


25 posted on 12/17/2024 6:11:56 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("Israel will just have to ... kill more Christians” - FR's own "nitzy")
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To: vespa300

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/obesity/symptoms-causes/syc-20375742

Obesity is a complex disease involving having too much body fat.


26 posted on 12/17/2024 6:12:21 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple
they are not fat people, they are heavy people.

Ah, like vertically challenged instead of short. Got it.

27 posted on 12/17/2024 6:13:37 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: vespa300

Mr. Kennedy please pick up the white courtesy phone.


28 posted on 12/17/2024 6:37:05 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: NorthMountain

Wow worse than I thought. Fat, ugly, dumb and attitude. I’m sure others can add additional adjectives / descriptors.


29 posted on 12/17/2024 6:37:43 PM PST by wgmalabama (For rent….)
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To: NorthMountain

So brave to not have any mirrors in the house.


30 posted on 12/17/2024 6:38:49 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: wgmalabama

She is deliberately uglifying herself. Even without losing any weight (which she would be well advised to do), she could do much to make herself more attractive.

But no ...

She exposes her inner ugliness for all to see and hear (and maybe smell).


31 posted on 12/17/2024 6:48:51 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

I’m guessing she has no idea how she really looks. Talk about your body dysmorphic disorder!


32 posted on 12/17/2024 6:51:15 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: vespa300

Obesity causes many health issues and those they do not cause they make worse. Also lowers your quality of life and increases stress as your entire organ system is more stressed just to keep you functioning...not being able to get out of a chair as easily and having pain in joints also is not a great thing to have.

There should be no “fat shaming” - but “fat acceptance” is just as evil. “Health” is not what these people are focused on, clearly.


33 posted on 12/17/2024 7:03:21 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Flaming Conservative
she has no idea how she really looks

I suppose it's possible that she's so lost in delusion as to think that looks good. If so, she's nuttier than squirrel turds.

I still think it's deliberate ugliness. I'm open to persuasion, though.

34 posted on 12/17/2024 7:18:43 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: goodnesswins

She looks like a cross between Roseanne when she was fat and Buddy Hackett.....not my type either way.


35 posted on 12/17/2024 7:20:19 PM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300

She may have the “right to remain fat,” but I have the right to tell her that she is not right in the head!

Discipline, fatso, discipline! Quit eating! Exercise! Get skinny!


36 posted on 12/17/2024 7:32:34 PM PST by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!)
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To: vespa300

ALL THROUGH the article they use the evil, the verboten “she” “her”

Oh! The Humanity!!

And in honor of Tower Of Power “What Is Hip”

What is fat?
Tell me, tell me, if you think you know
What is fat?
If you’re really fat
The question, “How much will it show?”
You’re into a fat trip
Maybe fatter than fat
What is fat?

You became a part of a new big breed
Been eatin’ only the best feed
Hangin’ out with the so called “Fat set”
Seen in all the right places
Seen with just the right faces
You should be satisfied, but it you keep on eatin’

What is fat
Tell me, tell me
Do you think you know


37 posted on 12/17/2024 7:36:51 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: PeterPrinciple

ie ignore the elephant in the room


38 posted on 12/17/2024 8:22:49 PM PST by joshua c
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To: vespa300

By Root Boy Slim:

Dare to be fat!
Fat is where it’s at!
Dare to be fat!
Fat is where it’s at!
Having a ball
With cholesterol
Come on y’all
Fat don’t matter at all

I saw a fat girl in my neighborhood
Good God almighty she was lookin’ good
Tight ski pants, cashmere sweater
Root Boy can’t think of nothin, nothin better

Dare to be fat
Fat is where it’s at
Dare to be fat
Fat is where it’s at
Having a ball
With cholesterol
Come on y’all
Fat don’t matter at all

She’s got a shape that makes me drool
Lord I’m just a fat girl’s fool
She weighs in at two-oh-two
That’s fine with me, I’m portly too
Dare to be fat
Fat is where it’s at
Dare to be fat
Fat is where it’s at
Having a ball
With cholesterol
Come on y’all
Fat don’t matter at all

Man, those fat girls got me eating out of their hands
They got me playin the fool
They got me doin anything they want me to
They got me wrapped out around their pudgy fingers
I don’t know how to get out of this syndrome I’m in

Me and my woman got it made
Eatin in, eatin out, at least six times a day
Breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner too
Plus a few meals that might be new to you

Come on come on you fat girls
Give Root Boy some play
Fellow might not be noticin you but
I dig you, I dig you
I’m a fat man too
I dig you fat girls
You’re foxy, you’re foxy
You got put on a pedestal
Highly elevated
Back in medieval times
You’re Rubenesque, baby


39 posted on 12/17/2024 8:35:44 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: vespa300
Tovar has been vocal against diet culture and BMI metrics on her social media platforms. In a video posted by Project Heal, Tovar discussed how medical professionals pressured her to lose weight since she was a child and that she had falsely believed they were doing so with her health in mind.

Well, they were.

Being as fat as you is not healthy, no matter how you may wish the facts away.

40 posted on 12/17/2024 8:38:53 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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