A California health department is now consulting with a “fat positivity” expert to address what is being called “weight neutrality.”
The author of “You Have the Right to Remain Fat” announced her “dream” job on social media, as the San Francisco Department of Public Health hired her on the taxpayers’ dime to consult on “weight stigma and weight neutrality.”
San Francisco just appointed Virgie Tovar as their Weight Stigma Czar pic.twitter.com/C6BPRC9xLe
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 17, 2024
“I’m unbelievably proud to serve the city I’ve called home for almost 20 years in this way!” wrote Virgie Tovar, a self-described “anti-weight-based discrimination” expert.
“This consultancy is an absolute dream come true, and it’s my biggest hope and belief that weight neutrality will be the future of public health,” she added.
A post on X about the news caught the attention of Elon Musk who asked, “This is real?”
Yup. She’s a fat rights activist. pic.twitter.com/xH4xW2PwFy
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 17, 2024
The Department did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment so it is not yet clear what role Tovar will be playing. Her website indicates she is a contributor for Forbes, and writes on the “plus size market.”
“I’m a plus-size Latina, author, and lecturer. I have a Master’s degree in Sexuality Studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race and gender. I’m a contributor for Forbes.com where I cover the plus-size market and how to end weight discrimination at work,” Tovar writes on her website.
San Francisco just appointed Virgie Tovar as the city’s “Fat Positivity Czar” or some such nonsense.
Age: 37
Height: 5’3”
Weight: 250#
BMI: 44.3I am pleased to inform you this part of the “Woke Culture” has been soundly rejected and is herefore cancelled. pic.twitter.com/InnEpHRpe9
— filius libertate (@76LibertyAlways) December 17, 2024
Earlier this year she offered tips on decreasing the “stigma around food and bodies at work” as she conducted a weight bias training for unidentified government workers. Suggesting workers should “Talk less or not at all about how you and others eat at work,” she also proposed one should “Talk less or not at all about you or others’ bodies at work.”
Weight Stigma Czar Virgie Tovar’s fat rights work is now taught in medical schools. https://t.co/XIO3ltOJBQ pic.twitter.com/yiYNIQhJyD
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 18, 2024
“Don’t presume that food, weight, body size or exercise are safe or comfortable topics to discuss at work for everyone,” she wrote in another tip.
“Virgie’s corporate trainings focus on creating a non-judgmental environment where professionals can build awareness, vocabulary and best practices aimed at decreasing occupational weight-based discrimination,” her website notes, pointing to the Seattle Transit Agency, UC Berkeley, and others as past clients.
