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DCC Episode 19: Virgie Tovar "Miss PIggy meets RuPaul" #losehatenotweight

2/17/2015

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I was introduced to the work of VIrgie Tovar by way of reading about body politics a few years back. I picked up her book "Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on LIfe, Love and Fashion" and I loved how she and the essayists in the book connected fat fashion to political activism.
She's one of North America's leading voices on fat discriminsation and body image, and has been featured in  New York Times, MTV, Al Jazeera, the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Huffington Post, Bust Magazine, Jezebel, xoJane, and SF Weekly as well as on Women’s Entertainment Television and The Ricki Lake Show. She has an MA in Human Sexuality and speaks at colleges and universities also: University of Washington, Earlham College, Hollins University, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, California College of the Arts, Sonoma State University, and Humboldt State University.
She is wonderfully quotable! She describes her style as: 
Gaudy, over the top, high femme....Miss Piggy meets RuPaul. 
Please visit Virgie at virgietovar.com! 
thanks for listening! 
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DCC Episode 18: Liza Kelly "I like to bounce between different eras"

2/3/2015

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Theatrical costuming student and vintage clothing expert Liza Kelly told me where the 'weird shit' is this episode of the show! We talked about her love of film (old musicals, Fellini, Ken Russell, Terry Giliam), classic sitcoms (Rhoda and Maude), plus the ballet! She loves bright colours and eclectic vintage and has no use for mass market. 
We talked about 'bouncing between the eras'--how time and culture remix the fashions of each decade. 
thanks for listening~
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