News about Virgie Tovar
AMANDA PLATELL: Bridgerton's mixed weight affair is great but I'll never date a fat guy
www.dailymail.co.uk,
July 5, 2024
A fat-shaming furore erupted after Forbes magazine ran an article following the romance between Bridgerton's fulsome Nicola Coughlan and her pencil-thin suitor Luke Newton. Headlined 'Are we still not ready for a 'Mixed Weight Romance' on screen?', it was written by Virgie Tovar, one of America's leading experts on weight bias, who is a plus size herself. 'The one thing I know for 100 per cent certainty is that fat people have and always will be loved and lusted after,' she insisted. I'm sure she is right.
'People are uncomfortable with fat women having their love story': 'Fat activist' in a relationship with a smaller man hits back at critics of Bridgerton who think mixed-weight couples are 'unacceptable'
www.dailymail.co.uk,
July 4, 2024
Megan Ixim, from New York, who is in a long-term relationship with her boyfriend, Todd, said the term is rooted in the idea that oversized women being in a relationship is an 'oddity' or 'unacceptable'. It comes after Forbes met fierce criticism over an opinion piece declaring that two Bridgerton characters (pictured inset) are in a 'mixed-weight romance' - suggesting that the world is 'still not ready' to see two people of different body types dating on-screen. (Pictured Megan and Todd)
JANET STREET-PORTER: Ignore the fat-shamers, Nicola - you're Bridgerton's most gorgeous and talented star. So why don't the trolls start looking at all the MALE film and TV characters in 'mixed-weight relationships'?
www.dailymail.co.uk,
July 4, 2024
JANET STREET-PORTER: Once, again, a famous woman is being discussed like a lump of meat in a supermarket. It's hard to believe that in 2024 the star of a ground-breaking television drama is being singled out for derision because of her size - because she's curvy and can probably match her male co-star kilo for kilo on the scales. The hot affair between Lady Penelope Featherington and posh Colin Bridgerton in Season Three of the hit show has been described as a 'mixed weight romance' and tagged 'implausible' by some critics. Enraged feminists and fans have taken to social media to vent their fury, asking why shouldn't plus-size women have great sex? And why do fat-phobic critics pick on larger ladies?
Forbes sparks FURY with opinion piece about Bridgerton's 'mixed-weight romance' between Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton: 'What does this even MEAN?'
www.dailymail.co.uk,
July 2, 2024
The piece, which was written by Virgie Tovar, a 'leading expert on weight bias', focused on the relationship between fictional characters Penelope Featherington, played by Nicola Coughlan , and Colin Bridgerton, played by Luke Newton. Tovar said that the on-screen relationship between the two characters 'defied romance plotline convention', seemingly because Nicola is 'larger' than Luke. But Tovar's use of the phrase 'mixed-weight romance' has sparked a bitter backlash from readers, with many questioning why the need to call attention to their size was ever necessary.