hi I’m Brigitte Ophir and I’m here tonight to talk to you about how body
tonight to talk to you about how body
tonight to talk to you about how body size affects people’s lives
size affects people’s lives
size affects people’s lives relationships and careers specifically
relationships and careers specifically
relationships and careers specifically how being fat affects these things
how being fat affects these things
how being fat affects these things people of all sizes tend to report a
people of all sizes tend to report a
people of all sizes tend to report a dissatisfaction with their bodies but
dissatisfaction with their bodies but
dissatisfaction with their bodies but fat people tend to have less access to
fat people tend to have less access to
fat people tend to have less access to meaningful participation in society most
meaningful participation in society most
meaningful participation in society most people believe that discriminating
people believe that discriminating
people believe that discriminating against fat people isn’t discrimination
against fat people isn’t discrimination
against fat people isn’t discrimination at all
at all
at all sometimes we don’t even realize how our
sometimes we don’t even realize how our
sometimes we don’t even realize how our implicit bias affects the ways we view
implicit bias affects the ways we view
implicit bias affects the ways we view the world around us for example is it
the world around us for example is it
the world around us for example is it possible that you would believe me
possible that you would believe me
possible that you would believe me or imagine me a qualified expert if I
or imagine me a qualified expert if I
or imagine me a qualified expert if I were 250 pounds instead of the size I am
were 250 pounds instead of the size I am
were 250 pounds instead of the size I am now let’s see
hi I’m Brigitte Ovar and I’m here
hi I’m Brigitte Ovar and I’m here tonight to talk to you about the ways
tonight to talk to you about the ways
tonight to talk to you about the ways that body size affects people’s lives
that body size affects people’s lives
that body size affects people’s lives relationships and careers in particular
relationships and careers in particular
relationships and careers in particular how being fat affects these things
how being fat affects these things
how being fat affects these things people of all sizes tend to report
people of all sizes tend to report
people of all sizes tend to report dissatisfaction with their bodies but
dissatisfaction with their bodies but
dissatisfaction with their bodies but fat people actually have less access to
fat people actually have less access to
fat people actually have less access to meaningful participation in society most
meaningful participation in society most
meaningful participation in society most people believe that discrimination
people believe that discrimination
people believe that discrimination against fat people isn’t discrimination
against fat people isn’t discrimination
against fat people isn’t discrimination at all sometimes it’s difficult to see
at all sometimes it’s difficult to see
at all sometimes it’s difficult to see how implicit bias shapes the way we see
how implicit bias shapes the way we see
how implicit bias shapes the way we see the world around us for example is it
the world around us for example is it
the world around us for example is it possible that you are less likely to
possible that you are less likely to
possible that you are less likely to believe me
believe me
believe me or imagine me as a trained professional
or imagine me as a trained professional
or imagine me as a trained professional or an expert now that you know that I’m
or an expert now that you know that I’m
or an expert now that you know that I’m the real Virgie Tovar well you think
the real Virgie Tovar well you think
the real Virgie Tovar well you think about that I want to tell you a story I
about that I want to tell you a story I
about that I want to tell you a story I want you to imagine me at four years old
want you to imagine me at four years old
want you to imagine me at four years old my favorite part of the day was when we
my favorite part of the day was when we
my favorite part of the day was when we got home from running errands or from
got home from running errands or from
got home from running errands or from preschool I would push open the front
preschool I would push open the front
preschool I would push open the front door with both small hands and I would
door with both small hands and I would
door with both small hands and I would take off running
take off running
take off running through the living room through the
through the living room through the
through the living room through the hallway past my bedroom past the washer
hallway past my bedroom past the washer
hallway past my bedroom past the washer dryer that made funny sounds that I
dryer that made funny sounds that I
dryer that made funny sounds that I liked and into the bathroom I would take
liked and into the bathroom I would take
liked and into the bathroom I would take off all my clothes wiggling out of my
off all my clothes wiggling out of my
off all my clothes wiggling out of my pants nearly ripping my way out of my
pants nearly ripping my way out of my
pants nearly ripping my way out of my t-shirt like it was an inconvenient
t-shirt like it was an inconvenient
t-shirt like it was an inconvenient membrane I would leave my clothes in a
membrane I would leave my clothes in a
membrane I would leave my clothes in a pile on the floor and I would take off
pile on the floor and I would take off
pile on the floor and I would take off back towards the kitchen where my
back towards the kitchen where my
back towards the kitchen where my grandmother was always cooking when I
grandmother was always cooking when I
grandmother was always cooking when I reached the end of the hallway where the
reached the end of the hallway where the
reached the end of the hallway where the calico cat colored rug turned into the
calico cat colored rug turned into the
calico cat colored rug turned into the linoleum of the hallway rather of the
linoleum of the hallway rather of the
linoleum of the hallway rather of the dining room I would stop I would spread
dining room I would stop I would spread
dining room I would stop I would spread out my arms and legs as far as I could
out my arms and legs as far as I could
out my arms and legs as far as I could and I would jiggle my thighs and belly
and I would jiggle my thighs and belly
and I would jiggle my thighs and belly my cheeks would wobble my entire body
my cheeks would wobble my entire body
my cheeks would wobble my entire body would undulate like the water in the
would undulate like the water in the
would undulate like the water in the bath
bath
bath tab or like at the community pool that I
tab or like at the community pool that I
tab or like at the community pool that I love so much in the summer my body was
love so much in the summer my body was
love so much in the summer my body was like that water a source of relief and
like that water a source of relief and
like that water a source of relief and fun a place I could jump into and feel
fun a place I could jump into and feel
fun a place I could jump into and feel held it felt good oh it felt so good I
held it felt good oh it felt so good I
held it felt good oh it felt so good I think back on that story now and I can
think back on that story now and I can
think back on that story now and I can barely believe that it’s my own
barely believe that it’s my own
barely believe that it’s my own it feels so far away I feel protective
it feels so far away I feel protective
it feels so far away I feel protective of that little girl who could not have
of that little girl who could not have
of that little girl who could not have imagined the horrible education and body
imagined the horrible education and body
imagined the horrible education and body shame that was awaiting her less than a
shame that was awaiting her less than a
shame that was awaiting her less than a year later those jiggle filled
year later those jiggle filled
year later those jiggle filled afternoons would disappear I would enter
afternoons would disappear I would enter
afternoons would disappear I would enter kindergarten and the kids in my class
kindergarten and the kids in my class
kindergarten and the kids in my class would teach me the lessons that they had
would teach me the lessons that they had
would teach me the lessons that they had learned about bodies from the culture my
learned about bodies from the culture my
learned about bodies from the culture my native relationship to my body would be
native relationship to my body would be
native relationship to my body would be stolen from me and in its place would
stolen from me and in its place would
stolen from me and in its place would grow one toxic idea your body is wrong
grow one toxic idea your body is wrong
grow one toxic idea your body is wrong that idea would threaten my happiness
that idea would threaten my happiness
that idea would threaten my happiness and ultimately my health for the next
and ultimately my health for the next
and ultimately my health for the next nearly two decades it turns out that my
nearly two decades it turns out that my
nearly two decades it turns out that my story even the timing of the events were
story even the timing of the events were
story even the timing of the events were part of a bigger cultural narrative
part of a bigger cultural narrative
part of a bigger cultural narrative researchers have found that very young
researchers have found that very young
researchers have found that very young us children show an understanding that
us children show an understanding that
us children show an understanding that fatness should be avoided at pretty much
fatness should be avoided at pretty much
fatness should be avoided at pretty much any cost
any cost
any cost in fact they asked a group of
in fact they asked a group of
in fact they asked a group of five-year-olds if they would rather lose
five-year-olds if they would rather lose
five-year-olds if they would rather lose an arm or be fat and they chose losing
an arm or be fat and they chose losing
an arm or be fat and they chose losing an arm I was not unlike those five year
an arm I was not unlike those five year
an arm I was not unlike those five year olds I too believed that I should do
olds I too believed that I should do
olds I too believed that I should do anything in my power to change my body
anything in my power to change my body
anything in my power to change my body because I’d been taught that people like
because I’d been taught that people like
because I’d been taught that people like me were ugly and inferior that my
me were ugly and inferior that my
me were ugly and inferior that my fatness was an external manifestation of
fatness was an external manifestation of
fatness was an external manifestation of internal monstrosity even though I hated
internal monstrosity even though I hated
internal monstrosity even though I hated dieting I did it for nearly 20 years
dieting I did it for nearly 20 years
dieting I did it for nearly 20 years because I believed I had to lose weight
because I believed I had to lose weight
because I believed I had to lose weight if I wanted love success visibility and
if I wanted love success visibility and
if I wanted love success visibility and freedom I believed that life would begin
freedom I believed that life would begin
freedom I believed that life would begin later
later
later I would wear a bathing suit later I
I would wear a bathing suit later I
I would wear a bathing suit later I would go on a date later I would wear my
would go on a date later I would wear my
would go on a date later I would wear my favorite outfit I would travel later the
favorite outfit I would travel later the
favorite outfit I would travel later the history of dieting is much older than
history of dieting is much older than
history of dieting is much older than most people realize the grandfather of
most people realize the grandfather of
most people realize the grandfather of modern day dieting
modern day dieting
modern day dieting named Reverend Sylvester Graham he rose
named Reverend Sylvester Graham he rose
named Reverend Sylvester Graham he rose to prominence in the 1800’s and is now
to prominence in the 1800’s and is now
to prominence in the 1800’s and is now known for his namesake invention the
known for his namesake invention the
known for his namesake invention the graham cracker Graham believed that
graham cracker Graham believed that
graham cracker Graham believed that delicious well spiced foods led to
delicious well spiced foods led to
delicious well spiced foods led to lasciviousness and that low flavor
lasciviousness and that low flavor
lasciviousness and that low flavor low-fat foods led to purity of mind and
low-fat foods led to purity of mind and
low-fat foods led to purity of mind and body
body
body he started the dietary reform movement
he started the dietary reform movement
he started the dietary reform movement he and his followers believed that
he and his followers believed that
he and his followers believed that through food you could control morality
through food you could control morality
through food you could control morality the same ideological basis of dieting
the same ideological basis of dieting
the same ideological basis of dieting today dieting was there during every
today dieting was there during every
today dieting was there during every formative step of my life I was starving
formative step of my life I was starving
formative step of my life I was starving myself for the first time in the summer
myself for the first time in the summer
myself for the first time in the summer before elementary school I was on a diet
before elementary school I was on a diet
before elementary school I was on a diet the day I graduated from high school I
the day I graduated from high school I
the day I graduated from high school I had my first bout of hunger induced
had my first bout of hunger induced
had my first bout of hunger induced exhaustion when I was overseas in
exhaustion when I was overseas in
exhaustion when I was overseas in college for the first time and when I
college for the first time and when I
college for the first time and when I got my BA in political science I was
got my BA in political science I was
got my BA in political science I was calorie counting the meal following the
calorie counting the meal following the
calorie counting the meal following the ceremony it never once occurred to me
ceremony it never once occurred to me
ceremony it never once occurred to me that maybe the problem wasn’t me maybe
that maybe the problem wasn’t me maybe
that maybe the problem wasn’t me maybe there was something not quite right
there was something not quite right
there was something not quite right about a culture that hated me so much
about a culture that hated me so much
about a culture that hated me so much just because I was bigger than other
just because I was bigger than other
just because I was bigger than other people I never thought to blame
people I never thought to blame
people I never thought to blame fatphobia
fatphobia
fatphobia the bigotry ideology that positions that
the bigotry ideology that positions that
the bigotry ideology that positions that people as inferior
people as inferior
people as inferior I only ever blamed myself it wasn’t
I only ever blamed myself it wasn’t
I only ever blamed myself it wasn’t until I began researching fat in
until I began researching fat in
until I began researching fat in graduate school that my ideas about all
graduate school that my ideas about all
graduate school that my ideas about all of this began to change it was 2010 and
of this began to change it was 2010 and
of this began to change it was 2010 and fad Studies was an emerging discipline
fad Studies was an emerging discipline
fad Studies was an emerging discipline with only a handful of books and
with only a handful of books and
with only a handful of books and articles it was in this fledgling
articles it was in this fledgling
articles it was in this fledgling environment that I began interviewing
environment that I began interviewing
environment that I began interviewing women who had been fat their whole lives
women who had been fat their whole lives
women who had been fat their whole lives I wanted to understand how their body
I wanted to understand how their body
I wanted to understand how their body size had affected the trajectory of
size had affected the trajectory of
size had affected the trajectory of their lives
their lives
their lives I found that no matter what I asked them
I found that no matter what I asked them
I found that no matter what I asked them in interviews the stories kept coming
in interviews the stories kept coming
in interviews the stories kept coming back to clothing gender alienation one
back to clothing gender alienation one
back to clothing gender alienation one of my participants told me about what it
of my participants told me about what it
of my participants told me about what it was like growing up for her and how she
was like growing up for her and how she
was like growing up for her and how she always felt like she was straddling a
always felt like she was straddling a
always felt like she was straddling a line between boy and girl a lot of times
line between boy and girl a lot of times
line between boy and girl a lot of times during play time little girls reenact
during play time little girls reenact
during play time little girls reenact heterosexual romances and a lot of times
heterosexual romances and a lot of times
heterosexual romances and a lot of times the biggest girl is just chosen as the
the biggest girl is just chosen as the
the biggest girl is just chosen as the most appropriate for the boy
most appropriate for the boy
most appropriate for the boy the husband role this is rarely
the husband role this is rarely
the husband role this is rarely discussed it’s often just understood
discussed it’s often just understood
discussed it’s often just understood that the biggest girl is best suited for
that the biggest girl is best suited for
that the biggest girl is best suited for the role a number of my participants
the role a number of my participants
the role a number of my participants talked about never being able to find
talked about never being able to find
talked about never being able to find clothing in the girls department they’re
clothing in the girls department they’re
clothing in the girls department they’re a department and still others talked
a department and still others talked
a department and still others talked about how little boys in their school
about how little boys in their school
about how little boys in their school when they grew up treated them more
when they grew up treated them more
when they grew up treated them more roughly than they did their smaller
roughly than they did their smaller
roughly than they did their smaller girlfriends I found that these
girlfriends I found that these
girlfriends I found that these experiences led to gender confusion and
experiences led to gender confusion and
experiences led to gender confusion and often in adulthood many of my
often in adulthood many of my
often in adulthood many of my participants had much more sophisticated
participants had much more sophisticated
participants had much more sophisticated gender stories and they felt that they
gender stories and they felt that they
gender stories and they felt that they had to perform gender more aggressively
had to perform gender more aggressively
had to perform gender more aggressively and more creatively than their smaller
and more creatively than their smaller
and more creatively than their smaller counterparts I began to realize that the
counterparts I began to realize that the
counterparts I began to realize that the way that I had been taught to think of
way that I had been taught to think of
way that I had been taught to think of fad the way that I’d been taught to see
fad the way that I’d been taught to see
fad the way that I’d been taught to see my own body was not inevitable
my own body was not inevitable
my own body was not inevitable it wasn’t even Universal it was cultural
it wasn’t even Universal it was cultural
it wasn’t even Universal it was cultural in no other example did this become more
in no other example did this become more
in no other example did this become more clear than when I began reading the work
clear than when I began reading the work
clear than when I began reading the work of anthropologists who did ethnographies
of anthropologists who did ethnographies
of anthropologists who did ethnographies in regions of the contemporary world
in regions of the contemporary world
in regions of the contemporary world where women go to extreme lengths to
where women go to extreme lengths to
where women go to extreme lengths to become as fat as possible because where
become as fat as possible because where
become as fat as possible because where they live fat rolls and stretch marks
they live fat rolls and stretch marks
they live fat rolls and stretch marks are the height of feminine beauty
are the height of feminine beauty
are the height of feminine beauty sometimes women even die from consuming
sometimes women even die from consuming
sometimes women even die from consuming weight gaining medications designed for
weight gaining medications designed for
weight gaining medications designed for animals I realized that no matter what
animals I realized that no matter what
animals I realized that no matter what the standard fat or thin women will go
the standard fat or thin women will go
the standard fat or thin women will go to extraordinary lengths to fulfill
to extraordinary lengths to fulfill
to extraordinary lengths to fulfill whatever their culture standard of
whatever their culture standard of
whatever their culture standard of beauty happens to be if they don’t feel
beauty happens to be if they don’t feel
beauty happens to be if they don’t feel like they have a viable alternative in
like they have a viable alternative in
like they have a viable alternative in the midst of all this I was going deeper
the midst of all this I was going deeper
the midst of all this I was going deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole as a
and deeper down the rabbit hole as a
and deeper down the rabbit hole as a scholar and as a person and someone
scholar and as a person and someone
scholar and as a person and someone asked me if I’d ever heard of a
asked me if I’d ever heard of a
asked me if I’d ever heard of a conference specifically designed for fat
conference specifically designed for fat
conference specifically designed for fat people well I hadn’t but I looked it up
people well I hadn’t but I looked it up
people well I hadn’t but I looked it up online registered in a few weeks later I
online registered in a few weeks later I
online registered in a few weeks later I was on the BART taking a bus to Oakland
was on the BART taking a bus to Oakland
was on the BART taking a bus to Oakland California where the conference was
California where the conference was
California where the conference was being held I dragged my sad little navy
being held I dragged my sad little navy
being held I dragged my sad little navy blue suitcase a brokerage student
blue suitcase a brokerage student
blue suitcase a brokerage student through the the parking lot of the hotel
through the the parking lot of the hotel
through the the parking lot of the hotel and I entered the breezeway and about
and I entered the breezeway and about
and I entered the breezeway and about halfway through I could smell chlorine I
halfway through I could smell chlorine I
halfway through I could smell chlorine I could hear splashing and as they exited
could hear splashing and as they exited
could hear splashing and as they exited the breezeway I saw something that I’d
the breezeway I saw something that I’d
the breezeway I saw something that I’d never seen
never seen
never seen for something I had been told did not
for something I had been told did not
for something I had been told did not exist all around the pool were gorgeous
exist all around the pool were gorgeous
exist all around the pool were gorgeous fat women in amazing bathing suits they
fat women in amazing bathing suits they
fat women in amazing bathing suits they were laughing and chatting they were
were laughing and chatting they were
were laughing and chatting they were swimming and napping they were just
swimming and napping they were just
swimming and napping they were just living without any discernible trace of
living without any discernible trace of
living without any discernible trace of the shame I’d always seen on women like
the shame I’d always seen on women like
the shame I’d always seen on women like them women like us and then something
them women like us and then something
them women like us and then something even more magical happened from the edge
even more magical happened from the edge
even more magical happened from the edge of this tableau came a redhead big arms
of this tableau came a redhead big arms
of this tableau came a redhead big arms big belly big size she was wearing a red
big belly big size she was wearing a red
big belly big size she was wearing a red vintage cut bathing suit covered in
vintage cut bathing suit covered in
vintage cut bathing suit covered in white polka dots and dramatic cat eye
white polka dots and dramatic cat eye
white polka dots and dramatic cat eye sunglasses she did not walk she
sunglasses she did not walk she
sunglasses she did not walk she sauntered and trailing behind her was a
sauntered and trailing behind her was a
sauntered and trailing behind her was a boy carrying a parasol over her head so
boy carrying a parasol over her head so
boy carrying a parasol over her head so she wouldn’t burn some might call this a
she wouldn’t burn some might call this a
she wouldn’t burn some might call this a come-to-jesus moment when I saw her I
come-to-jesus moment when I saw her I
come-to-jesus moment when I saw her I saw the potential for my own shame free
saw the potential for my own shame free
saw the potential for my own shame free future in 2014 not long after that
future in 2014 not long after that
future in 2014 not long after that poolside moment I started a campaign
poolside moment I started a campaign
poolside moment I started a campaign called lose hate not weight I wanted to
called lose hate not weight I wanted to
called lose hate not weight I wanted to tell people that it was not weight that
tell people that it was not weight that
tell people that it was not weight that needed to be shed but rather the
needed to be shed but rather the
needed to be shed but rather the ideology that we aren’t perfect no
ideology that we aren’t perfect no
ideology that we aren’t perfect no matter what our size I began to solicit
matter what our size I began to solicit
matter what our size I began to solicit submissions from women I wanted to
submissions from women I wanted to
submissions from women I wanted to understand women who had declared peace
understand women who had declared peace
understand women who had declared peace in their relationship on their body
in their relationship on their body
in their relationship on their body women who would stop trying to control
women who would stop trying to control
women who would stop trying to control their weight one of the first stories I
their weight one of the first stories I
their weight one of the first stories I got was from a woman named Abby Abby
got was from a woman named Abby Abby
got was from a woman named Abby Abby started to have excruciating uterine
started to have excruciating uterine
started to have excruciating uterine cramps in her 20s and she tried to
cramps in her 20s and she tried to
cramps in her 20s and she tried to ignore it but ended up at the hospital
ignore it but ended up at the hospital
ignore it but ended up at the hospital and her doctor took one look at her saw
and her doctor took one look at her saw
and her doctor took one look at her saw that person and rather than examine her
that person and rather than examine her
that person and rather than examine her told her that she simply needed to lose
told her that she simply needed to lose
told her that she simply needed to lose weight and the pain would go away even
weight and the pain would go away even
weight and the pain would go away even though Abby sense there was something
though Abby sense there was something
though Abby sense there was something more serious happening inside she didn’t
more serious happening inside she didn’t
more serious happening inside she didn’t feel empowered to speak back to the
feel empowered to speak back to the
feel empowered to speak back to the doctor so she left and she didn’t return
doctor so she left and she didn’t return
doctor so she left and she didn’t return to another doctor for three years and
to another doctor for three years and
to another doctor for three years and during those three years a tumor grew
during those three years a tumor grew
during those three years a tumor grew inside of her unmonitored and undetected
inside of her unmonitored and undetected
inside of her unmonitored and undetected she spent most of her 20s in treatment
she spent most of her 20s in treatment
she spent most of her 20s in treatment for cancer
for cancer
for cancer she told me that the language that she
she told me that the language that she
she told me that the language that she heard about cancer that it was an
heard about cancer that it was an
heard about cancer that it was an invasive alien force that had taken over
invasive alien force that had taken over
invasive alien force that had taken over her body reminded her of the way that
her body reminded her of the way that
her body reminded her of the way that people had talked about her fatness and
people had talked about her fatness and
people had talked about her fatness and through making peace with cancer she was
through making peace with cancer she was
through making peace with cancer she was able to make peace with her body
able to make peace with her body
able to make peace with her body Abby is now in remission when my
Abby is now in remission when my
Abby is now in remission when my favorite stories came from a woman named
favorite stories came from a woman named
favorite stories came from a woman named Erin Erin was in a terrible car accident
Erin Erin was in a terrible car accident
Erin Erin was in a terrible car accident when she was in college a truck came
when she was in college a truck came
when she was in college a truck came over the dividing line hit her head on
over the dividing line hit her head on
over the dividing line hit her head on and totaled her car she had to be
and totaled her car she had to be
and totaled her car she had to be removed with the jaws of life and
removed with the jaws of life and
removed with the jaws of life and helicopter to the nearest hospital
helicopter to the nearest hospital
helicopter to the nearest hospital even though nearly every inch of her
even though nearly every inch of her
even though nearly every inch of her body was covered in lacerations and
body was covered in lacerations and
body was covered in lacerations and bruises her internal organs were
bruises her internal organs were
bruises her internal organs were perfectly intact her doctor told her
perfectly intact her doctor told her
perfectly intact her doctor told her that if she hadn’t been carrying a
that if she hadn’t been carrying a
that if she hadn’t been carrying a little extra weight she would have
little extra weight she would have
little extra weight she would have definitely died she said to me it’s
definitely died she said to me it’s
definitely died she said to me it’s pretty hard to hate your body after
pretty hard to hate your body after
pretty hard to hate your body after something like that
Aaron is now a well-known burlesque star
Aaron is now a well-known burlesque star in Seattle I want to leave you with one
in Seattle I want to leave you with one
in Seattle I want to leave you with one last story and it’s one that occurred
last story and it’s one that occurred
last story and it’s one that occurred recently in November I took a group of
recently in November I took a group of
recently in November I took a group of women to Jamaica and every single
women to Jamaica and every single
women to Jamaica and every single morning we would walk out to the edge of
morning we would walk out to the edge of
morning we would walk out to the edge of the Caribbean Sea we would spread out
the Caribbean Sea we would spread out
the Caribbean Sea we would spread out our arms and legs as far as we could and
our arms and legs as far as we could and
our arms and legs as far as we could and we would jiggle the experience released
we would jiggle the experience released
we would jiggle the experience released something inside of us the the
something inside of us the the
something inside of us the the remembrance of freedom the remembrance
remembrance of freedom the remembrance
remembrance of freedom the remembrance and the connection to our souls as
and the connection to our souls as
and the connection to our souls as magical the idea that our bodies are
magical the idea that our bodies are
magical the idea that our bodies are these incredible vehicles that take us
these incredible vehicles that take us
these incredible vehicles that take us through the most meaningful parts of our
through the most meaningful parts of our
through the most meaningful parts of our lives so I want to leave you with the
lives so I want to leave you with the
lives so I want to leave you with the sentiment that you shouldn’t wait one
sentiment that you shouldn’t wait one
sentiment that you shouldn’t wait one more day one more pound the next time
more day one more pound the next time
more day one more pound the next time that you look in the mirror and you have
that you look in the mirror and you have
that you look in the mirror and you have the impulse to judge the body you see or
the impulse to judge the body you see or
the impulse to judge the body you see or you look at another person and have the
you look at another person and have the
you look at another person and have the impulse to judge their body remember
impulse to judge their body remember
impulse to judge their body remember that childlike sense of wonder
that childlike sense of wonder
that childlike sense of wonder after all you have nothing to lose but
after all you have nothing to lose but
after all you have nothing to lose but your shame thank you
your shame thank you
your shame thank you [Applause]
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