If you’re tired of looking up plus size influencers and models and seeing the same hourglass, size 1x, body and face, feel free to nod your head. This is a safe space.
Where are the size 24 and over hotties?!
The average size of a woman in America is size 16 and 18 but for some reason, fashion sites, clothing stores, plus size influencers, and the plus size modeling industry still insist on selling us smooth stomachs, no belly, no back fat, thin calves, hourglass shapes, and round asses.
In the plus size community, everyone is certainly built differently. Only a small percentage is represented in print ads, clothing endorsements, and receiving popularity and having the opportunity to grow their brands authentically.
How many plus size influencers you know wearing a size 24 and up?
How many of those influencers are Black?
As people living with multiple identities, we must remember that most if not all of those identities carry some kind of privilege; fatness is no different.
Within the fat community, there is often the idea that we’re all fat, we’re all plus size, we’re all fighting the same fight. As good as that sounds on paper, we all know this is not so simple.
Someone who is a size 1X, 16, or even a size 20 is not experiencing the oppression or othering that someone who…
