Table of Contents
Letter from the Editor Angie Manfredi 1
Body Sovereignty: This Fat Trans Flesh Is Mine Alex Gino 5
Chubby City Indian Jana Schmieding 12
How to Be the Star of Your Own Fat Rom-Com Lily Anderson 20
The Story of My Body Renée Watson 30
Brighter Than Starlight (an illustration) Jiji Knight 34
A Body Like Mine Mason Deaver 38
Fat, And S. Qiouyi Lu 42
Write Something Fat Sarah Hollowell 51
Seven Things I Would Tell Eleven-year-old Me David Bowles 58
Black, Fat, Fem: The Weight of a Queen Jonathan P. Higgins, ED.D. 67
The 5 Things You Need to Start Your Very Own Rad Fat Babe Revolution (from Someone Who Knows) Virgie Tovar 73
I Wear What I Want 'Cause I Want To P. S. Kaguya 81
Fatness & Horror: The Match Made in Not Heaven Hillary Monahan 87
A Poem That's About Nature and Fatness Miguel M. Morales 94
For the Love of Ursula's Revenge Body Julie Murphy 98
Fat Prom (an illustration) Shelby Bergen 104
Fat and Thriving Isabel Quintero 110
Can't Find Your Community? Create Your Own Bruce Sturgell 117
Your Journey to Being #fatandfree Saucyé West 125
Confidence Corissa Enneking 130
Make Your Own Self-Care Kit (an illustration) Rachelle Abellar 134
Losing My Religion Jess Walton 138
You Are Loved Ady Del Valle 145
Fat Acceptance Is (Really) Real Evette Dionne 149
50 Tips from a Fat and Fabulous Elder Miguel M. Morales 158
Does this poem make me look fat? Miguel M. Morales 162
Elephant, Hippo, and Other Nicknames I Love Jes Baker 165
Love You (an illustration) Mel Stringer 176
To All the Pizzas I've Loved Before Laina Spencer 180
From Your Fat Future Adrianne Russell 185
Fat. Boy. Walking Miguel M. Morales 190
Reasons to Hang in There Samantha Irby 192
Baltimore … and Me Amy Spalding 201
Fat Fashion Resources 209
Acknowledgments 215