yes to this!
and the early 2000’s is the introduction to what we know as “the obesity epidemic”
late 90s/early 2000s is a significant time, culturally, for fat folks—even ones we wouldn’t necessarily consider fat today. https://twitter.com/_brothag/status/1290018771525140481">https://twitter.com/_brothag/...
and the early 2000’s is the introduction to what we know as “the obesity epidemic”
late 90s/early 2000s is a significant time, culturally, for fat folks—even ones we wouldn’t necessarily consider fat today. https://twitter.com/_brothag/status/1290018771525140481">https://twitter.com/_brothag/...
Kim Parker was also a fashion designer. she created her own clothes, in part, because of access (or lack thereof). fashion and anti-fatness go hand-in-hand (see: “plus size”)
that all matters re: context.
that all matters re: context.
i vividly remember a conversation twitter had a couple years ago about Raven Baxter and the episode of That’s So Raven when she was written as a plus size model, and how so many people couldn’t wrap their heads around that one either. but A LOT of people did.
it’s the same here.
it’s the same here.
That’s So Raven aired in 2003—a year before the infamous obesity epidemic scientific journal was written and just 7 years after Moesha aired.
the shows, at least that particular episode, were working through the same thing.
cultural relevance is important here.
the shows, at least that particular episode, were working through the same thing.
cultural relevance is important here.