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

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.

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.

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.