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By 17 I was wearing the largest available size for adults.
Model Yumi Nu, photographed for Vogue in 2023.
As a fat young person, it was always implied that my sartorial options would be limited.
We followed plus-size fashion bloggers, embraced our curves, urged retailers to begin stocking more plus-size fashion.
Plus-size talents have finally started making their way into film and television without being the butt of the joke.
The author, Vanessa Chan, at a Good Morning America taping.
When the producer from NBCsTodayreached out to me, I leaped into action.
I crashed on a friends couch.
I tried not to think about how I would make the rent that month after incurring this additional expense.
The NBC town car picked me up in pitch-black darkness for my early call time.
On theTodayset, I was surprised at how small the platform was.
I worried I would fall off.
For years afterward, I considered this one of the best moments in my life.
It all felt illicit, impermissible.
Fashion was still not for big girls like me.
Early on I tried to write a novel, then abandoned it.
I never felt permitted to think of myself as a writer.
Writing was beyond the possible.
Even daydreaming felt like setting myself up on a dangerous pedestal of disappointment.
These days I write fiction for a living.
When I attend book-related events, I lean toward bright colors and body-skimming silhouettes.
I accept the compliment when thin women ask me where I get my clothes.
The Storm We Made
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