Bodybuilders for the BBW

by Sam Hall

Sometimes I felt like making healthy food choices was the rent I had to pay for existing as a plus sized woman.

“See me carrying drinks and not dropping them?” I said as Katie looked up. “Very mindful, very demure.”

I deserved respect, love, to be someone’s number one priority, and I refused to settle for anything less.

“I hated that you were with Dave. He wasn’t fit to touch the ground you walked on, let alone you. I wanted to break every single one of the fingers that touched you, punch his teeth down the throat that dared to speak your name.”