In many black communities around the world, curvy women are the norm. In fact, we, the BBW (big beautiful women), the women with some ass; the women with curves, bumps, and lumps; the women with shape; the women with breasts; the women with junk in the trunk; the women with thick thighs are the appreciated norm, which allows us not only to be happily curvy but also to enjoy a modicum of freedom from societal pressures to be rail thin with bones protruding from beneath our skin.

