Fat Chance, Charlie Vega

by Crystal Maldonado

But my mind struggles to bridge the gap between the two ideologies. I’m fat, and I celebrate other fat people, but I don’t quite celebrate me. It makes me feel like a fraud.

I would secretly give anything to be thin, while outwardly and openly rebelling against the idea that anyone should have to.

It’s the first year where I don’t waste my wish on being skinny; I wish for more happy moments like this.