Fat Girls in Black Bodies Quotes

“The crafting of meals is somewhat spiritual in itself. It teaches us to cook with the best ingredients to render a flavor that speaks to how we feel about one another. Food in Black culture is a conduit of communication. A feeling. A connection.”
― Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own

“It costs the comedian nothing to stop telling fat, homophobic, and transphobic jokes. Nothing! If they couldn't get someone to laugh outside of those contexts, they should consider a new profession.”
― Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own

“By signing up for acceptance, I also signed up for resistance, even if it was in my ignorance.”
― Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own