Melba Martinez: People Stare At Me No Matter What, So I Might As Well Give Them a Show

The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: ​ Subscribe: Watch Melba’s 1 hour extended interview on Patreon: In this episode, Queer, Latinx Melba Martinez debunks the painful misconceptions and stereotypes that all too often come along with being fat. She shows us that you can exist in a bigger body and still have show-stopping style, love hiking and dancing, value life and stand firmly in your worth, despite being told otherwise and relentlessly marginalized from a young age. Melba’s secret to healing from society’s incessant judgements is in admitting her hurt. While she still suffers from depression, not pushing down her feelings has liberated her from longer periods of darkness, just as not depriving herself from food and instead learning to eat intuitively has liberated her from dimming her life force by obsessing on fitting a mold she’ll n
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