The Bud Vase Voices

The Fat Ballerina Made Me Cry

  • July 7, 2022
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I never went to art school, so most of my harshest critics are middle-aged white women on the internet. They really don’t like my “naked stuff.” When I started out as a lettering artist in 2016, the bulk of my work was inspirational quotes and quippy puns. (Don’t get me wrong — I still love puns. There’s something about a punny joke that will always make me cackle.) Lately, most of my personal artwork centers around the magic of fat bodies, and that makes some people uncomfortable. It’s funny to me when folks are surprised by my vocal support of fat liberation.