There’s a fat chance she’s going to stop wearing what she wants.
A self-described “fat and fine” influencer is not letting haters rain on her parade, defiantly declaring that she won’t let her size stop her from rocking mini skirts and tight dresses.
“Fashion isn’t age restricted and beauty isn’t just for one size,” Julia Sena, 30, told Jam Press.
The 320-pound social media star, from Phoenix, Arizona, frequently shares body-positive content for over 121,000 followers on Instagram. These include videos where she sports skimpy outfits in an effort to show fellow plus-size people that it’s ok to “wear what you want to wear.”
In one clip, captioned “320lbs of idgaf about what you think about my body,” the content creator can be seen rocking a revealing miniskirt and short top while posing defiantly for the camera.
Fans were impressed with Sena’s unapologetic approach to body positivity, with one fan writing, “more of this energy in the world please.”
“Love ur energy, continue Queenin,” gushed another alongside heart and fire emojis.
It’s been a long and arduous road for the social media star, whose “bigger body” has made her a target for fat-shamers her entire life.
“If I’m not being dehumanized by people by being compared to large animals or even pieces of furniture – yes, that’s happened — I tend to get over sexualized and fetishized for my size,” she lamented. “People want to know what it’s like to date a BBW [Big Beautiful Woman] not just because I am one, but because of the harmful stereotypes people associate with it.”
She added, “Like being more submissive, easier to get, and being treated as an object just for their personal pleasure.”
Thankfully, Sena is striving to turn the stigma around by using phrases like “fat and fine,” “big and beautiful” or “hot and heavy” to help “people “rewire” the way they view people with bigger bodies.
“Since I now validate myself, my beauty and my body, I don’t get as down as I used to,” the Instagrammer declared.
Fortunately, along with the “constant negativity” she’s received throughout her life, Sena’s “also experienced tons of love.”
Still, Sena believes that overhauling fat-phobia is going to take some heavy lifting as “plus-size people don’t get a whole lot of representation.”
“If we do, it tends to be as the trope of the ‘fat funny friend’ or the bigger person who’s ashamed to be fat,” said Sena, who believes that “fat people deserve love, dignity and respect too.”
As such, the Arizonan vows to “keep creating a space online where people can feel comfortable in the skin they’re in.”
While her journey hasn’t been easy, Sena claims that she’s never been prouder of her body.
“This big beautiful body has carried and supported me through the ups and downs of life, relationships ending, the good, the bad and the ugly and so much more — my body has been there through it all,” she declared. “My weight doesn’t determine my worth, but I hope you know your weight doesn’t define your worth either.”
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