Like most chubby girls growing up during the late and early 2010s, the Internet wasn’t a nice place for me. While the divisive online vitriol that exists today was almost absent from my life back then, agoraphobia infected everything it touched on Tumblr. Just like the striking Y2K aesthetic that preceded it, the indie sleaze and twee don’t attempt to cater to people over a size 6, much less a size 12 (I should note that it’s the average size of a sub. American women at the time).
“Unfortunately, I was on Tumblr,” joked Monique Black, an oversized content creator while speaking to Who What Wear. Love is not an uncommon thing. Across social media, young women are coming out of the cloud and becoming more aware of how the social media platform has changed their perception of themselves at a critical age. She is 17 years old and describes herself as a “crazy dreamer.”
Black used Tumblr as an anonymous channel, reposting photos of what was at the forefront of the culture at the time. “I love ‘indie twee, Lana Del Rey vinyl, Cassie from Skin‘ coded,” she said. Growing up in the Midwest, Black had very few options to choose from according to her size, including American Outfits and Hot Topics. skating dresses fit better with laces that she previously detailed an experience where she was able to take an oversized T-shirt and wear it as a top . I’m just happy for something while my friends are carrying a bunch of stuff,” she said. .
