Plus Size Black Female Archetypes

So sorry there was no post....for so long I have been thinking about what I should write...that word should. This topic is so close to my heart...being that I look like I look and have been actually called a Mammy by someone who thought they were complimenting me..can you imagine...then proceeded to share that I look like I should have 11 children, this was years ago and I will never forget it.  I just returned from a 4th of July picnic, well cook-out.  A typical "Black Cookout" with all of the characters to match...this is far from what I am used to growing up we ate all kinds of food and no one drank beers out of an outside fridge, no one played Lou Rawls in the background it was all so dignified hmmmm, but does that mean that if you are a plus sized dark skinned woman you are motherly, loud, bossy, lazy, on welfare, living ghetto fabulous?  No....what is the take on the characters Tyler Perry creates?  I had a talk with a friend a Black guy who works in a local city...he recounted a very touchy subject...this very one.  I am not sure but I know not all plus sized Black women are gospel singers and that they can be educated and speak like anyone....I know no one should be judged based on their size or skin color...but being plus sized and dark is a dangerous combination....what say you?

Wedding Gear

When you want to get married where do you go to get wedding gear?  Please don't send me to David's Bridal...they will put a bow on the back of a size 26 dress, which by the way if I was confident and inclusive would say..."That is just fine."  However, when you look through JCrew's new Bridal Boutique...it doesn't seem equitable that plus size women must look at alternatives for bridal gear.  What if you want a crinoline?  Or a full hoop skirt.  My challenge to you...send me websites I can use!

The Fitness Industry

I asked this question before...I really wonder...If the fitness industry is working on getting people healthy...why don't more instructor look like me?  Like they are on a journey to health?  What say you?