“我去年开始给美术课做人体模特。我是加大码，所以我有点担心脱光光。一想到大家看到我的肚腩、大腿和所有赘肉，我就紧张。但显然我身上的曲线画起来还蛮有趣的，在课堂上，所有我觉得不好的那些都被当成了挺有价值的东西，有个学生跟我说画那些直愣愣的线条才没劲呢。那对我来说是个解脱，过去我一直对我的肚子不自信，但现在我的肚子已经成为这么多美丽的艺术作品的一部分。”

“Last year I started figure modeling for art classes. I’m plus-sized, so I was a little worried about being nude. I was nervous about everyone seeing my stomach, and my thighs, and all my fat. But apparently my curves are fun to draw. In the classroom, all the features I saw as negative were viewed as assets. One student told me that it’s no fun to draw straight lines. It’s been liberating for me. I’ve always been insecure about my belly. But now my belly has been part of so many beautiful pieces of art.”