Heroes Like Us

By |2021-09-11T19:05:04-05:00September 13th, 2021|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog, New Voices|Tags: , , |

Want to support Elayna Mae Darcy's Queer YA fantasy novel? Consider backing their Kickstarter, which runs through September! by Elayna Mae Darcy  Content warning: discussions of fatphobia, homophobia, depression, and anxiety As a kid, I devoured books and fell in love with stories, even though the heroes never looked like me.  Fat kids were goofy sidekicks, if they were there at all. Fat teens were never much more than punchlines to cruel jokes. Fat adults were cautionary tales, faceless bodies on TV warning about obesity. No one of my size was ever allowed to fill [...]