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Background
I am a gay, disabled, plus size indigenous and Latinx model, and actress. I got into horror at an early age because my family were brujas, we lived in a former funeral home, and horror movies were always in abundance. I was obsessed with all things spooky. That obsession has only grown. Once I became an adult, I wanted to be as close to my favourite genre as possible, so to me, that meant getting into acting. I knew it didn ' t matter if I had any lines or not beause that wasn ' t the point. The point was to be part of something magic.
Now that I ' m fat, I actually do want more prominent roles because I think there needs to be some representation. There are so many fat male actors, but almost no fat women or women presenting actors. Think of every fat man that is successful in TV, movies, or music. Think about their size. Now think about fat women. How big are they allowed to be? We ' re told they ' re fat, but they aren ' t. Not really. I want to change that.
Advocacy
There is so much bad in the world, and it feels hopeless at times. I think a lot of people are so overwhelmed by it, that they think they can ' t make a difference, and so they either don ' t try to fight it, or they become part of the darkness. I want to do the opposite. I want to make things better having existed in this world. I think that is the meaning of life. To have done something to make the world a little bit better just by having you in it, then not having you at all.
I want to help make things more accessible. I want to help fight for a positive change. LGBTQA + rights, disability rights, fat liberation, intersectional feminism, income inequality, etc.
Dealing with criticism
There are always going to be people that don ' t like you, just because of the way you look. But their opinions don ' t matter.
Think of it this way... people who hate you because of your size, race, ethnicity, disability, orientation, etc, have a certain weakness. Their hatred is like an addiction. It is some allconsuming force infiltrates every aspect of their life. Some go so far as to seek us out, follow our social media, search our hashtags, check our friends list, create special groups and forums, go to certain websites, and obsess about us, and how much they hate us. They talk to others like them, seeking