Discovering Whether Identifying as Fat Feels Good To Me Through Fashion

Abstract

This piece focuses on the exploration of my fat identity and being able to find pleasure in that. I describe my experiences of going to a plus-size store for the first time and crossing the 'threshold' into my fatness. Fat folks are discriminated against which I experienced growing up in Korea and Malaysia. Feeling joy when I tried on clothes that fit me was my way of breaking the norm and indulging in my fatness as a radical form of pleasure.