Because I live in California now, I find my musings really being centered in this world.

When we talk about God, I think what most of us mean is some greater thing, some higher power that can help us access our own strength or give us strength.

Because I live in California now, I find my musings really being centered in this world.

I'm not alone in having obese people in my circle and in my family. I have loved morbidly obese people, and I don't approach obesity with revulsion or judgment but with empathy and compassion.

Evidence tells that black and Latina woman are more accepting of curves, and that's a good thing.

The strangest thing about strange things is that they're only strange when you hear about them or think about them later, but never when you're living them.

I have had, like most women, a lifelong preoccupation with my weight. My first published short story was a love story between an elderly man and a very young morbidity obese woman.