Is it ok for a white woman to write a story almost exclusively about Black people? How do authors show fatness besides just telling us the character is fat? There are straight men in therapy?!?!!

Content Warnings: Anxiety, Fatphobia, Strained Parental Relationships

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Forbidden Romance, Reformed Playboy

Articles referenced:

Godin, M., Kishan, J., David, M., & Newhouse, L. (2006). “The Medium of Testimony: Testimony as Re-Presentation”. Working Paper Series. (37). 

Malek, A. (2018, November 2). “Does Lena Dunham know more about Syrian refugees than a Syrian writer?”. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/lena-dunham-syrian- refugees-hollywood