Pleasure Talk with Amber - December 2018 - by Amber Jones
“Oh, my God, Becky, look at her butt It is so big, she looks like One of those rap guys’ girlfriends But, ya know, who understands those rap guys? They only talk to her, because, She looks like a total prostitute, ‘kay? I mean, her butt, is just so big I can’t believe it’s just so round, it’s like out there I mean gross, look She’s just so, black.” For those who may not be familiar with the dialogue at the beginning of this article, let me bring you up to speed a little. In 1992, there was a rapper by the name of Sir Mix-a-Lot who released a song by the name of “Baby Got Back”. It was almost like the anthem for women with hips, thick thighs, big butts, hell any type of curve that was shunned in the media at that time. Although this song made it nationally known that women in the black community were proud to be thicker than women of other nationalities, plus-sized women were still unable to open a magazine or see models on the runway that looked...