They told us to shrink. To stay quiet. To hide our stretch marks and shame. Beyond Labels is a digital love letter to curvy, fat and plus -sized women. It isn't just about self - love - it's about unlearning the lies and reclaiming your worth. If you've ever been called "too much", this is for you.
I started reading when I was four, thanks to a babysitter who found out the only way to get me to sit still (and shut up) was to put a book in my hand. By the time I entered kindergarten, I’d blown through just about every Little Golden Book ever printed. Ten years later, much to my mother’s dismay, I found her stash of paperback romance novels. She tried to divert me back to something more chaste by buying me Harlequins, but I still snuck copies of hers when she wasn’t looking. Shanna, The Flame and the Flower, and Fires of Winter will always hold special places in my heart because they introduced me to roguish heroes, headstrong heroines, and the trouble they could get into together.