Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D., is an award-winning educator, professor, national speaker, freelance journalist, and media critic who focuses on the intersections of identity, gender, and race in entertainment. They are the creator, executive producer, and host of the Black Fat Femme Podcast and have worked on inclusion projects with Fox, the NFL, Apple, Disney, Instagram, BuzzFeed, and GLAAD.

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• Foreword ixIntroduction: Black, Fat, and Different 11 Always Too Much 152 The Chiffon Chronicles 353 The Making of a Queen 594 The Masc You Live In 815 Five Gs, Please! 1016 To Be Loved 1217 Becoming That B*tch 1398 Redefining Authenticity 1599 Remaining Black, Fat, and Visibly Queer 17910 Yes, Black. Yes, Fat. Yes, Femme. 197Acknowledgments 207About the Author 213Index 215

Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D., is an award-winning educator, professor, national speaker, freelance journalist, and media critic who focuses on the intersections of identity, gender, and race in entertainment. They are the creator, executive producer, and host of the Black Fat Femme Podcast and have worked on inclusion projects with Fox, the NFL, Apple, Disney, Instagram, BuzzFeed, and GLAAD.

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• Foreword ixIntroduction: Black, Fat, and Different 11 Always Too Much 152 The Chiffon Chronicles 353 The Making of a Queen 594 The Masc You Live In 815 Five Gs, Please! 1016 To Be Loved 1217 Becoming That B*tch 1398 Redefining Authenticity 1599 Remaining Black, Fat, and Visibly Queer 17910 Yes, Black. Yes, Fat. Yes, Femme. 197Acknowledgments 207About the Author 213Index 215