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Every year, one song sneaks up on me and refuses to let go. This year, that song was Never Been Small by Jennarie—a track I stumbled across on YouTube while researching plus‑sized singers of note. (This link opens in a…

As I've mentioned, I grew up in Mesquite, Texas. I grew up in a time when folks didn’t mince words. If you were fat, people told you. If you sang, people told you whether they liked it or not. And…

I was raised in Mesquite, Texas, where folks didn’t talk much about dreams unless they came with a paycheck or a prayer. I sang in church, my parents worked hard, and my family carried our stories in our bones. I…