sex, but you can’t tell by watching television. Actress and model Nzinga Imani is one of the performers changing that. Appearing in Curves, Pretty For a Big Gurl, and All The Queens Men, she’s avoided portraying fat friend stereotypes on screen, showing up as a fully-formed woman who doesn’t have to question whether or not she’s desirable. “Growing up I felt like whenever I was watching TV, plus-size people were only really portrayed comically,” Imani told ESSENCE. “It was always the best friend or the jokester and never really someone who was portrayed as sexy.” Even shows that have attempted to subvert expectations of what a sex scene should look like by casting actresses barely above a size four have left women like Imani behind by
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