A 30 year old woman says she refuses to listen to trolls who call her ‘fat’ and is ‘looking for an early death.’
Julia Sena, better known as @jewliah online, is a plus size content creator with over 117,000 followers.
She often shares shopping hauls, recommendations and vlogs, as well as images of herself in shorts and bikinis, in an aim to show that body fat is normal.
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However, this hasn’t come without its fair share of opinions from the public, and Julia has hit back.
“I have received everything any fat person would get when it comes to content creating,” Julia, from Phoenix, Arizona, told Need To Know.
“The worst ones are the people who comment when I’m going to die because of how ‘unhealthy’ I am.
“Who knew loving your body regardless of your size was going to start problems?”
There have been times when these comments have negatively impacted Julia throughout her career, but now takes it with a pinch of salt.
She said: “I can honestly say they don’t hurt me in the ways they used to.
“I’m a strong believer in taking my mental health seriously and that helps me navigate the not so pleasant words I receive daily!
“Once I stopped listening to other people’s opinions, judgement and validation – it’s been smooth sailing.”
For Julia, it has been quite the journey to self love, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.
She said: “I grew up in an environment where how I looked was always a problem.
“Whether it be my bigger size and larger curves or my tanned skin and naturally curly hair.
“Society always made me feel I was ‘less’.
“But now, she is in a very happy place where she knows her body doesn’t determine her value.
She added: “I normalise the talk of weight by being very transparent on how much I weigh online – which is over 330lbs right now!
“I always like to add ‘our weight doesn’t determine our worth’ because many of us do that.
“I consistently hear online and offline, people say ‘I would do that, if I was smaller’ or ‘I would wear that, but I need to get snatched first’.
“If we keep pushing off our desires and dreams simply for not looking like the beauty standard, which is pretty much unachievable for majority of people, when do we actually start living life for us?”
Julia also purposely uses the word ‘FAT’ when describing her bigger body.
She said: “Fat isn’t a bad word, but it was has been used to talk down, dehumanise and belittle others.
“Now, to me it’s just a descriptive word, just like calling someone tall or thin – so I reclaim it.
“I refer to myself as ‘your favourite fat Filipina’ online because there’s nothing wrong with being fat!”
In one of her recent clips shared to Instagram, she can be seen in a short floral skirt and a black top as she poses to the camera, gathering over 714,000 views.
She captioned the clip: “As your favourite fat Filipina, it’s my duty to remind you that your weight DOESN’T define your worth,” which has gained hundreds of comments.
Valley said: “This is unhealthy.”
Ced commented: “No shape just a blob.”
Johnny added: “Looks like an early death to me.”
Ian wrote: “Yea we know, gross.”
Someone else said: “Don’t change the fact that it’s obese.”
However, some shown their support for the body positive influencer.“Stunning,” commented Kayla.
“You fine af,” added another fan.
“GORGEOUS,” said Tay.
“An absolute honey,” wrote someone else.
“You look absolutely beautiful,” said Levi.
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