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Originally posted by QUEEN:
LADIES I LOVE A GOOD MOVIE WITH AN ALL STAR AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST BUT THIS NEW MOVIE THE BROTHERS HAS ME A BIT BENT  (UPSET). I AM PLUS SIZE WOMAN AND I JUST WONDERED IF ANY BODY CAN FEEL WHAT I AM SAYING.
I WOULD LOVE TO JUST ONCE SEE A FINE BROTHER LIKE MORRIS CHESNUT FALL IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN LIKE MINIQUE( THE COMEDIAN) OR JUST A PLUS SIZE WOMAN PERIOD. I AM TIRED OF THE STEROETYPE OF THE PLUS SIZE WOMAN. ALL WE CAN BE ARE MAIDS,NANNIES, ECT. 
I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR VIBE SORORS.
JUST ONCE, JUST ONCE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT!!!
[This message has been edited by QUEEN (edited March 13, 2001).]
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Girl, I feel you. Unfortunately, I don't see this happening. I, too, am a plus-size woman, and it does get discouraging, to say the least. Not just in movies, but videos, too. Example: In Avant's video for My First Love, the girl that he sings the duet with does not have a love interest in the video (she's a full-figured woman). The first time I saw that, I was upset. My ex couldn't understand why I even noticed that. But I did. He had a love interest, and when her turn came to sing in the video, she sings, but the story continues with HIM and HIS love interest. Maybe it was just me, but that just didn't sit well with me. The message it gives to me is that she can't have a love interest. And what is that all about??? That is why we have to stop looking to different mediums to validate ourselves and our self-esteem. Lord knows, we would never have a high self-esteem if we depended on the media to validate OUR images.
But I feel you, just once, I would like to see it, too.