Natalie Craig

I’ll never forget the first time I felt carefree and unstoppable in my fat body. I was 22, and seconds away from stepping in front of the camera in a pink checkered bikini on the Steve Harvey Show for a segment on plus-size fashion. Appearing on national television in skimpy swimwear with no time to prepare could make anyone self-conscious or nervous, but not me—not anymore. It was 2014 and I’d spent the last six months discovering body positivity and writing about the fat acceptance movement fo…