Summary

Revolución interviews Miriam Lara-Mejia aka “La Gorda Feminista ” a Latina Body Positive Creator and Advocate who has over 295 thousand followers on tiktok and instagram combined promoting self-love, body acceptance.

Miriam Lara-Mejia “AKA” La Gorda Feminista

Miriam Lara-Mejia is one of the leading voices on bodypositivity in the Latinx community, creating fun and engaging content in Spanish that translates bodypositivity into everyday life. Con La Gorda Feminista, una comunidad en Instagram, TikTok y Youtube, Miriam crea contenido que traduce evidencia vivida y científica sobre el bodypositive para crear un mundo donde todos los cuerpos caben.

Plus-sized model Jessica Torres has called Miriam “my favorite content creator for body liberation in Spanish. She is the perfect liaison between us and our Spanish-speaking parents. Send them her content.”

Her Spanish-language content on fatphobia was recently featured in Refinery29’s Tough Translation series.