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The story explores how shame is passed down like an heirloom. Malaya’s mother, Nyela, and her grandmother, Ma-Mère, view her weight as a "problem to be solved," dragging her to Weight Watchers and forcing her to count calories from age eight.

The title you're referencing likely refers to by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, a celebrated debut novel set in 1990s Harlem. Big _ Girl _ed hard in _elmp4

Sullivan’s novel is described as an "achingly beautiful" coming-of-age story that captures the "exhausting trauma of being looked at but never seen". The story explores how shame is passed down like an heirloom