Hire Plus-size Creatives – There, I Said It.
The reality is… plus-size people have been bullied.
And bullying has two major side effects
(other than trauma and extremely expensive therapy bills):
We didn’t learn humor. We engineered it. At some point around age 10 or 11, a switch flips:
“I will not let anyone make fun of me.”
“Wait… I’ll do it first.”
“Wait… I’ll make jokes so good that people laugh with me… not at me.”
And just like that…
You start building humor like it’s a defense system.
Timing? Sharp.
Sarcasm? Elite.
Self-awareness? Slightly concerning.
By the time this skill hits your 20s?
It’s not humor anymore.
It’s boss mode.
We can do:
Slapstick
Quirky
Dark
Self-deprecating
Random idiotic chaos that somehow works
We know how to make people laugh in rooms that were not built for us.
And that… is creative instinct.
“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” — Peter Ustinov
(And before someone gets offended…)
No, this is not celebrating bullying.
This is acknowledging a reality.
And choosing to own what it built.
“But I was bullied too and I’m not plus size… so I can’t be funny?”
Of course you’re funny. Relax, you cute little munchkin.
BUT I WILL SAY IT AGAIN:
Nothing matches the humor of a plus-size person.
Because we didn’t just get bullied.
We got… bullied PRO MAX.
*Cue soft piano music.*
The second side effect?
Empathy…
And not the LinkedIn kind.
The real, uncomfortable, hyper-aware kind.
We know what it feels like to:
Walk into a room and shift the energy
Be observed before being heard
Be the joke… before you even speak
So we learn.
We observe.
We analyze.
We feel… everything.
Our micro-expression reading? It’s legendary.
Let me paint you a scene:A group of friends standing outside school.
A plus size kid walks up.
They go quiet.
He notices.
A smirk.
He notices.
Someone scratches their chin, holding back a joke.
He notices.
Another one subtly shakes his head …“not now.”
He notices.
The joke is coming.
He knows it.
So before it lands…
He cracks one first.
Everyone laughs.
He survives!!! YAAS!
That… is years of real-time human study.
That’s not just life experience.
That’s insight training.
And here’s the truth no one says:
This doesn’t stop in school.
It follows people into:
Colleges
Offices
Meeting rooms
Creative departments
Many are still experiencing it.Right now.
So instead of treating this like a weakness…
Let’s call it what it is: A skillset.
Built under pressure.
Refined over years.
Delivered with humor and emotional intelligence.
So hire plus size creatives.
Because:
We know how to make people laugh
We know how to make people feel
And most importantly…
We know how to read people before they even speak
And that is the JOB!
PS:
To all my non-plus-size bullied kings and queens… relax. The next one is on you. 😌
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