-
How can South Asian TV dramas and films better portray body diversity among women without reinforcing harmful stereotypes?
We Exist Beyond Your Stereotypes: South Asian Media, Do Better with Body DiversityLet’s be real: just putting a plus-size girl on screen doesn’t count as representation if all she’s doing is getting laughed at. From Bollywood to your mom’s favorite drama on TV, we’ve seen it over and over. The plus-size character is never the main girl. Never the one getting love. Never the one taken seriously. She’s just… there. Loud, clumsy, and constantly being picked on. And it’s exhausting. Stop Calling It “Representation” When It’s Just Humiliation Take Meri Bhavya Life, for example. The show had a real shot at changing the narrative — finally showing a plus-size Desi…