We all know bears, right? The big, hairy, chubby gay guys who are damn proud of it and celebrate that physique. What I wanna know is, do women have an equivalent to that? Because I know I can’t be the only chubby hairy lady out there, and I feel like it would be awesome to have a term and/or community to celebrate it.

To an extent, butch does sort of have that vibe, but it’s more generalized than what I’m looking for, and saying that “all butches (or even lesbians) are fat and hairy” is already reductive to the community and plays into old school stereotypes.

Also, just as an aside, I have absolutely no qualms about people of any gender thinking that the fact that I’m fat is hot. I’m built stocky, and even at my healthiest, I’m never gonna be a cute little waif, so I’d rather celebrate it than try and hide myself