April 8, 2009 | 13 Comments

April Flores, We Love You More Than Ever

April Flores is many things: gorgeous, smart, sexy—and yes, a BBW (and a pornstar!). And she doesn’t take kindly to people who say derogatory things about BBW porn.

In a recent blog post, the lovely Ms. Flores took an adult industry magazine to task for publishing a demeaning, offensive article on the BBW porn genre. We won’t reprint the gross statements included in the article (far better to read them alongside April’s commentary), but we did want to give her props for her closing paragraph:

The reason I am so upset is because I have met so many amazing plus sized women in the industry. They are proud, hard working, sexual, smart, business minded women. My fabulous peers and I deserve the same respect given to the thinner women written about in the magazine. Being a plus sized girl in this industry takes strength, courage and nerve. This article could’ve been pretty effective, groundbreaking even, but instead the writer took it as his opportunity to let us all know how much he does not enjoy bigger women. Aside from BBW porn being a means for fat lovers to jack off to, it’s also very important in helping other curvy girls in becoming comfortable with being sexual and expressing their sexuality. I can not explain in words how wonderful it feels to read an email or meet a woman in real life who THANKS me for being out there representing fat girls. I’ve heard many women’s struggles with feeling beautiful and desired. They tell me how seeing women who look like them makes them feel better about their bodies. In my world THIS is the respect fat girls get in real life and THIS is the respect I give all my plus sized sisters.

Sing it, sister!

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  • Anonymous

    She rules in the hardest way possible.

  • kimberlykane

    The fact that this particular ‘hate’ article even made it to print is a damn disgrace to this magazines pages. Who’s writing these stories? Did the same person who wrote the offensive ‘Black Market’ article a few months back also write this garbage? I wonder…?

  • Anonymous

    Ugh. Is there a way we can write to Nelson X and voice our complaints?

    April is so awesome and gorgeous . . . she just makes me want to be her best friend or something.

  • BBsinead

    I lovelovelove April.

  • kimberlykane

    Look here, “someone” posted Nelson X email and his BOSS’S!

    [fattyd.com]

  • Anonymous

    That someone also posted a link to the virtual version of the mag. Seeing it in print (uh…digitally) makes the whole thing that much more infuriating.
    Nelson is just like the fly-by-night motherfuckers that shot the early big girl titles that he mentioned in the first paragraph: an individual with disdain for his potential audience, and the women involved. I’d be naive to think folks like that don’t still exist, but it’s sadly obvious that they do. I often wonder if this will change in my lifetime. I’m not optimistic.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with the opinions that people have expressed here:it is completely insensitive to refer to plus-sized women as large animals.
    But are we gonna get uptight because someone has expressed an opinion that’s different? Like if they found those comments funny? What’s the issue here? Political correctness?

    What if someone were to say that it’s unacceptable,”in 2009″, to be flaunting the wealth of the first world in the form of over-fed people? That to encourage overweight individuals to remain overweight is also wrong? Particularly in the face of massive starvation in large parts of the world.
    Or is that also insensitive?
    Actually, I do believe that it is insensitive. I also happen to believe it to be correct. But most people refrain from doing what’s correct out of fear of hurting feelings. Because it’s 2009, apparently.

  • AlwaysArousedGirl

    If his article was an opinion piece about larger women, more power to him. Everyone is allowed to have preferences.

    The problem is that his piece (I think) was meant to encourage the marketing of this particular genre. In this aspect it fails miserably.

  • Anonymous

    I’m not a fan of plus-sized women, and I agree with CrispinCabacha’s sentiments (do I ever), but that piece seems crass and poorly written, and that’s what I have against it. Any sort of opinion piece deserves its place in an industry periodical, provided it’s properly written. I can’t really see any sort of cohesion or critical basis to the piece if April’s excerpts are any indication. As such…it has no place in print.

  • kimberlykane

    Comment by Chris

    April 8, 2009 @ 8:20 pm

    he then replied and said:

    Hi-

    After some research I agree with you. This was in bad taste. We are changing (stronger) an already announced policy and making it enforcable so this won’t happen again. We have plenty of plus-sized employees and, ironically, the write ris anything but a thin person. We are ensuring that this type of shoddy, distasteful “journalism”
    does not happen again.

    May we print your letter? And feel free to call me if you’d like to discuss further.

    Thanks

    Paul Fishbein

  • Brian47

    @undefined: You said it, Kimberly! Articles like that simply reinforce cliched stereotypes about what men are supposed to find appealing… Personally, I happen to find that April Flores is a total dream girl!

  • Anonymous

    Being married to a “bbw” and knowing what a lusty wench she is in the bedroom, I feel that a lot of men are missing out on some really hot sex by dismissing “bbw”s!

  • Anonymous

    being married to a “big” girl and knowing what a lusty wench she is in the bedroom, (crazy skills!)I could really care less about the small minded men and their derogatory statements. BBW have just as much sex drive as anyone else and should express it to the best of their ability!!!!!