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Below is a list of some highly recommended books written by people of color (in no particular order). They span across a wide variety of genres and target audiences. Thank you to everyone who submitted their favorites and helped make this list possible! Known triggers are in parentheses next to the books they apply to, but if there is something that has been missed or there’s a book you’d like me to add, please don’t hesitate to let me know! Happy reading!  The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (rape, murder, child abuse, domestic violence) The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri Migritude - Shailija Patel (gore, violence, rape mentions, abuse) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho The God of Small Things - Arundathi Roy (child abuse, sex) Joys of Motherhood - Buchi Emecheta (starvation, poverty, gore, and suicide) Distant View of a Minaret - Alifa Rifaat (castration and death) White Teeth - Zadie Smith  Emails from Scheherazade - Mohja Kahf (sexual violence) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (transphobic language/violence, homophobic violence) Boy Snow Bird - Helen Oyeyemi Sister of My Heart - Chitra Banerjee Divakurani  Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi  The Meursault Investigation - Kamel Daoud Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison The Summer Prince - Alaya Dawn Johnson The Noughts and Crosses series - Malorie Blackman A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini (rape, murder, child abuse, domestic violence) And The Mountain Echoed - Khaled Hosseini (rape, child abuse) The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing - Mira Karoll Born Confused - Tanuja Desai Hidier The Queen of Water - Laura Resau and María Virginia Farinango (child abuse, sexual harassment/child sexual abuse, racism, internalized racism, internalized shadism) Time to Dance - Padma Venkatraman Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri (implications of rape and sexual harassment) Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho Astonishing the Gods - Ben Okri Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami Fasting Feasting - Anita Desai The Buddha of Suburbia - Hanif Kureishi Drown - Junot Diaz Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe The Bastard of Istanbul - Elif Shafak Honor: A Novel - Elif Shafak Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston Reservation Blues - Sherman Alexie The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie The Age of Shiva - Manil Suri The Kitchen God’s Wife - Amy Tan Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel - Sara Farizan By the Light of My Father’s Smile - Alice Walker A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif No God but God - Reza Aslan The Palace of Illusions - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki Babji - Abha Dawesar Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri (implications of rape and sexual harassment) Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai (violence, rape mention) The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros (sexual assault) Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Brick Lane - Monica Ali No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai A Bad Character - Deepti Kapoor (death, abusive relationships) Karma and Other Stories - Rishi Reddi The Burning Sky - Sherry Thomas Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi Climbing the Stairs - Padma Venkatraman The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison Coin Locker Babies - Ryu Murakami The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan Please Look After Mom - Shin Kyung Sook Bonsai Kitten - Lakshmi Narayan Written in the Stars - Aisha Saeed  The Hero’s Walk - Anita Rau Badami Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz Beloved - Toni Morrison Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El Saadawi The Golden Age - Tahmima Anam Season of Migration to the North - Tayib Saleh Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami Snow - Orhan Pamuk Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche The President - Miguel Asturias (extreme violence, rape) The Hungry Ghosts - Shyam Selvadurai The Skin I’m In - Sharon G. Flake Black Boy - Richard Wright Cinnamon Gardens - Shyam Selvadurai 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami (domestic violence, horror, violence) She of the Mountains - Vivek Shraya (explicit sex) Island of a Thousand Mirrors - Nayomi Munaweera (rape, violence) Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew - Shehan Karunatilaka Broken Circle - Theodore Fontaine (child sexual abuse, alcoholism, anti-Native sentiment) The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Moth Smoke - Mohsin Hamid Burnt Shadows, Kratography, Salt and Saffron - Kamila Shamsie Last Man in Tower - Aravind Adiga Birds of Paradise Lost - Andrew Lam Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie Bitter Melon - Cara Chow (child abuse) Q&A - Vikas Swarup Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat Motorcycles and Sweetgrass - Drew Hayden Taylor  Lakota Woman - Mary Crow-Dog Legend Trilogy - Marie Lu The Young Elites - Marie Lu The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (rape, abuse) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Grace Lin Half of A Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Children of The Jacaranda Tree - Sahar Delijani The Twentieth Wife - Indu Sundaresan Destiny’s Captive - Beverly Jenkins  Tiny Pretty Things - Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton (eating disorders, bullying, family issues) Lakota Woman - Mary Brave Bird (child abuse, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse) Flight - Sherman Alexie (child abuse, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse) Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangerembga (violence, eating disorders and mental illness) Redefining Realness - Janet Mock (child sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia) The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston Under the Udala Trees - Chinelo Okparanta (homophobia, violence against queer women) The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo  The Shiva Trilogy - Amish Tripathi (rape) The Krishna Key - Ashwin Sanghi To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before - Jenny Han The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga Shatter Me Trilogy - Tahereh Mafi The promise - Nikita Singh When Only Love Remains - Durjoy Datta Nectar in a Sieve - Kamala Markandaya Chords of Strength - David Archuleta This Bridge Called My Back - Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherríe Moraga  Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami (rape/suicide mentions) I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou (rape) Draupadi: The Fire-Born Princess - Saraswati Nagpal The Hybrid Chronicles - Kat Zhang (child abuse, violence) Esperanza Rising - Pam Muñoz Ryan Becoming Naomi Leon - Pam Muñoz Ryan The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See Out of My Mind - Sharon Draper Ghana Must Go - Taiye Selasi Difficult Daughters - Manju Kapoor Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez (violence, explicit sex, death) Birdie - Tracy Lindberg Burn For Burn - Jenny Han Mãn - Kim Thúy  Huntress - Malinda Lo  A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth From Heaven Lake - Vikram Seth Two Lives - Vikram Seth Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler (violence) The Mango Bride - Marivi Soliven (abuse) Between Two Worlds - Roxana Saberi When the Elephants Dance - Tess Holthe (rape) The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami A Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez (violence, explicit sex, death) La Vie et Demie - Sony Labou Tansi - French (gore, sexual violence) L'Enfant de Sable - Tahar Ben Jelloun - French (gender violence) Girls of Riyadh - Rajaa Alsanea The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives - Lola Shoneyin I Do Not Come to You by Chance - Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani 26a - Diana Evans  Cloth Girl - Marilyn Heward Mills The Hidden Star - K. Sello Duiker kemi’s journal - Abidemi Sanusi  Imagine This - Vickie M. Stringer  God’s Bits of Wood - Sembene Ousmane Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel García Márquez (violence, explicit sex, death) The Autobiography of Malcolm X -  Malcolm X (trigger warnings for rape, racism, death) Roots - Alex Haley Sultana’s Dream - Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain The Crossover - Kwame Alexander I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia - Jenny Torres Sanchez When Reason Breaks - Cindy Rodriguez  Los Perros - Lorea Canales - Spanish The Secret Side of Empty - Maria E. Andreu  The Wake of the White Tiger - Diamond Shamsher Rana Blue Mimosa - Parijat - best read in its original language of Nepali  The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison (child sexual abuse, racism, violence, animal abuse, body image) Empress Orchid - Anchee Min Annihilation of Caste - B.R. Ambedkar Palace Walk - Naguib Mahfouz  How to Be Drawn - Terrance Hayes When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz (explicit sex, drug references) Boy With Thorn - Rickey Laurentiis Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (police brutality) Breath, Eyes, Memory -  Edwidge Danticat   I Too Had A Love Story - Ravinder Singh Can Love Happen Twice? - Ravinder Singh Boys Don’t Cry - Malorie Blackman If You Could Be Mine - Sara Farizan Ash - Malinda Lo Pig Heart Boy - Malorie Blackman (death) The Pearl that Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodsen Umrao Jaan Ada - Mirza Hadi Ruswa - Urdu Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? - Beverly Daniel Tatum Citizen - Claudia Rankin This is How You Lose Her - Junot Diaz Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth - Warsan Shire Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera

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jacamo – simply be’s ‘men’s’ store, one of the few ‘men’s’ clothing stores i could find with stylish clothes that weren’t just khakis and polo shirts. carries up to a men’s 5X/54 waist with shoes up to a 16. prices vary wildly, from $30 to $150. online only. jessica london – modern, professional, and formal styles. good if you need a dress to wear to some dork’s wedding. claims to carry up to a size 40, but most of the best dresses stop at 28. wild range of prices, from $20 to $150. online only. kiyonna **** – professional and formal clothes, this is THE fat person ‘oh shit, i have a wedding to go to’ dress source. carries up to a 32/5X. also offers pictures of people with different body types in their dresses. prices range from $90 to $200. online only, though they are available through several other retailers. land’s end - yuppie plus size clothing for yachting and posing for the ll bean catalog. occasional cute dresses and VERY cute bikinis up to a size 26. most stuff is under $140, though bathing suit pieces are sold separately. they also sell petite plus. online only. lane bryant – ‘mature’ and professional styles, good for underwear and bras (not good QUALITY bras but good bra sales/decent size range), carries up to size 28/30 in their own clothes but has up to size 36 because they stock kiyonna dresses, prices range from $29 to $150 but you can ALWAYS (i mean always) find a huge coupon.  their site is finicky about taking debit cards. levi’s – jeans. just jeans. but jeans that are made of actual denim instead of spandex. up to size 24, though they run small. most jeans are $40 to $60, though they often have coupon codes. plus sizes are online only but have been spotted in the wild at kohls before. living doll LA - sort of like a plus size delia*s. sizes up to 22/24. most stuff is between $10 and $40. ll bean – yuppie plus size clothing similar to land’s end. most stuff is under $120. online only. lovedrobe –UK retailer with juniors and youthful clothes, lots of bright colors, sizes up to a US 28 (sizes are listed in UK sizing) though most items stop at a 24, and i’ve heard their clothes run small. most things are under $100.  online only, ships to UK, europe, and US/canada. love your peaches - “mature” plus with lots of bathing suit options (including fatkinis). sizes up to a 34/36. prices range from $50 to $100. modcloth *** – retro and modern cute plus size clothes, recently committed to expanding their sizes and making a real effort to listen to their customers. carries up to a 28/30/4X. most stuff is $70 to $120. their app and review system is really helpful. online only. monif c. – sexy party dresses and cool bikinis. lots of prints and bright colors. carries up to a 24/3X. most stuff is $100 to $200. online only outside of NYC boutique, though you can find pieces at various stores in missouri, maryland, and louisiana. navabi - german plus size retailer, very similar to evans (maybe a little more fashion forward and a little wackier) but prices are inexplicably $150 to $1000 ! to the point where i think their currency converter is broken. sizes up to us 28. pin up girl clothing – retro pin-uppy stuff (obviously).  their models have VBO, which is refreshing. sizes up to a 4X (which is defined as measurements of 53-45-56). most stuff is $70 to $150. old navy plus – good for basics like t-shirts and yoga pants, but their plus size styling is lightyears behind. also took their plus lines out of stores, which sucks. sizes go to up 30/4X, though their clothes notoriously run big. most things are $10 to $50 and they often have coupon codes.  if you’re a 24/26, try their stretchy XXL stuff from non-plus old navy. you’ll be surprised. new look/inspire – uk plus retailer. cute trendy and juniors style clothes.  sizes up to 24. most stuff is under $50 US. online only outside of europe and the middle east. one stop plus – aggregator for online plus size clothing. they pull from a bunch of sources and you can search up to size 44. the signal to noise ratio is pretty bad. online only. pennington’s – canadian plus size chain (appears to be the catherine’s to additionelle’s lane bryant), most stuff is $60 to $90. online only outside of canada, ships only to US and canada. pink clove *** – newer UK plus size store, clothes are getting cuter as they really pay attention to customer feedback, carries up to a US 28. most things are between $40 and $80. online only, ships worldwide. pyramid collection - witchy (like wiccan witchy, not tumblr black clothes witchy) and hippie type clothes, with some romantic poetry shirts and stuff. carries up to a 26/28. prices range from $20 to $90. queen grace - work and eveningwear type stuff, lots of sequins and dramatic cuts. sizes up to a 26. most stuff ranges from $50 to $120. rainbow – juniors plus, casual and party clothes for teens with occasional pieces adults might like.  carries up to a size 22. most stuff is $10 to $40. roaman’s – lane bryant/avenue clone. they carry up to size 40, though their size chart goes up to a 48. most stuff is $30 to $100. simply be *** – UK plus size clothing store, generally really cute stuff, carries designers like gok wan and anna scholz, though their social media team seems to be clueless non-fat people. carries up to a US 28 and has plus size maternity. most things are between $30 and $100. online only, ships to UK, through europe, and to US. sonsi – ‘mature’ and fancy type clothes, owned by lane bryant’s parent company, functions as an aggregator so they carry items from many designers.  listed so sizes go up to 36 and prices go up to $500. online only. swak designs – casual and modern styles, lots of solid colors to wear to events, sizes up to 36/6X, most things are $50 to $100. online only. talbot’s - described as stuffy, but a good place to get good quality interview suits and 'professional’ work clothes. sizes up to 24. ranges around $100 to around $300 for a full suit. torrid – juniors/’alternative’ style clothing (though they are trying to skew older now), good for leggings/fishnets and getting last minute items at the mall when you can’t wait for online ordering, carries up to a  28/4X in stores but has 30/5X online. prices range from $20 to $120. be forewarned that their site will place a hold on your card and then make a separate charge, basically making it so 2x the amount you’re charged is held on your card for a few days (this sucks if you’re broke). also, their sales suck. ts 14+ - australian plus size chain, casual and formal styles, sizes up to 22, most stuff is around $80 to $130 (in USD).  online only outside of australia. ulla popken – german plus size retailer. ‘mature’ clothing and lots of long skirts and dresses. sizes up to a US 26/3X. most stuff is $25 to $90. online only outside of europe and the middle east. ureshii - basics, work clothes, and simple pretty things, all custom sized. they will customize to any size like eshakti, letting you pick lengths and fabrics and measurements. most things are $24 to $150. wet seal+ - very 90s juniors plus. sizes up to a 22/24.  most stuff is under $30. available in LIMITED stores but mostly online. wole designs - an odd mix of club wear, professional wear, and dressy stuff. largest size is a 24. prices between $40 and $90. woman within – ‘mature’ styles, good for basics and full coverage clothing (their bike shorts are awesome and cheap for chub rub prevention), sizes up to 44, prices from $10 to $99 with most stuff skewing toward cheaper. worst possible name for a store. online and catalog only. yours clothing *** – UK retailer with juniors and 20something-y clothes, good for formal attire and fun prints too, carries up to a US 28 (though everything i’ve had from them runs about a size small/is very short), most things are between $40 and $100. online only outside of the UK, ships through europe, asia, middle east, africa, australia, and US/canada. department stores/big box stores: click here for some heavy lifting re: largest sizes in men’s and women’s sizes jc penney *** – occasional cute dresses and occasional cute juniors plus. carries up to a 26. most stuff is $25 to $100. plus sizes are available in store, but junior plus is not. kmart - sorta fashion forward for a big box store, they now carry AX paris stuff. sizes up to a 30/32, though the cuter stuff stops at 24/26. most stuff is under $45. selection is better online than in stores. kohls – cheapy women’s and juniors casual wear. sizes up to a 24. prices are mostly under $40, with lots of good sales. also carries plus size levis at some locations.  most physical stores actually have larger plus size sections than online. their junior plus line is online only, but you can order it from the kiosk in store and have it shipped. macy’s – women’s and juniors plus styles, with women’s skewing more toward formal and professional. designers like jones ny and calvin klein.  sizes up to 22/24. prices from $40 to $140. limited plus sections available in store, but most items are online only. maurice’s – chintzy juniors and very casual stuff up to a size 28. most stuff is under $50. notable only for having a tool to show you if ‘regular’ clothes are available in plus sizes, and not charging more for plus sizes.  online only outside of the midwest US. neiman marcus – formal and professional designer styles, carries designers like Eileen fisher and joan vas. sizes up to 26/28 (though most things stop at 22/24). prices range from $80 to $500. not sure of availability in stores. couches plus sizes under 'special sizes’. nordstrom  - formal and professional styles, carries designers like michael kors, DKNY, and ralph lauren. most things only go up to a 22/24. prices range from $80 to $300. limited plus sections available in store, but most items are online only. ross *** - department stores that buy unsold stock from other department stores and closing retail stores. locations are hit or miss but sometimes there’s strange and beautiful gems. most stores have prices under $30 and sizes up to a 28. kind of like the thunderdome. no online shopping, stock differs store to store. sears – inexpensive work wear and casual wear. sizes purportedly go up to a 26 but almost everything stops at a 24. most items are under $40. plus sizes can usually be found in store. have a completely different selection from online, though bathing suits can often be found in store. target – cheap basics, casuals. sizes up to a 28/4X. most stuff is under $40. robust online selection, depressing and heartbreaking in store selection. tj maxx/tk maxx *** – department stores that buy unsold stock from other department stores and closing retail stores. locations are hit or miss but sometimes there’s strange and beautiful gems. most stores have prices under $30 and sizes up to a 26. slightly fancier than ross, but less likely to have larger plus size items. no online shopping, stock differs store to store. walmart – cheap basics, casuals, and activewear. surprisingly cute bikinis and bathing suits for cheap. sizes go up to a 28/4X though bathing suits seem to only go up to a 3X. most stuff is under $30. stores intimates/underpants: bare necessities – bras between $50 and $100. mostly focused on large cup bras, but one or two bras with band sizes in the 50s. full beauty - cup sizes up to N and band sizes in some cup sizes up to a 58. most bras are under $70. her room – aggregator of plus size lingerie with a wide range of prices and options up to 14X. hips and curves – bras with a band size up to 48, lingerie up to a 4X or so, most stuff under $60. just my size – grandma-y bras but big range in sizes, and most things are under $40. lady grace – cup sizes up to O and band sizes in some cup sizes up to a 58. most bras are under $70. sockdreams *** – just socks and tights ! great reviews of knee- and thigh- high socks available on the site to let you know the maximum circumference of socks.  lots of thigh highs can be plus size knee socks. socks range from $7 to $30. we love colors *** – plus size tights and footless tights up to an EE (which comfortably fit me, a size 28/30). please see my review of their products here. independent stores/vintage/hand made: ali buttons designs - hand-made circle skirts in quirky fabrics.pre-made up to 3X and custom up to any size. prices from $25 to $50.  anna scholz - high end plus size, lots of print mixing. she makes some cheaper things that you can find at simply be. no sweatshops ! sizes up to a 24 (though the anna scholz dress i got from simply be was a 28 !). prices range from like, $100 to $500 but her sale section is reasonable. ashley nell tipton – super cute skater dresses and skirts designed by a cool fat person. sizes up to a 32/6X (and they apparently run big !!!). most dresses under $80. online only. blue fish clothing - organic/fair trade hippie dippie patchouli person clothes. sizes up to a 26, though most stuff stops at a 22. prices can get as high as $228. cabiria – modern high end dresses, made without sweatshop labor.  designer is kind of a butthole. sizes up to 24, prices from $150-$400. online and in select boutiques only. candy strike - unique plus size stuff, making prettttyyyy serious use of the cover of 'unknown pleasures’. sizes up to a 22/24. prices between $30 and $65. online only. chubby cartwheels *** – lace/mesh/velvet crop tops, body suits, leggings, crop tops, and bandeaus made by a cool fat person. sizes up to 5X. prices range from $25 to $50. online only. cult of california - the first in plus size galaxy prints and more interesting boutique clothing. sizes up to a 5X/28/30. prices range from $12-$85. the curvy elle - cute actual vintage from vintage times. sizes up to a 24 (sometimes 26 !), prices vary but most are under 40. domino dollhouse *** – modern and trendy and retro styles by a cool fat person. the first plus store to get on the galaxy print tip ! sizes up to 28/4X (though the 4X leggings ran very large on me, a 28). prices under $90. online only. fat fancy *** – portland vintage plus size- and i mean actual plus size and actual vintage.  prices and sizes vary, since it’s vintage. etsy store available, brick and mortar store in portland. gisela ramirez - maker of the infamous “fuck flattering” crop top. the store is broken right now so i can’t get any more deets. heartmycloset ***– vintage patterns and retro styles by a person who will make any dress in ANY size.  prices range $100 to $150 for a custom dress. jessica louise - LA-based pin-uppy plus size stuff. sort of how torrid used to look before they sold out. most stuff is $30 to $80. online and brick & mortar in los angeles. lovesick vintage - ACTUAL plus size vintage. seems to be up to a size 24 right now. prices under $50. lucie lu boutique - former buyer for the now-defunct b&lu, described by kate harding as 'forever 32’. sizes up to 5X, which are more like a 26/28 than a 30/32. prices from $16 to $75. kmk designs - very customizable steampunk/goth/lolita/tim burton movie person clothes. they will make ANY size and customize for any gender presentation. prices range from $50 to $300. studio in minnesota, online for the rest of us. kristin miles - cute modern plus, very modcloth-y. sizes up to 22/24 and prices ranging from $30 to $90. proud mary vintage - ACTUAL plus size vintage. stuff up to 24 right now (but the vintage market is fickle). reasonable prices, most things under $40. re/dress shop *** – modern and trendy plus size by two cool fat people in cleveland. now carrying masculine and butch styles too. home of teggings ! sizes up to 3X and 4X with plans to expand in the future. prices  range from $25 to $100. brick and mortar store in cleveland. size queen clothing - beth ditto-y hand made in portland. sizes look to go up to a 22/24. prices from $100 to $150. youtheary khmer - actual on-trend clothing for plus size people. up to size 24. prices from $15 all the way up to $200. zelie for she - plus size clothing by elann zelie. if nicki minaj called you and asked you to come over, you could comfortably pick something up here to wear. sizes up to a 26/28. prices between $60 and $90. online and in boutiques only. rental/borrowing: gwynnie bee – like a netflix for plus size clothes. selection is great under a size 24, but availability and options go down the closer you get to size $20. you don’t have to wash anything, either ! various prices for various plans. rent the runway – designer styles for rent up to a size 22. plus size celebrities like mary lambert use this service ! most rentals run $30-$125.

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Assault -  attack, advancing, aggressive, assailing, charging, incursion, inundated, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, overwhelmed, ruinous, tempestuous, strike, violation, ambush, assail, barrage, bombard, bombardment, crackdown, wound Beautiful -  admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, bewitching, charming, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, exquisite, fascinating, gorgeous, graceful, grand, magnificent, marvelous, pleasing, radiant, ravishing, resplendent, splendid, stunning, sublime, attractive, beguiling, captivating, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, eye-catching, fetching, fine, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, inviting, lovely, mesmeric, mesmerizing, pretty, rakish, refined, striking, tantalizing, tempting Brutal -  atrocious, barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, cruel, feral, ferocious, hard, harsh, heartless, inhuman, merciless, murderous, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, terrible, unmerciful, vicious, bestial, brute, brutish, cold-blooded, fierce, gory, nasty, rancorous, sadistic, uncompromising, unfeeling, unforgiving, unpitying, violent, wild Burly – able-bodied, athletic, beefy, big, brawny, broad-shouldered, bulky, dense, enormous, great, hard, hardy, hearty, heavily built, heavy, hefty, huge, husky, immense, large, massive, muscular, mighty, outsized, oversized, powerful, powerfully built, prodigious, robust, solid, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, strongly built, sturdy, thick, thickset, tough, well-built, well-developed Carnal -  animalistic, bodily, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, , coarse, crude, dirty, raunchy, rough, unclean Dangerous -  alarming, critical, fatal, formidable, impending, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, precarious, pressing, serious, terrible, threatening, treacherous, urgent, vulnerable, wicked, acute, damaging, deadly, death-defying, deathly, destructive, detrimental, explosive, grave, harmful, hazardous, injurious, lethal, life-threatening, noxious, poisonous, risky, severe, terrifying, toxic, unsafe, unstable, venomous Dark -  atrocious, corrupt, forbidding, foul, infernal, midnight, morbid, ominous, sinful, sinister, somber, threatening, twilight, vile, wicked, abject, alarming, appalling, baleful, bizarre, bleak, bloodcurdling, boding evil, chilling, cold, condemned, creepy, damned, daunting, demented, desolate, dire, dismal, disturbing, doomed, dour, dread, dreary, dusk, eerie, fear, fearsome, frightening, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, gloom, gloomy, grave, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, haunted, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horror, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, inhospitable, looming, lost, macabre, malice, malignant, menacing, murky, mysterious, night, panic, pessimistic, petrifying, scary, shadows, shadowy, shade, shady, shocking, soul-destroying, sour, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, strange, terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unlucky, unnatural, unnerving, weird, wretched Delicious - enticing, exquisite, luscious, lush, rich, savory, sweet, tasty, tempting, appetizing, delectable, flavorsome, full of flavor, juicy, lip-smacking, mouth-watering, piquant, relish, ripe, salty, spicy, scrummy, scrumptious, succulent, tangy, tart, tasty, yummy, zesty Ecstasy -  delectation, delirium, elation, euphoria, fervor, frenzy, joy, rapture, transport, bliss, excitement, happiness, heaven, high, paradise, rhapsody, thrill, blissful, delighted, elated, extremely happy, in raptures (of delight), in seventh heaven, jubilant, on cloud nine, overexcited, overjoyed, rapturous, thrilled Ecstatic -  delirious, enraptured, euphoric, fervent, frenzied, joyous, transported, wild Erotic -  amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, carnal, earthy, erogenous, fervid, filthy, hot, impassioned, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous, tantalizing Gasp -  catch of breath, choke, gulp, heave, inhale, pant, puff, snort, wheeze, huff, rasp, sharp intake of air, short of breath, struggle for breath, swallow, winded  Heated - ardent, avid, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, scalding, scorched, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, ablaze, aflame, all-consuming, blazing, blistering, burning, crazed, explosive, febrile, feverish, fired up, flaming, flushed, frantic, hot, hot-blooded, impatient, incensed, maddening, obsessed, possessed, randy, searing, sizzling, smoldering, sweltering, torrid, turbulent, volatile, worked up, zealous Hunger -  appetite, ache, craving, gluttony, greed, longing, lust, mania, mouth-watering, ravenous, voracious, want, yearning, thirst Hungry -  avid, carnivorous, covetous, craving, eager, greedy, hungered, rapacious, ravenous, starved, unsatisfied, voracious, avaricious, desirous, famished, grasping, insatiable, keen, longing, predatory, ravening, starving, thirsty, wanting Intense -  forceful, severe, passionate, acute, agonizing, ardent, anxious, biting, bitter, burning, close, consuming, cutting, deep, eager, earnest, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, great, harsh, impassioned, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, severe, sharp, strong, vehement, violent, vivid, vigorous Liquid -  damp, cream, creamy, dripping, ichorous, juicy, moist, luscious, melted, moist, pulpy, sappy, soaking, solvent, sopping, succulent, viscous, wet / aqueous, broth, elixir, extract, flux, juice, liquor, nectar, sap, sauce, secretion, solution, vitae, awash, moisture, boggy, dewy, drenched, drip, drop, droplet, drowning, flood, flooded, flowing, fountain, jewel, leaky, milky, overflowing, saturated, slick, slippery, soaked, sodden, soggy, stream, swamp, tear, teardrop, torrent, waterlogged, watery, weeping Lithe - agile, lean, pliant, slight, spare, sinewy, slender, supple, deft, fit, flexible, lanky, leggy, limber, lissom, lissome, nimble, sinuous, skinny, sleek, slender, slim, svelte, trim, thin, willowy, wiry Moan - beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sob, wail, whine, bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, sigh, sob, wail, whine, mewl Moving -  (exciting,) affecting, effective  arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, fecund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, significant, stimulating, simulative, stirring, stunning, touching, awe-inspiring, energizing, exhilarating, fascinating, heart pounding, heart stopping, inspiring, riveting, thrilling Need -  compulsion, demand, desperate, devoir, extremity, impatient longing, must, urge, urgency / desire, appetite, avid, burn, craving, eagerness, fascination, greed, hunger, insatiable, longing, lust, taste, thirst, voracious, want, yearning, ache, addiction, aspiration, desire, fever, fixation, hankering, hope, impulse, inclination, infatuation, itch, obsession, passion, pining, wish, yen Pain -  ache, afflict, affliction, agony, agonize, anguish, bite, burn, chafe, distress, fever, grief, hurt, inflame, laceration, misery, pang, punish, sting, suffering, tenderness, throb, throe, torment, torture, smart Painful -  aching, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, dire, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, grievous, inflamed, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, angry, bleeding, bloody, bruised, cutting, hurting, injured, irritated, prickly, skinned, smarting, sore, stinging, unbearable, uncomfortable, upsetting, wounded Perverted -  aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, debased, debauched, defiling, depraved, deviant, monstrous, tainted, twisted, vicious, warped, wicked, abhorrent, base, decadent, degenerate, degrading, dirty, disgusting, dissipated, dissolute, distasteful, hedonistic, immodest, immoral, indecent, indulgent, licentious, nasty, profligate, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shameful, shameless, sickening, sinful, smutty, sordid, unscrupulous, vile  Pleasurable -  charming, gratifying, luscious, satisfying, savory, agreeable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, succulent Pleasure -  bliss, delight, gluttony, gratification, relish, satisfaction, thrill, adventure, amusement, buzz, contentment, delight, desire, ecstasy, enjoyment, excitement, fun, happiness, harmony, heaven, joy, kick, liking, paradise, seventh heaven  Rapacious-  avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, predatory, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious, aggressive, gluttonous, grasping, insatiable, marauding, plundering Rapture -  bliss, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, glory, gratification, passion, pleasure, floating, unbridled joy Rigid -  adamant, austere, definite, determined, exact, firm, hard, rigorous, solid, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, concrete, fixed, harsh, immovable, inflexible, obstinate, resolute, resolved, severe, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, strict, stubborn, taut, tense, tight, tough, unbending, unchangeable, unwavering Sudden -  abrupt, accelerated, acute, fast, flashing, fleeting, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impulsive, quick, quickening, rapid, rash, rushing, swift, brash, brisk, brusque, instant, instantaneous, out of the blue, reckless, rushed, sharp, spontaneous, urgent, without warning Thrust -  (forward) advance, drive, forge, impetus, impulsion, lunge, momentum, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, power, proceed, progress, propel (push hard) assail, assault, attack, bear down, buck, drive, force, heave, impale, impel, jab, lunge, plunge, press, pound, prod, ram, shove, stab, transfix, urge, bang, burrow, cram, gouge, jam, pierce, punch, slam, spear, spike, stick Thunder-struck - amazed, astonished, aghast, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dazed, dazed, dismayed, overwhelmed, shocked, staggered, startled, stunned, gob-smacked, bewildered, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, horrified, incredulous, surprised, taken aback  Torment - agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, punishment, suffering, afflict, angst, conflict, distress, grief, heartache, misfortune, nightmare, persecute, plague, sorrow, strife, tease, test, trial, tribulation, torture, turmoil, vex, woe Touch -  (physical) - blow, brush, caress, collide, come together, contact, converge, crash, cuddle, embrace, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, glide, graze, grope, handle, hit, hug, impact, join, junction, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, nudge, palm, partake, pat, paw, peck, pet, pinch, probe, push, reach, rub, scratch, skim, slide, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, touching, toy, bite, bump, burrow, buss, bury, circle, claw, clean, clutch, cover, creep, crush, cup, curl, delve, dig, drag, draw, ease, edge, fiddle with, flick, flit, fumble, grind, grip, grub, hold, huddle, knead, lap, lave, lay a hand on, maneuver, manhandle, mash, mold, muzzle, neck, nestle, nibble, nip, nuzzle, outline, play, polish, press, pull, rasp, ravish, ream, rim, run, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scrub, shave, shift, shunt, skate, slip, slither, smack, snake, snuggle, soothe, spank, splay, spread, squeeze, stretch, swipe, tangle, tease, thump, tongue, trace, trail, tunnel twiddle, twirl, twist, tug, work, wrap  (mental) - communicate, examine, inspect, perception, scrutinize Wet - bathe, bleed, burst, cascade, course, cover, cream, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, dribble, drip, drizzle, drool, drop, drown, dunk, erupt, flood, flow, gush, immerse, issue, jet, leach, leak, moisten, ooze, overflow, permeate, plunge, pour, rain, rinse, run, salivate, saturate, secrete, seep, shower, shoot, slaver, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, spill, soak, souse, spew, spit, splash, splatter, spout, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, steep, stream, submerge, surge, swab, swamp, swill, swim, trickle, wash, water Wicked -  abominable, amoral, atrocious, awful, base, barbarous, dangerous, debased, depraved, distressing, dreadful, evil, fearful, fiendish, fierce, foul, heartless, hazardous, heinous, immoral, indecent, intense, mean, nasty, naughty, nefarious, offensive, profane, scandalous, severe, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, bad, criminal, cruel, deplorable, despicable, devious, ill-intentioned, impious, impish, iniquitous, irreverent, loathsome, Machiavellian, mad, malevolent, malicious, merciless, mischievous, monstrous, perverse, ruthless, spiteful, uncaring, unkind, unscrupulous, vindictive, virulent, wretched Writhe -  agonize, bend, jerk, recoil, lurch, plunge, slither, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wriggle, angle, arc, bow, buck, coil, contort, convulse, curl, curve, fidget, fight, flex, go into spasm, grind, heave, jiggle, jolt, kick, rear, reel, ripple, resist, roll, lash, lash out, screw up, shake, shift, slide, spasm, stir, strain, stretch, surge, swell, swivel, thrust, turn violently, tussle, twitch, undulate, warp, worm, wrench, wrestle, yank 

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