Is Big Women: Big Love’s Mar Ortiz glorifying obesity with viral sultry selfie?

Mar Ortiz, a cast member of Lifetime’s Big Women: Big Love, posted a curves-revealing selfie that has gone viral.

In the black and white image, the singer from New Jersey makes a sultry pose as one side of her pants are pulled down, exposing her hip and stomach. In the caption for the photo, Ortiz explained her intentions for the share:

Someone told me “Mar you’re losing weight….” I said “Really? You think so? I eat a burger, fries and pizza like everyday…” LOL Why does size matter? Big or small…. I love my LOVE handles! I don’t care about having abs or eating a salad everyday. I do believe in taking healthier days and balance. I ‪#‎celebratemysize‬ everyday! I love my curves and body. If I want to lose weight it will be a personal choice and it shouldn’t matter to anyone else but me. ?‪#‎imnoangel‬#plusisequal#effyourbeautystandards#bigwomenbiglove

 

The photo, which was posted on January 10, has well over 100,000 likes and 35,000 shares. As most things do on social media, there’s been a number of reactions, both positive and negative.

One commenter who disapproved of the message Ortiz was sending wrote, “Stop saying she’s inspirational, she’s trying to make an early death seem attractive, that’s not beautiful. Loving yourself is important, but part of loving yourself is taking care of yourself, which isn’t something she’s doing. You wanna know what I think would be inspirational? Seeing her lose all the weight, the transition to become healthy is something that should be seen as inspirational, and a healthy body should be beautiful, not that.”

Another person found all the negativity exhausting: “Why is everyone preaching about healthy eating and she is obese? As if she’s really gonna care lmao. I love me some pizza and salad my fruits veggies water but I like dr pepper and Taco Bell too. Who gives a flying f**k!!! If she’s happy let her be if her type isn’t your cup of tea move along You people are so lame to sit and preach about health.”

As for Mar, she’s taking all the attention in stride. “I literally cannot keep up with all these comments. But I am unbothered living my healthy life loving that I have curves and I have no health complications. Again I do not glorify obesity. I glorify that I can wake up and be completely happy that I’m alive and I’m content with who I am as a human being. I have been in shape and the way I feel about myself was no different then what I feel about myself today. Thanks for all the love to everyone who actually understood what I was saying. Love to all the negative commenters also. You guys made me laugh with all the ridiculous thot and slut comments,” she wrote.