EBONY is showing love to the curvy girls with their new bombshell March 2016 cover story starring 4 curvy women in the limelight including Gabi Fresh, Jazmine Sullivan, Danielle Brooks and Chrisette Michelle.

For the cover story titled “The Curvy Confessionals,” the ladies flaunt their confidence and won’t let haters body shame them and discuss the struggles of being a thicker lady and the constant critique they receive.

Tomika Anderson leads a conversation about body image, Black women and self-acceptance with the ladies and you can get into the excerpts below.

What would be evoked in you, readers, if I said said the women photographed here—Grammy winner Chrisette Michele, 33; R&B chart topper Jazmine Sullivan, 28; Orange Is the New Black actress Danielle Brooks, 26; and plus-size blogger and swimwear designer Gabi Fresh, 26)—and I were sitting around a steakhouse table selecting from family-style options including filet mignon, roasted chicken, mac ‘n’ cheese, mashed potatoes, creamy spinach, salad and, eff it, cheesecake? Would you frown in disgust? Shake your head? Cheer us on? Think nothing of it?

Those of us who identify as chunky, curvy, plus-size, big, ample, full-figured, BBW, big-boned, thick, voluptuous, heavy-set or fat are fully aware of the obsession-rejection, push-pull, love-hate relationship society has with our physiques. What others may think about what we do or don’t eat doesn’t matter; the greater judgments, regardless of whether they are favorable, come from within.

Although African-American women have the dubious honor of weighing in as the most obese of any group in the country (recent national data finds that 80 percent of Black women are considered overweight or obese), it’s worth noting that nearly 70 percent of Black men are overweight or obese as well, compared with 71 percent of White men and 63 percent of White women.

Check out more excerpts HERE.