IWA #4: Leslie: Born to give the gift of jams

    “Leslie: Born to give the gift of jams” is the website of Leslie Hall, an oversize white woman wearing tight pink clothes. She’s not afraid of her size, but shows the real her for everybody to see. Moreover, she’s a singer who sings hip-hop songs and dances. She proves that people can have fun even when they own a large size body or not good looking one. They still enjoy dancing and singing. They don’t need to care about what other people think or say. Leslie here represents the large size people who just wants to dance and sing to make their lives more simple and enjoyable. Leslie is a white female who feels confident with her body when she’s dancing although other people look at her with insanity. Therefore, her purpose is showing us that we should think of doing what makes us feel happy first before think of what others think of us because “to the world you’re just somebody but to somebody you’re the world”, meaning that although there are people who don’t like what we’re doing but on the other side a lot of people love it.
    Honestly, Leslie is a model for me in particular because I although not as big as her but I don’t have a gut to stand up and dance or fight with my shyness. However, Leslie is really good at doing that. She’s showing that we can do what others can, as same as dance, she means that just stand up and dance like others. We all are human beings, so we can do what other human beings can even we’re different from the figure to the personal. 
    Leslie sings a lot of songs and has many live shows that are interested a lot of people. I have watched few video clips of her singing and dancing; however, the first video that I want to talk about is “The Tight Pants/Body Rolls”. Although she’s oversized, she’s still wearing tight pants and dancing, twisting, and moving her body like a skinny girl. In this video, she’s standing right in front of the screen with her large body without fears or shyness. She is the one who owns the biggest body in that video but she cares nobody, she shows us right on our face that her body is huge and she still can dance and be a singer, a celebrity.
    The second video is called “How We Go Out Version 2”. The title of the song already tells us part of the song’s main point; it describes how girls hang out, at the club, shopping center, etc. She’s again wearing a pair of tight pants and shiny clothes to make her more noticeable, meaning that she doesn’t cover her overweight body but vice versa make everyone easier to recognize her body. She doesn’t care what other thinks about her; she’s going to the club and a lot of skinny guys surrounded her. She wants to point out that even her body is not looking good, there are still plenty of men chasing her. Moreover, she goes to shopping center dancing and singing. She wants to make sure that that’s how people go out, shop, and go clubbing. Furthermore, going out to her is something really fun and enjoyable, so she brings up nothing but joy and entertainment.
    Overall, Leslie Hall makes us feel that life is all of joy and happiness, so don’t give prominence to others’ opinions. Here, she’s clearly showing us that even her, a white female who owns a large body, not afraid of what people will say behind her back, she still sings and dances the music genre that mostly for the younger generation. She wants to break the rule and be who she is.