Gorditas Way
The Full Story
You may be wondering why I chose the word gordita. While it literally translates to “little fat one,” in many Latinx cultures, mine included, it’s a term of endearment, much like saying “cutie.” Growing up, I struggled with the word because of its connection to “fat,” a label society taught me to reject. But over time, I reclaimed it. Gordita now symbolizes empowerment, self-love, and decolonizing harmful beauty standards.
Embracing my body, curves, imperfections, and all has been a radical act of self-acceptance. Through this journey, I challenge diet culture and societal norms that marginalize bigger bodies. It’s time we celebrate all forms of beauty, unapologetically.
Let’s be honest: while body positivity is trending, not everyone is included, especially women with more carnita on the huesos. When I launched the Gordita’s Way movement in 2017 as a body-positive blogger, the space for larger bodies was still limited. Yes, we’ve seen progress, but fatphobia and body shaming persist.
Gordita’s Way is my perspective, my path, a movement to dismantle diet culture and uplift every body. Buckle up. We’re just getting started.
VISION
For my mujeres + LGBTQ+ siblings who are:
🔥 Sick + tired of society controlling our bodies and profiting from our insecurities.
🔥 Sick of the hate, division, and brainwashing from systems, institutions, and cult-like beliefs.
🔥 Critical thinkers + revolutionaries carving our OWN path, our OWN medicine, our OWN joy.
🔥 Generational cycle breakers who know movement is medicine and community is liberation.
We were never meant to do this alone,
we need sisterhood, allyship, comunidad.
And NOW, more than ever, we rise together.
💃🏽 Your joy is resistance.
Your body deserves freedom.
And liberation starts HERE.
About Feli
Felicia Hernandez is the founder of Gordita's Way, a cultural movement and wellness platform born from her own journey of body liberation, self love, and ancestral healing. As an author, a speaker, and community activist with over a decade of public health and social work experience, she brings her expertise in community health, motivational interviewing, and the social determinants of health, especially in areas like diabetes, HIV, and reproductive justice. Felicia's mission is rooted in empoweing BIPOC and LGBTQ+IA communities to reclaim wellness on their own terms through storytelling, movement, and unapologetic truth. Her transformative work lives through her book, workshops, and the growing impact of Gordita's Way.
