Real Fiction / Sanda Burță, Carmen-Ecaterina Ciobâcă, Gabriel Rusu, translated by Corina-Alexandra Belu: The Important Thing Is to Participate

Sanda BurțăShe’s fat. Anyone who says she’s not is lying. Or it’s her mom. Or the therapist at school who said she’s been through it, too and everything will be fine if she accepts and loves herself. Like if she accepts herself, she won’t be fat anymore, like if she loves herself, other people will love her, too. Today is …