![Six panel colour comic strip in a grid of 3 panels wide by 2 panels high.
The first panel shows a person standing in front of a mirror in a blue room. They are wearing a red t-shirt, jeans with a black belt and several necklaces and their stomach is visible. They have a small moustache, ear piercing and short black curly hair. They are looking into the mirror looking sad. A thought bubble is coming from their head: text reads 'I don't feel beautiful this size at all. Maybe I should just cancel...'
The second panel shows the same person. A woman dressed in a bright dress with fairy wings has appeared next to them. She is holding a wand and wearing colourful makeup. A speech bubble comes from her and reads 'Is that negative self-talk I hear?!'
The third panel shows the same characters. The person in the red t-shirt has a defensive hand raised to the woman. They are coughing as fairy dust falls on their head from the wand. A speech bubble from the woman reads 'I am your fairy bod-mother!'
The forth panel shows the fairy bod-mother with her arm around the person wearing the red t-shirt. She is using her wand to point to a group of bodies in a thought bubble. The bodies are all different. A speech bubble from her reads 'You see, big bodies are just part of a diverse spectrum of beautiful body shapes.'
The fifth panel shows the fairy bod-mother waving her wand over the person, who is transformed into wearing a cream suit. They are covered in fairy dust from the wand and are smiling. A speech bubble from the smiling fairy bod-mother reads 'Fatphobia teaches us to hate big bodies and you are way too hot to internalise that...'
The sixth panel shows the fairy bod-mother tapping the person on the back, a speech-bubble from her reads '... Now you go out there and show the world what big and unapologetic looks like!'. The person in the suit has their hands on their hips and is smiling slightly, looking more confident.](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/b339e556-80ad-49d4-a011-2cbda0725ba1_The+fairy+bod-mother+x6.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=100)
The fairy bod-mother. © Sarah Akinterinwa for Wellcome Collection.
About the artist
Sarah Akinterinwa
Sarah Akinterinwa is a Nigerian-British cartoonist and illustrator who regularly contributes to the New Yorker Magazine, and has been featured in the LA Times and the Guardian. She creates humorous cartoons and comics about life, love, and anything that inspires her.