Why Mindy Kaling — not Lena Dunham — is the body positive icon of the moment
There's something refreshingly real about this sitcom star
Watch Mindy Kaling talk about her Vogue interview with Jimmy Kimmel:
Watch a clip from The Mindy Project:
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