Jamil has also channeled her energies into iWeigh, an Instagram-based online community that encourages young people to value their accomplishments rather than the numbers on a scale. The project began accidentally; fed up after seeing tabloid stories that focused on actresses’ dress sizes rather than their accomplishments, Jamil took to Instagram to vent her frustrations. “I've never seen a picture of a famous man with his weight written across his body, but I constantly see it with women even those who have earned hundreds of millions of dollars. They're self-made, talented, and great businesswomen, but they're reduced to nothing more than a number on a scale,” says Jamil. “I wasn't trying to start a movement, but so many thousands of people sent posts back to me that I didn't want to just disappear into the ether.”

A year later, iWeigh is thriving with nearly half a million followers. Pictures of body positive activists like model La ‘Shaunae Steward are featured alongside inspirational quotes, heartfelt messages from young women, and images of Sam Smith kicking up his heels and dancing. Focused on radical inclusion and being an empowering safe space for people from all walks of life, iWeigh has grown to encompass multiple perspectives and shed light on a variety of concerns—sexuality, representation, gender equality, and disability activism among them—connected to its theme of self-love. For Jamil, who has plans to expand the project eventually, its success has been heartening, but she wants its future to be about more than one person. “It'll be a platform that involves activists rather than just me being the voice for everyone which is ridiculous because I can't be, and I haven't experienced every single thing,” she says. “[iWeigh] is an opportunity for me to be able to properly give a platform to the activists that have been doing all of this hard work for the last ten years, who aren't listened to because society didn't give them a voice.”

With iWeigh thriving, another season of The Good Place on the horizon, and a return to hosting on the forthcoming game show, The Misery Index, Jamil’s schedule is jam-packed, but she wants to continue being a force for change. “I’m still the first South Asian I’ve seen on many covers and campaigns, and while I hope to be the first of many, as someone who never saw people who looked like me, I can’t understate the importance of representation,” she says. Committed to bringing about a future where young girls won’t share her experience, Jamil understands her dedication wouldn’t be possible if she hadn’t learned to accept herself. “I feel like I've got extra hours in the day that I didn't know were there because I spent 20 years just thinking about how I'm too fat, or I've got too much belly or too many stretch marks,” she says. “I look in the mirror, and I’m not worried about what other people think of me—it's been very liberating, and I'm getting a lot more done.”