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Slate Articles ([info]slate) wrote,
@ 2015-09-11 20:23:00

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Shame on People Who Fat-Shame

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/09/fat_shaming_does_not_work_poverty_is_worse_for_health_than_obesity.html

Last week comedian Nicole Arbour posted a self-described “truth bomb” on YouTube, “Dear Fat People,” that quickly went viral. “If we offend you so much that you lose weight, I’m OK with that,” she said, and then did her best to offend, mocking an obese family for smelling “like sausage” and claiming that “fat-shaming” is “fucking brilliant.”


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