Posts tagged Plus Size
The Biases and Bigotry Against Fat Bodies

In Episode 9, we speak to Chloe Sheppard and Gina Tonic from The Fat Zine to discuss why they decided to launch a Zine ‘by fat people, for fat people and people who care about them’. We talk about the beauty industry’s biases against fat people, and how Black and Jewish women inspired the fat liberation movement.

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Are Instagram’s Algorithms Fat Shaming?

On Episode 3 Kathleen Ho, the Beauty Director of The Cut and New York Magazine joins me for Required Reading. When comedian Celeste Barber parodied a semi nude pose of ex Victoria Secret model Candace Swanepoel and posted it on Instagram, the social media giant removed it. Swanepoel’s however wasn’t . Why? We discuss The Guardian’s take on the story.


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