Is there anything worse than scrolling through social media just to find that somebody confused fatphobia with cleverness and then decided to visit it on the world as a meme? Yes, in my opinion, it could be worse - they could drag adorable animals and babies into it.
I'm on a bit of a mission to fix fatphobic memes and thanks to readers Nancy and Karin I've found and fixed these two:
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Hi, I'm Ragen Chastain. Speaker, Writer, Dancer, Choreographer, Marathoner, Soon to be Iron-distance triathlete, Activist, Fat Person. View all posts by Ragen Chastain
