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Stop calling your body 'midsize,' says Internet. But it's less clear about why you shouldn't use the t
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(Style)
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... by people who would otherwise fit under the definition of “plus-size” as a way to distance themselves from fatness. While others, in the vein of Skinner’s commenters, derided the use of “midsize” as skinny ...
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Created on 29 June 2021
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White Women Are Performatively Crying In A New TikTok Trend And It's Problematic as Hel
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(Entertainment)
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... videos of white women fake crying online is a chilling reminder of how easily they have been able to fake emotional distress at the direct -- and often fatal -- expense of black people. And, judging by ...
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Created on 25 June 2021
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Podcasting OG's Crissle West And Kid Fury of "The Read" Land A Historic Record Deal With Issa Rae’s Raedio Lab
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(Entertainment)
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... Podcast
Roxane Gay Talks Fat Liberation, Puppy Parenthood, And Teaching Her Own MasterClass On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast!
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Reveals Why Her Future Is Feminist On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast ...
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Created on 29 April 2021
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TikTok "Vanilla-Shaming," The Glorification of Sexual Violence, And What We Can Do About I
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(Sex)
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... partner or themselves is not just short-sighted—it can be dangerous, and even fatal. Attention was drawn to this issue in the UK in 2019, when British backpacker Grace Millane was strangled to death by ...
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Created on 02 March 2021
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When Sexist Dress Codes Were Mandatory And Masks Were Not, These Students Fought Back
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(Living)
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... students. Still, Rheeve and Going received negative comments such as “I’ll pass” or “Trump 2020,” with others claiming masks don’t work at all. Going, whose grandfather had passed away from the virus and ...
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Created on 02 September 2020
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A Body-Positive Guide To Staying Healthy During The Pandemic
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(Living)
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No, we’re not here to tell you to put down the cake and hop on the treadmill, and we’re tired of the media, and social media, sending the message that fat is evil and we all must stay teeny-tiny during ...
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Created on 28 May 2020
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Alicia Silverstone Opens Up About Dealing With Body-Shaming BS In Her 20s
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(Feminism)
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... I knew they were wrong. I wasn’t confused. I knew that it was not right to make fun of someone’s body shape, that doesn’t seem like the right thing to be doing to a human.” The cruel nickname “Fatgirl” ...
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Created on 21 April 2020
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Billie Eilish Strips In Protest of Body Shaming
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(Feminism)
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... seen what’s underneath. “Nobody can be like, ‘she’s slim-thick,’ ‘she’s not slim-thick,’ ‘she’s got a flat ass,’ ‘she’s got a fat ass.’ No one can say any of that because they don’t know.”
Fan recorded ...
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Created on 10 March 2020
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Natasha Lyonne On Millennials, Maintaining Independence In Relationships, Healthy Adult Friendships, And "Russian Doll": BUST Intervie
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(TV)
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... to discover that people are so similarly deranged.”
Lyonne’s Nadia dies more than 20 times in Season One, coming back each time determined to rewrite her fate. “With my own experience,” explains Lyonne, ...
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Created on 04 February 2020
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Instagram Is Taking Action Against Harmful Advertisements
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(Feminism)
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... and health through the app's presence.
Top photo courtesy of aitchisons at Pixabay / TeroVesalainenen
More From Bust
How Jameela Jamil Is Helping The Fight Against Fatphobia
Macy’s And Forever ...
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Created on 19 September 2019
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Looking Back At The Case of Aziz Ansari
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(Feminism)
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... his fate being like a primate dying alone in the jungle after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. He currently still resides in D.C. and Minnesota with his wife. Then, Supreme Court Justice ...
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Created on 18 September 2019
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How Jameela Jamil Is Helping The Fight Against Fatphobia
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(Feminism)
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Jameela Jamil is the realest actress and activist around; and now her back fat in a promo for the TV show “The Good Place” is too. Using her celebrity platform to empower women, promote inclusivity, ...
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Created on 12 August 2019
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Sexual Misconduct Isn't Sexy: Victoria's Secret Models Demand Chan
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(Feminism)
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... show, as those demographics fall far from the Victoria’s Secret “fantasy.” Stocks have plummeted. Over 50 VS shops closed their doors for good earlier this year. Testimonies of fat-shaming in stores and ...
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Created on 07 August 2019
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Fat Roles and Fat Rolls: What the Ursula Casting Tells Us About Roles for Fat Women and Femmes
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(Movies)
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You may have heard that Disney has cast Melissa McCarthy as Ursula in the upcoming Little Mermaid live action movie. If your timeline is anything like mine (full of fat people who are especially protective ...
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Created on 02 August 2019
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Macy’s And Forever 21 Tried To Serve Fatphobia—Customers Didn’t Bite
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(Feminism)
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In a tone-deaf tribute to diet culture’s sexism and fatphobia, Macy’s and Forever 21 have made it clear to customers where they stand on body positivity and fat acceptance—not in favor. This past week ...
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Created on 24 July 2019
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The Unbelievable True Story Of Mata Hari, The Original Femme Fatale
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(Living)
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... as the literal worst. As soon as the funeral was over, he shrugged off his old family and started a new one, sending Mata far away to live with a godfather she barely knew. At just 15, Mata was on her ...
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Created on 19 April 2019
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"Shrill" And The Journey to Fat Bitchdo
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(TV)
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... I had heard rave reviews from trustworthy sources and I knew the brilliant minds involved wouldn’t sign off on any more bullshit fat narratives, my skepticism runs deep.
When you’ve never seen authentic ...
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Created on 27 March 2019
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18.
Lindy West Talks "Shrill" On Hulu, Abortions On TV, And Fat Representatio
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(Entertainment)
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Fat acceptance writer and activist Lindy West has been wielding her pen like a sword for over a decade. Here, she dishes on her new Hulu show, writing large characters who actually get laid, and ranking ...
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Created on 15 March 2019
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Inside The “Body Neutrality” Movement
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(Living)
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... movement stems from its celebration of only "acceptably fat" bodies — those wearing U.S. sizes 12 to 16. Women wearing larger sizes than that still struggled to see much representation or marketing aimed ...
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Created on 14 March 2019
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20.
"The Good Place's" Jameela Jamil Will Not Stand For Avon's Body-Shaming
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(Living)
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... product thanks to Jamil’s tweets.
In December 2018, Jamil wrote the following in a BBC essay on why she believes airbrushing should be illegal:
“It is anti-feminist. It is ageist. It is fat-phobic. ...
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Created on 23 January 2019
