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Essay: Be careful what you say; body shaming isn’t just for overweight people
- Stacia Friedman
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Essay: Be careful what you say; body shaming isn’t just for overweight people. By. Stacia Friedman. September 8, 2017. ( tenor /Big Stock Photo) “You eat like a bird,” said a woman I barely knew. She eyed the half scone I had left on my plate contemptuously, while dabbing a napkin to lips that had just made an over-stuffed pastrami ...