Body Portrayals and TV
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Posted Wednesday 1/15/20 at 5:18PM EST
Aidy Bryant on promoting Shrill: Reporters keep asking about my body while trying to avoid using the word "fat"
Bryant said in a conversation at the 92nd Street Y last night that reporters often use euphemisms like “chubby sweets.
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Posted Friday 12/13/19 at 3:26AM EST
TLC's Hot & Heavy "mixed-weight" reality show accused of fatphobia and fat fetishization
The upcoming reality show focusing on three "mixed-weight" couples consisting of a "hunky" man and a plus-sized woman has received...
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Posted Friday 12/06/19 at 1:05PM EST
Jillian Michaels says The Biggest Loser is a victim of political correctness: Obesity shouldn't be glamorized
Michaels tells Women's Health UK that the push against body shaming hurt her former NBC weight-loss reality show, which USA...
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Posted Thursday 9/05/19 at 3:32AM EDT
"Fat Monica" is an intrinsic part of Friends’ canon that it cannot seem to escape, even 25 years later
"Even if you overlook the fatphobia that follows this character around like a shadow, you’ll find that the biggest problem...
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Posted Tuesday 8/13/19 at 11:49PM EDT
Jameela Jamil: I became powerful enough to convince NBC to stop airbrushing me for The Good Place billboards
Jamil, who has been crusading to stop Hollywood airbrushing, tells Variety she's been lobbying for years against being airbrushed in...
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Posted Tuesday 6/25/19 at 1:54PM EDT
Camila Mendes says Riverdale costume fittings drove her to seek help for eating disorder
Mendes says she would have to go through "overwhelming" two-hour fittings every few episodes where her character would wear tight...
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Posted Wednesday 4/03/19 at 6:29PM EDT
Project Runway keeps struggling to dress plus-sized models
The Bravo reality show is in its 17th season, yet it still has trouble finding designers who can dress models...
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Posted Tuesday 4/02/19 at 5:01PM EDT
James Corden: Fat people don't have sex on TV and movies
The Late Late Show host discussed the limitations of being a large person on David Tennant's podcast.
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Posted Friday 3/29/19 at 11:44PM EDT
Shrill is busting the myth of fat women being "unf*ckable"
"A big part of representing fat women on TV involves busting myths about their desirability," says Josephine Livingstone.
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Shrill costume designer calls "bullsh*t" on having to make plus-size outfits due to lack of options
Aidy Bryant "knew going in that this was going to be a struggle," costume designer Amanda Needham says of dressing...
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Posted Monday 8/27/18 at 10:30PM EDT
In defense of Insatiable
Kelly deVos, a self-described fat person who writes about weight issues, said the controversial Netflix drama had some redeeming aspects...
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Posted Monday 8/13/18 at 9:39PM EDT
Insatiable is yet another TV show that puts thin actors in bizarre-looking fat suits
From Fat Monica on Friends to Fat Schmidt on New Girl, TV producers like to use a "bizarre fat suit...
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This Is Us is proof that TV is terrible at portraying overweight people
Comedian Guy Branum, host of truTV's Talk Show the Game Show, tackles the problematic portrayal of overweight people on TV...
