“These cultural messages appeared to augment women’s gut-level feeling that ‘thin’ is good and ‘fat’ is bad.'
"When these media outlets use a celebrity's weight, or more specifically fatness, to diminish her, it sends a message to women that fat bodies are wrong. These media messages show us all that the consequence of being fat is public shame and ridicule," said Saju.
Amanda Scriver, a freelance journalist and body image advocate, told HuffPost Canada that fat-shaming celebrities sets the standard for how we view bodies in Western culture.
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