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Television: Plus-Size Sideshow
nytimes.com - 8/25/2008
Television: Plus-Size Sideshow
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Television, home of svelte cops and supersize fast-food ads, loves fat-reduction spectacles. >

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Oh No They Didn't!:  fat and reality television-- plus-size sideshow

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fat and reality television-- plus-size sideshow
Oh No They Didn't! — ... television heroine who was heavy and sexually active, but she didn’t start a trend any more than the Junoesque heroine of ABC’s “Less Than Perfect” did. The American physique has changed, but television still perpetuates a two-way body image distortion. Characters on dramatic series are unrealistically slender, while reality shows like “The Biggest Loser” showcase contestants who are dramatically obese. Viewers are caught somewhere in the contradictions. sauce I think this article is interesting food for thought (in a manner of speaking, of ...

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