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Weight stigma is so entrenched that fat jokes are considered acceptable fodder

ByLindley Ashline
The second image has the same background, plus a photo of an Allstate insurance sign with a casually bigoted fat joke.

Weight stigma is so entrenched that fat jokes are considered acceptable fodder for insurance company signage.

It’s exhausting to be surrounded by negative comments about bodies like yours every single day. If you’re not fat, imagine what it must be like to see things like this multiple times per day.

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