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11-12-2015, 10:40 AM
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Leongsam - take note. The liberals have spoken.
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Fat-Shamers Hand Out Nasty Cards on Subway, So Plus-Size Company Has Awesome Response
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Over the weekend, the rudest man alive entered the London tube and handed a young woman, Kara Florish (https://twitter.com/kflorish), a card.
Written across the top of the card was the name of his group, "Overweight Haters Ltd." Printed below that was a lengthy explanation of the organization, beginning with the charming sentiment, "Our organization hates and resents fat people. We object to the enormous amount of food resources you consume while half the world starves."
Florish immediately took to Twitter to call out the random act of rudeness and the card itself. The Internet soon took notice, with even more witnesses saying they'd seen other women handed the same card, prompting The Cut to ask (http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/11/london-woman-handed-fat-shaming-card-on-train.html), on behalf of all of us, "Can we abandon Earth now?"
But rather than accept that there are truly repulsive people in this world, one woman and a plus-size clothing company banded together to flip the organization's cowardly card tactic on its head.
Bethany Rutter (https://twitter.com/ArchedEyebrowBR), a plus-size journalist who runs the blog Arched Eyebrow (http://archedeyebrow.com/), decided to take the concept behind the fat-shaming card and turn it into an empowering message. On Monday, she tweeted out a plan: to print out cards saying "You look great today!" and distribute them on the tube.
"I love giving and receiving compliments, and a random compliment from a well-intentioned stranger (not a creepy dude, obviously) has been known to make my day," Rutter told Mic. "I heard about this horrendous fat-phobic campaign of hate on the London underground and thought it was the perfect opportunity to get started on this!"
As Rutter's tweet started to get more attention, more stories from women who have been publicly shamed for their weight started rolling in.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?221487-Londeners-react-to-fat-shaming-with-cards-that-say-quot-you-look-great!-quot&goto=newpost).
Leongsam - take note. The liberals have spoken.
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Fat-Shamers Hand Out Nasty Cards on Subway, So Plus-Size Company Has Awesome Response
http://media3.mic.com/NWU4Y2EyZjhjZCMvOVZqSmRGVW9vTVhudzlsVFpmREpxbTlzTX o4PS8yNXgyNS9zbWFydC9odHRwczovL3MzLmFtYXpvbmF3cy5j b20vcG9saWN5bWljLWltYWdlcy9jNjM4MzU3Y2NiYjExZDFkNT A5MzAwYTdlM2ZlZWE3OTRmNjZiZGJhZDVlZTk1ODY5YTgzYjVm OGFkNjVlMGU4LmpwZw==.jpg (http://mic.com/profiles/188911/rachel-lubitz) By Rachel Lubitz (http://mic.com/profiles/188911/rachel-lubitz) December 01, 2015
Like Mic on Facebook:
Over the weekend, the rudest man alive entered the London tube and handed a young woman, Kara Florish (https://twitter.com/kflorish), a card.
Written across the top of the card was the name of his group, "Overweight Haters Ltd." Printed below that was a lengthy explanation of the organization, beginning with the charming sentiment, "Our organization hates and resents fat people. We object to the enormous amount of food resources you consume while half the world starves."
Florish immediately took to Twitter to call out the random act of rudeness and the card itself. The Internet soon took notice, with even more witnesses saying they'd seen other women handed the same card, prompting The Cut to ask (http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/11/london-woman-handed-fat-shaming-card-on-train.html), on behalf of all of us, "Can we abandon Earth now?"
But rather than accept that there are truly repulsive people in this world, one woman and a plus-size clothing company banded together to flip the organization's cowardly card tactic on its head.
Bethany Rutter (https://twitter.com/ArchedEyebrowBR), a plus-size journalist who runs the blog Arched Eyebrow (http://archedeyebrow.com/), decided to take the concept behind the fat-shaming card and turn it into an empowering message. On Monday, she tweeted out a plan: to print out cards saying "You look great today!" and distribute them on the tube.
"I love giving and receiving compliments, and a random compliment from a well-intentioned stranger (not a creepy dude, obviously) has been known to make my day," Rutter told Mic. "I heard about this horrendous fat-phobic campaign of hate on the London underground and thought it was the perfect opportunity to get started on this!"
As Rutter's tweet started to get more attention, more stories from women who have been publicly shamed for their weight started rolling in.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?221487-Londeners-react-to-fat-shaming-with-cards-that-say-quot-you-look-great!-quot&goto=newpost).