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Re:'The People's Hospital' treats uninsured and undocumented by PuppyTailWags on Friday March 17, 2023 @12:05PM (#35198910)
I don't think there's a fat-hate "movement" tbh. I think it's always been popular to make fun of fat people. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone had a fat child be described as neglected, spoiled, and a bully, and therefore it was justified to magically force the child to grow pig parts that had to be surgically moved. Published 1997.

I guess somewhat more recently we have people like Lizzo trying to push back on things like this, but the CDC has recently pushed a recommendation for bariatric surgery on children as young as 14 so. Shrug, I guess.

Re:'The People's Hospital' treats uninsured and undocumented by watwut on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:00PM (#35204525)
Growing up elsewhere, the stereotype of fat people was that they are nice and kind. The level of hate was quite surprising to me when I first encountered it.