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A disturbing trend has emerged on Twitter — #FATKINI. Evidently a slew of young women are taking selfies of their variously sized (mostly overweight) bodies and posting them to Twitter in an effort to stop “fat shaming” and promote pride in fat bodies.

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The debate rages on about whether or not this is a good thing. Given a few of the other hashtags I’ve seen in response — most notable #LOSEHATENOTWEIGHT — I’m going with not. There’s a big difference between being ashamed to go out in public vs. accepting the reality of your own shape and size. There’s an even bigger difference between discouraging ostracism and encouraging people who are unhealthy to NOT lose weight.

How about focusing a lot less on how we look — and what others think about that — and a lot more on being healthy and feeling good from the inside out? Given our obsession with looks and how others perceive us, I’m not holding my breath that there will be a mass realization that what’s really needed is for people to put down the sugar and wheat, and pick up the eggs and bacon.

But a girl can dream.

Until then, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for the next hashtag trend to be #FITKINI.


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