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Screenshot: Lose the Biggest Loser already

TV post by lschmeiser on January 19, 2010 - 8:27pm; tagged it's all fun and games until someone dies of dehydration, reality TV, Screen Shot, the biggest loser, the fantasy of being thin, will you people just watch Better Off Ted already?.
Not only does this show perpetuate the popular "fat equals unhealthy" with its unspoken corollary "therefore, thin equals healthy," it also overtly coaches its participants to engage in what Kate Harding so aptly called "the fantasy of being thin." And then there's the vomiting and dehydration. That's healthy, right?
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