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The Moo Deng Conundrum

The Moo Deng Conundrum

How can a deeply fatphobic culture fall in love with a "little bouncy meatball?"

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Moo Deng: Meet Moo Deng, the world's most adorable baby hippo | World News  - Times of India

There’s a subset of large animals that are considered fat. Whales, elephants, cows, and pigs are in that subset. So are hippos. These are all animals to which I - a fat woman - have been compared. An…

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