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Next week's "New Yorker," making heads explode for body shaming the Body Shamer In Chief (Original Post) Miles Archer Mar 2018 OP
BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists succeed in halibut head implant dalton99a Mar 2018 #1
IMHO that is not body shaming jberryhill Mar 2018 #2
Yeah, its actually flattering. bettyellen Mar 2018 #3
Looks more like a cherub than Jabba the Hutt jberryhill Mar 2018 #7
I agree. Ms. Toad Mar 2018 #14
A pretty obvious 'Emperor Has No Clothes' reference as opposed to any 'body image' connotation imo mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #4
A fact their criticism conveniently ignores. Nt Anon-C Mar 2018 #5
Yes, a reference to "Emporer Has No Clothes" DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #16
Fox News was whining about that yesterday: highplainsdem Mar 2018 #6
Hey now...that's a mighty tiny podium ya got there bub. Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #8
How hard is it to distinguish the message tavernier Mar 2018 #9
What's the problem? jeffreyi Mar 2018 #10
The Emperor has no clothes! That's the message. That he is also fat is just facts Maraya1969 Mar 2018 #11
Love the . . . peggysue2 Mar 2018 #12
That is actually a very flattering representation of Trump, as far as I can tell. milestogo Mar 2018 #13
Anything that causes the folks at Faux emotional pain Boomerproud Mar 2018 #15
It's a reference to the classic fairytale "The Emperor's New Clothes" Hekate Mar 2018 #17

Ms. Toad

(34,059 posts)
14. I agree.
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 05:45 PM
Mar 2018

While it isn't flattering - my immediate thought was it was a play on the emperor with no clothes.

tavernier

(12,375 posts)
9. How hard is it to distinguish the message
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 04:22 PM
Mar 2018

“The Emperor Has No Clothes” from fat shaming?

Spin away, faux news.

Hekate

(90,633 posts)
17. It's a reference to the classic fairytale "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Sat Mar 17, 2018, 06:06 PM
Mar 2018

Spoiler alert: He was naked when he went on parade, having been fooled into thinking he was clothed in the finest.

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