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Fatphobic Bully Apologizes to Anchor… Or Does He?

October 8, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 20 Comments

Is it impossible for the guy who sent news anchor Jennifer Livingston hate mail about her weight to be a bully because of his relative lack of power?

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News Anchor Takes Fatphobic Bully to Task on TV

October 3, 2012 By Justin Cascio 18 Comments

Justin Cascio applauds Jennifer Livingston for taking a strong anti-bullying stance against a person who sent her a fat-phobic email.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: bullying, cyber bullying, cyberbullying, fatphobia, Good Feed Blog, Jennifer LIvingston, teaching kids to bully, The Fat Nutritionist, UpWorthy, video

On Objectification

June 29, 2012 By ozyfrantz 53 Comments

I don’t think there’s any word more commonly misunderstood in feminist discourse– both by feminists and non-feminists– than objectification. This annoys me, because it’s actually a really useful concept. Most important misunderstanding: objectification is not a synonym for attraction. Let me say that in shouty letters. OBJECTIFICATION IS NOT A SYNONYM FOR ATTRACTION. Feminists (at [...]

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