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Fat shaming Jay

posted 8 years ago by emilyrose15
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Just saw this this afternoon and had a few thoughts on it.

I find the episode through thick and thin to be very distasteful.

The actress who plays Jay had just had a baby and came back very quickly too and the whole episode is about how big she is, how Michael hates it and acting as though she weighed 300lbs, when in truth she was actually a normal size still and her body had changed from just having a baby.

For me it's uncomfortable to watch it as the jokes were very harsh towards Jay, which is actually towards the actual woman who is playing the part and whose body they are attacking with those jokes.

I don't like it, it's not personal to me, before anyone says it is, I'm actually quite small myself, but the fact is she had a baby and this felt a bit much.

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] Grayswain 7 years ago

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a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity.

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