A letter James Corden will probably never read

Intro: Recently, Bill Maher presented us with 6 uninterrupted minutes of fat phobia and fat shaming. This sparked controversy, with some people agreeing outright, and some people recognizing the harm being done by this kind of thing. Most people, however, were somewhere in the middle—they were able to see it as harmful, but underestimated the […]

Bill Maher and the Issue of Fat-Shaming

(Disclaimer: I usually write from an outline, but this time I’m just working off the quotes I wrote down from the clip. This is going to be a little rough because I’m just trying to get my thoughts down quickly and efficiently.) The Bill Maher clip, “The Fudge Report,” where he discusses fat-shaming, or more specifically, the societal […]