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    Chainsaws, shame and lifelong damage: inside TV’s horrific relationship with plus-size people

    Jul 04, 2022 4 minutes

    For a long time, fat people like me have been the butt of a television obsession. The search for the next “turn of the wheel” in the world of fatness is at the forefront of many a TV commissioner’s hit list, hence shows such as How to Lose a Stone in 21 Days, The Biggest Loser and Channel 4’s latest makeover series, The Unique Boutique. This is a fashion fix format aimed at helping people with disabilities and plus-size people to find clothes.

    As someone who comes up with TV shows for a living, I’m in the room when these sorts of ideas are concocted and it is rarely pretty.

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