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The “good fatty” is a dancing fatty: Fat archetypes in reality television

2018; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 8; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/21604851.2019.1549400

2160-4851

Layla Cameron,

Humor Studies and Applications

While fatphobia runs rampant in traditional reality television programs, the advancement of the body-positive movement has made media representations of fat people far more complex. Utilizing TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life as a case study, the author addresses how the introduction of body positivity into the reality television industry has offered freedom from fat shame only to those who fit into a "good fatty" archetype.