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    Good Food

    Is LA Full of Fat Shamers? Can you Fat Shame a Man?

    Writer, actor and comedian Jen Curran moved to Los Angeles last year and was surprised to find a city full of bullies. She wrote a piece for the site XO Jane called I moved to Los Angeles and was Publicly Shamed for Being Overweight .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 24, 2014 • 1 min read

    Writer, actor and comedian Jen Curran moved to Los Angeles last year and was surprised to find a city full of bullies. She wrote a piece for the site XO Jane called I moved to Los Angeles and was Publicly Shamed for Being Overweight.

    Kat Stoeffel is an associate editor at The Cut, New York Magazine's fashion site where she wrote about the sheer impossibility of fat shaming men. Plus, we talk about an episode of Louie where actress Sarah Baker confronts Louie about his prejudice against dating overweight women.

    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Weight, Fat Shaming, Fed Up the Movie, Jonathan Gold's 101
    1. 0:00Is LA Full of Fat Shamers? Can you Fat Shame a Man?You’re reading this
    2. 9:49Health at Every Size
    3. 19:38Fed Up, the Movie
    4. 34:12Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One
    5. 48:48Jonathan Gold's 101
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

      Associate Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Weight, Fat Shaming, Fed Up the Movie, Jonathan Gold's 101
    1. 0:00Is LA Full of Fat Shamers? Can you Fat Shame a Man?You’re reading this
    2. 9:49Health at Every Size
    3. 19:38Fed Up, the Movie
    4. 34:12Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One
    5. 48:48Jonathan Gold's 101
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