ninthwraith
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I thought some here might be interested in the ABEBooks site article summarized thus:
"There is more to a person of size than size alone. Why then does it seem that in the world of fiction, fat always has to have an agenda? When a character is described as overweight, it virtually always seems to be accompanied by a moral, or seen as a character flaw, or used as an introduction to the primary struggle of the book. In a society increasingly populated by larger people, will the device of fat in fiction ever stop carrying so much weight?"
http://www.abebooks.com/books/overweight-fiction-weight-obesity-character/skinny-fat.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-r00-ar1002B-_-fat
"There is more to a person of size than size alone. Why then does it seem that in the world of fiction, fat always has to have an agenda? When a character is described as overweight, it virtually always seems to be accompanied by a moral, or seen as a character flaw, or used as an introduction to the primary struggle of the book. In a society increasingly populated by larger people, will the device of fat in fiction ever stop carrying so much weight?"
http://www.abebooks.com/books/overweight-fiction-weight-obesity-character/skinny-fat.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-r00-ar1002B-_-fat
