South Korea's Plus-Size Women: Break the 48kg Myth

South Korea's Plus-Size Women: Break the 48kg Myth

Jieun Choi
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“Don’t girls normally weigh less than 50kg?”
“If you weigh over 50, how can talk openly about your weight?”
“ARE YOU CRAZY?”
 
Meet the women giving the middle finger to South Korea’s pervasive culture of fat-shaming.
 
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