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Are Models Skinny Because We're Fat?

Column blaming the thin trend on society's obesity gets lots of attention

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2009 12:37 PM CDT

(Newser) – Robin Givhan's recent Washington Post piece attempting to explain why models are so skinny—"the fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman," she wrote—spawned a number of responses in varying degrees of outrage. Read on for a sample:

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