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How a Trump-Endorsed Republican Could Become California’s Next Governor

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“Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the author of a new collection of short stories entitled “Fat Swim.” Her work questions body image and the suppression of fatness in contemporary culture; Eisenberg recently paid for a billboard over a busy highway in Philadelphia bearing the slogan “Your ...  Show more

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