Fat shaming and weight-based humour are always problematic. You might say, What is the harm in having a little fun with friends or siblings?
Yes, right. Light humour among those you know is not too harmful, only if the subject is comfortable. But when you put it on the big screen for millions to watch and normalise it, then it becomes problematic. And Bollywood has given us a LOT of examples—from telling a friend that she would not find a lover because she is fat to dedicating an entire song to weight!
Swipe through to read about some of them.
Yes, right. Light humour among those you know is not too harmful, only if the subject is comfortable. But when you put it on the big screen for millions to watch and normalise it, then it becomes problematic. And Bollywood has given us a LOT of examples—from telling a friend that she would not find a lover because she is fat to dedicating an entire song to weight!
Swipe through to read about some of them.
Fat shaming and weight-based humour are always problematic. You might say, What is the harm in having a little fun with friends or siblings?
Yes, right. Light humour among those you know is not too harmful, only if the subject is comfortable. But when you put it on the big screen for millions to watch and normalise it, then it becomes problematic. And Bollywood has given us a LOT of examples—from telling a friend that she would not find a lover because she is fat to dedicating an entire song to weight!
Swipe through to read about some of them.
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