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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNext week's "New Yorker," making heads explode for body shaming the Body Shamer In Chief

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Next week's "New Yorker," making heads explode for body shaming the Body Shamer In Chief (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Mar 2018
OP
A pretty obvious 'Emperor Has No Clothes' reference as opposed to any 'body image' connotation imo
mr_lebowski
Mar 2018
#4
The Emperor has no clothes! That's the message. That he is also fat is just facts
Maraya1969
Mar 2018
#11
That is actually a very flattering representation of Trump, as far as I can tell.
milestogo
Mar 2018
#13
dalton99a
(93,941 posts)1. BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists succeed in halibut head implant
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. IMHO that is not body shaming
That depiction is likely flattering in comparison to reality.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)3. Yeah, its actually flattering.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)7. Looks more like a cherub than Jabba the Hutt
Ms. Toad
(38,553 posts)14. I agree.
While it isn't flattering - my immediate thought was it was a play on the emperor with no clothes.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)4. A pretty obvious 'Emperor Has No Clothes' reference as opposed to any 'body image' connotation imo
Anon-C
(3,440 posts)5. A fact their criticism conveniently ignores. Nt
DeminPennswoods
(17,459 posts)16. Yes, a reference to "Emporer Has No Clothes"
not body-shaming.
highplainsdem
(61,815 posts)6. Fox News was whining about that yesterday:
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)8. Hey now...that's a mighty tiny podium ya got there bub.
tavernier
(14,429 posts)9. How hard is it to distinguish the message
The Emperor Has No Clothes from fat shaming?
Spin away, faux news.
jeffreyi
(2,564 posts)10. What's the problem?
Hides the diaper, no?
Maraya1969
(23,489 posts)11. The Emperor has no clothes! That's the message. That he is also fat is just facts
peggysue2
(12,519 posts)12. Love the . . .
tiny hands depicted so well. so small and baby-like.
Hahahaha!
milestogo
(23,036 posts)13. That is actually a very flattering representation of Trump, as far as I can tell.
Boomerproud
(9,273 posts)15. Anything that causes the folks at Faux emotional pain
is fine by me.
Hekate
(100,133 posts)17. It's a reference to the classic fairytale "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Spoiler alert: He was naked when he went on parade, having been fooled into thinking he was clothed in the finest.