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REFERENCED - RESEARCH ARTICLES AND LINKS:

Ready Player One Cast: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677720/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Runaways Cast: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236246/

This Is Us:http://www.refinery29.com/2017/11/179973/fat-suit-movies-tv-characters-overweight

The Heathers Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Tva5JJOAo

Barbie's New Bodies: http://time.com/barbie-new-body-cover-story/

Lindy West: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/589/tell-me-im-fat

Midwester Writer's Conference: https://www.hercampus.com/news/sarah-hollowell-navigating-fatphobia-midwest-writers-workshop-all-ways-you-got

Normalize Fat On Stage (Maggie Rogers): http://www.americantheatre.org/2018/01/16/all-sizes-fit-all-the-case-for-normalizing-fatness-onstage/

Bustle/Fat in the Media: https://www.bustle.com/p/its-cool-you-feature-fat-characters-on-your-show-now-do-more-43463

Fat Stereotypes in the Media: https://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/138958386/big-fat-stereotypes-play-out-on-the-small-screen

http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/the-evolution-of-fat-women-on-tv.html

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