Of the plus-sized Nike mannequin that understandably caused her significant distress, Gold wrote: “She is immense, gargantuan, vast. And plus-sized women ultramarathons are just a figment of body-positive freaks’ twisted imaginations. Not a good move, but the U.K. loves to be in denial of fat,” Miller Tweeted. This hints at the most serious problem with the Nike mannequin: it might make plus-sized women feel OK about themselves. So OK that they start thinking of themselves as a whole person, not a body fat percentage display.

Source: National Post June 13, 2019 10:30 UTC