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The Fat Debate

The β€˜Fat Acceptance Movement’ online, bus seat wars in China, and debate over a female fighter pilot from United Arab Emirates.

Anne-Marie Tomchak speaks to a woman in Australia who had to shut down her online business selling clothes for oversized women, after she became a victim of trolling.

Anne-Marie also takes a look at the rise of the controversial Fat Acceptance Movement online. She is joined by a 27-year-old blogger who describes herself as β€œpretty damn fat and unabashedly so” and a founder of the National Campaign Against Obesity to discuss the implications of the movement.

We also take a look at conflict between the old and young in China. Vincent Ni from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Chinese tells us how a dispute over a bus seat reveals distrust between the generations.

And, is there a place for women in battle? The first female fighter pilot from the United Arab Emirates has been stirring up a heated gender debate under the hashtag #SyriaUnderAttack. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending’s Mai Noman joins us to explain.

Produced by India Rakusen.

(Photo: An obese stomach. Credit: Clara Molden/ PA Wire)

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18 minutes

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  • Sat 27 Sep 2014 10:32GMT
  • Sun 28 Sep 2014 03:32GMT
  • Sun 28 Sep 2014 22:32GMT

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