Oak Park resident Ellie Mariyo just won $75K to spread her message of body positivity – Chicago Tribune/MSN

With nearly 150,000 followers on that platform and another nearly 35,000 followers on Instagram, Mariyo is a self-professed “Plus Size Joy Promoter,” one who does that through the lens of fashion, dance and a lifestyle that she exudes through her emerging brand, Big Girl Besties. “When people come to my page, I want them to feel that sense of joy and put a smile on their face."
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debtsor
3 years ago

Only a sick society would actively encourage people to be fat and eat more than their fair share of food. Food is a limited and finite resource – people around the world today are starving and don’t have enough food. For how many years has this selfish, selfish woman eaten more than her fair share? It takes years of 4,000 calories a day to get a BMI of 40 like her, when she should be eating 2,000 calories a day, and saving some food for the poor and starving.

Pat S.
3 years ago
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“It’s not what you’re eating; it’s what’s eating you.”

To be willing to accept the limitations of obesity speaks volumes about internal conflict.

I’m all for ‘to each his own,’ but celebrating obesity is a step to far. Acceptance is a fine attitude, celebration is not.

Lots to celebrate in life: morbid obesity isn’t one of them.

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