“The CONSTANT anti-fat storylines on Friends. They used every chance they got to make fun of how Monica looked when she was ‘fat,’ both in the present day and in the flashback episodes. She seemed to be perfectly happy with her body before Chandler made that comment.”
“Two words: ‘Fat Monica.’ That’s one that feels like it wasn’t just a case of it was ‘a different time,’ but just your basic ‘let’s laugh at fat people’ joke. It wasn’t cool then, and it isn’t cool now. Even in the late ’90s/early ’00s, there were conversations about eating disorders, so
Our publication features several staff writers, allowing us to report on different events and offer expert perspectives across various subjects.