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The fashion industry's 'plus-size' label shames women to fit an unhealthy standard
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Does Fashion Industry Know What Plus Size Really Means?
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Inbetweenie, life-size and curve: the language of plus-size
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We're paying twice for the same experience': Plus-size travelers hit out at 'discriminatory' airline seat policies
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