‘Fat and lazy’ billboard in Times Square stirs up body shaming controversy
NY Post
Prominently displayed in Times Square, among the customary ads for Hershey bars and H&M, a new billboard plugging an online program for fitness, weight loss and mindfulness has caused outrage among the woke of New York.
The controversial sign, on the southeast corner of West 48th Street and Seventh Avenue, shows a plus-size woman squeezed into workout gear sitting with her head in her hands. Large letters above the despairing model ask: “Feeling fat and lazy?” The rhetorical question is being posed by self-styled “wellness motivator” Deborah Capaccio, whose trim figure appears on the promo, which directs you to GetYourSparkleBackGirl.com.
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