weightism

LOTHIAN: So, how does so-called weightism play out in presidential politics?

CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2007 2007

LOTHIAN: How does so-called weightism play out in presidential politics?

CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007 2007

I would have no chance getting into those clubs – ageism, weightism, facial hairism, uncoolism – take your pick.

Racist bouncers at club ruin book launch 2009

There is a thing called body building now, fatism, weightism - all that stuff that ` s going on.

CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2009 2009

CATHERINE STEINER ADAIR, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, HARVARD: We're actually teaching weightism as a form of prejudice in our country, that's just as harmful and cruel and hurtful to people as is racism or sexism.

CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2007 2007

KAMARCK: We're actually teaching weightism as a form of prejudice in our country.

CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007 2007

Even though there's no polling to back up the politics of obesity, experts say, sadly, weightism is happening.

CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2007 2007

The ongoing "American Idol" scandal surrounding Frenchie Davis and Antonella Barba has some crying racism, Rosie O ` Donnell crying weightism.

CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2007 2007

This tacit weightism, along with the more direct messages that children and even adults send through weight-based taunts and prejudice, contributes to body dissatisfaction and eating disorders.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

They've been hyping it for weeks, so it couldn't have anything to do with Rosie O'Donnell's whole racism / weightism accusation (regarding the seeming double standard in the show's responses to the photo scandals of Antonella Barba, pictured, and Frenchie Davis) on Lythgoe's response to Rosie's "oblivious self-promotion."

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009