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Afternoon Question: Obsession With Fat

Issue : Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling objects to skinny culture /Seattle PI

More : Rowling has a bone to pick with the skinny models and celebrities whose “overpriced handbags and rat-sized dogs” grace the glossy pages of celebrity magazines. On her website, jkrowling.com, the author of the best-selling Harry Potter series criticized an article featuring a young woman whose thin frame indicated she is “either seriously ill or suffering from an eating disorder.”

Question: Is there anyone out there who’s comfortable with themselves despite being a coupla pounds to the bad?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog