polymoog
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kids cant pass basic high school? lower the standards.
economy is slipping? develop a new calculation for the GDP.
college grades too low? stop giving out grades.
fukushima radiation too high for the EPA limits? jack up the EPA limits.
and now...
too many fat women? reclassify them as 'fabulously sized'.
http://people.com/style/kmart-plus-size-fabulously-sized-clothing/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag
While the term “plus-size” is relatively ubiquitous throughout the fashion industry, not everyone is totally on board with that labeling of women whose bodies don’t happen to fit the traditional runway mold. The term “plus” implies that women who wear those sizes are outside of the norm, or the traditional “regular” sized run of clothing that goes from zero to 12, when in fact, women who wear sizes larger than that are actually by far the norm. The average American woman, for example, in 2017 wears a size 16 or 18, meaning there’s absolutely nothing “plus” or atypical about that particular clothing range. And now Kmart had decided to honor that statistic in a new way, henceforth re-labeling all of their “plus-size” collections as “fabulously sized” instead.
"dont happen to fit the runway mold" is the new euphemism for "im grossly overweight and too lazy to diet and exercise".
economy is slipping? develop a new calculation for the GDP.
college grades too low? stop giving out grades.
fukushima radiation too high for the EPA limits? jack up the EPA limits.
and now...
too many fat women? reclassify them as 'fabulously sized'.
http://people.com/style/kmart-plus-size-fabulously-sized-clothing/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag
While the term “plus-size” is relatively ubiquitous throughout the fashion industry, not everyone is totally on board with that labeling of women whose bodies don’t happen to fit the traditional runway mold. The term “plus” implies that women who wear those sizes are outside of the norm, or the traditional “regular” sized run of clothing that goes from zero to 12, when in fact, women who wear sizes larger than that are actually by far the norm. The average American woman, for example, in 2017 wears a size 16 or 18, meaning there’s absolutely nothing “plus” or atypical about that particular clothing range. And now Kmart had decided to honor that statistic in a new way, henceforth re-labeling all of their “plus-size” collections as “fabulously sized” instead.
"dont happen to fit the runway mold" is the new euphemism for "im grossly overweight and too lazy to diet and exercise".