Fat jokes are back

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Annabelle Treadwell makes “fat Sunday” content with her friends at the Bread Club in Dallas. The phrase is used as a hashtag for social media content depicting a decadent food crawl. (Nitashia Johnson for The Washington Post)

Phrases such as “big back” and “fat Sunday” have gone mainstream. Is it self-deprecating humor or something more harmful?

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Cindy Noir, 30, scrolled through TikTok. Videos of thin people calling themselves a “big back” or taking a “fat Sunday” piled up. Some creators donned fat suits, others used the new terms to make self-deprecatory comments about their food choices.

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