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Another F-Word
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A women's clothing store in Edmonton has apologized to an employee and is offering to hire her back after initially firing her for using the word "fat" instead of a euphemism like "plus-sized" in a Facebook post. After she got a promotion, she posted, “Conquering the world, one well-dressed fat lady at a time.” The store first took it out of context and fired her; only after a backlash did they reverse course. In context, it's obviously meant a) to refer to herself as well as the customers, and b) in a taking-back-the-term positive way. You know that, and the store SHOULD have known that. Everyone's too worried about offending people. (Canadian Press via Toronto Star)
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