Fat women on TV have traditionally been funny sidekicks or sad-sacks obsessed with losing weight, but shows like 'Shrill', 'Work in Progress' and 'Euphoria' have been changing the narrative
, as they both highlight the internalized sorrow and shame that comes with carrying a large body in a society that values a small one for women. At the beginning ofwho initially forces her to sneak out the back of his place so his roommates don't catch a glimpse of her.
Thankfully, the show embraces the sexual connection between them, treating us to a groundbreaking real-time sex scene where Abby and Chris writhe together in the darkness as we hear their every erotic moan and grunt. takes a lens to the experiences of mixed-size couples, twisting TLC's patented "fatness chronicle" reality genre away from shows likeand the Honey Boo Boo franchise, which prey on viewer's schadenfreude and view fatness as a grotesque circus.
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