Amanda Levitt, Wayne State University graduate student and founder of www.fatbodypolitics.com, takes to Twitter and Tumblr and other social media to defend anyone who doesn't fit into the narrow margins society has prescribed for femininity and health. And she defends beauty in any shape and size. If America is really getting fatter as research suggests, she said, it's most likely that an obsession with being thin and a culture of fat-shaming leads to yo-yo dieting and destructive self-hate, she said. Genetics and lifestyles are different, Levitt said: "Why can't we be allowed to be happy with ourselves?"

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