Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos
Is This College Fat Shaming Students?
Posted
January 31, 2015
Views
102,430
Likes
1,401
Comments
1,337
Engagement
2.67%
January 31, 2015
102,430
1,401
1,337
2.67%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
7:42Now Playing"The private women's college Bryn Mawr emailed a group of students late last week encouraging them to join the new school-sponsored weight loss program. Students received the email based on their elevated body mass index, data that was mined from their medical records collected by the college's Health Center.
The email instructed the possibly pudgy ladies to "give a HOOT!" about their weight. This was a reference, we presume, to the school's svelte avian mascot, an owl.
"I'm clearly on a 'fat list'," one student wrote to Jezebel after receiving the email. She added: "I'm a size 6.""
*Read more here
Cenk Uygur (), Ana Kasparian (), Jimmy Dore (), and Brian Unger () discuss.
Buy MAD AS HELL on iTunes
Also on other digital platforms, DVD, & Bluray at
Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!)
**********
Suge Knight, Belle Knox, NY Times & Fat Shaming College Students - The Young Turks 1/30/2015 Social Commentary
**********
The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE STREAMING weekdays 6-8pm ET.
Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. (American Heritage Dictionary)
Download audio and video of the full two hour show ondemand + the membersonly post game show by becoming a member at Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth.
Join The Young Turks Network mailing list
or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing
Like Us on Facebook
Follow Us on Twitter
Get your TYT Merch
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
