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Jan
As a fat person, I hate the first weeks of January with a burning passion. After each holiday season, there is seemingly no escape from the weight loss industrial complex. Social media is awash with weight loss ads, people are constantly posting fitness goals, and gyms are in-your-face talking about "beach bodies." The entire world embraces the eating disorder I worked so hard to escape while gleefully saying, "Your body shouldn't exist." To be honest, the world does a pretty good job all year long, but it really kicks up its game this time of year. Before I started working…