There's a Group of People Photoshopping Plus-Size Celebs to Make Them Appear Skinny

#ThinPride? Seriously?!

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In Horrible News of the Day, a movement called "Operation Harpoon" has gone viral for their grossly inappropriate images in which plus-size celebs (and, perhaps even more grossly, non-celebs) are photoshopped to make them appear thin. 

While their Facebook pagehttp://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png has been removed, their Tumblr offershttp://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png the following "mission statement":

"This
is a page dedicated to showing both sides of modern day beautyhttp://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png.In
current societal fashion, a recent trending surge of "pro-obesity"
and "fat acceptance" have paved the way for many people to renounce exercisehttp://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png and personal healthcarehttp://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png in general. This page aims to only show
that being skinny is okay as well! Skinny-shaming is not okay :)."

Look, of course skinny-shaming isn't okay, because allwomen are beautiful. But to actually transform someone's body so it appears slimmer—and then celebrating that completely non-existent but "better" look—is ignorance in its purest, most heinous form. 

Ugh. Need a palette cleanser? Check out these 30 inspiring women putting body-shamers in their place.

Diana Bruk
Diana Bruk
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My writing has regularly appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, Salon, VICE, Guernica, The New York Observer, BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and many more publications.

I was previously the Senior News Editor at Best Life Online and the Viral Content Editor in the Newsroom of Hearst Digital Media. My portfolio consists of a vast and diverse body of work that includes personal essays, lifestyle articles, breaking news posts, and viral content. My areas of expertise, however, are Russia, sex and relationships, and mental wellness.