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Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 AM

Healthy, my ass

Many blacks love big women, but having a rump the size of Buffie the Body's can put women at risk for disease.
By Debra Dickerson

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  • Wednesday, June 6, 2007 08:08 PM

    another: Buffie is *not* fat

    Buffie isn't fat. Ironically by making Buffie the example of the obese, Debra Dickerson is subversively supporting the "mainstream" idea of body size/type and beauty. Also, mixing the sensational topics of big booties, race and obesity into a 1000 word article just doesn't make for much of anything except maybe bad navel gazing.

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