fatsploitation
English edit
Etymology edit
From fat + -sploitation, after the pattern of blaxploitation, etc.
Noun edit
fatsploitation (uncountable)
- The exploitation of fat people in the media (especially film and television).
- 1995 February 17, George Meyer, “'Heavyweights' makes light of weighty issues”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
- And two points reflect the cynicism at the core of this fatsploitation flick.
- 2009 July 20, Nick Harding, “Unhealthy appetite: Is 'Fatsploitation' fuelling the obesity crisis?”, in The Independent:
- The appetite for "fatsploitation" entertainment isn't yet sated.
- 2011 February 6, Kevin O'Sullivan, “Same Old Kerry On”, in Sunday Mirror, UK:
- ITV's fatsploitation claptrap The Biggest Loser... and the telly tubbies aren't shedding much weight.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fatsploitation.