https://asaconsumers.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/scholars-conversations-kjerstin-gruys-and-ashley-mears/
"I found that, despite being a 'plus size' clothing store, thinner workers (including myself!) were more likely than plus-sized workers to be in jobs with higher pay, higher status, and greater autonomy. Additionally, sales associates had to constantly indulge both customers and managers when they complained about their bodies through 'fat talk,' which I argue is a demeaning form of emotional labor. The managers, who were all standard-sized, gave a lot of mixed messages about body size, such as by organizing a weight-loss contest for the sales staff, and then buying pizza for the winners!"
~ Kjerstin Gruys
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