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TikTok users have had enough of fatphobia. A recent movement on the social platform is rejecting fat-shaming and celebrating all body shapes, after a trend that shamed plus-size people was dubbed “offensive”, “silly” and “weird”. It first began when a series of videos became popular where people filmed themselves in baggy t-shirts or oversized hoodies with the caption “I bet she’s fat under those clothes”. Set to the song “Love Me” by Lil Wayne, they might then pull their clothing tight across the waist to “reveal” a slimmer, hourglass figure.  The trend’s message – that wearing greater clothing is OK so long as the body underneath continues to be acceptable by mainstream beauty standards – immediately drew criticism from other users. So...