May 24

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Jordan Peterson Said A Plus-Size Model Was “Not Beautiful.” The Data Says He’s Wrong.

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Though there are ever new ways to get yelled at on Twitter, author Jordan Peterson proved his conservative bona fides by going with one so dated The Simpsons stopped making fun of it in 1997: No fat chicks.

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