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Sarah Shemkus
Sarah Shemkus

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·Jul 22, 2019

A Fat Girl in France

The media loves to depict French women as effortlessly thin. Ahead of my trip, I wondered: How will I fit in? — French women, they say, do not get fat. Their secret, according to the bestsellers, is an innate ability to consume the world’s most wonderful foods in torturously minuscule portions. I, however, do get fat. Scratch that: am fat. My stomach protrudes and my arms jiggle and too often in photographs…

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A Fat Girl in France
A Fat Girl in France
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Sarah Shemkus

Sarah Shemkus

116 Followers

Shore-dweller, cheese-lover, writer of things. Published in the Boston Globe, Guardian, Washington Post, Civil Eats, & more. Talked to Oprah once.

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