Petition urges 'fat-shaming' Netflix series to be scrapped

Jul 27, 2018 06:00 am

Insatiable, a new series on streaming service Netflix, has been accused of mocking overweight people, and a petition demanding its withdrawal had garnered more than 125,000 signatures by Tuesday.

The series, which stars US actresses Alyssa Milano and Debby Ryan and will be on Netflix from Aug 10, features an overweight teenager who is ridiculed by her classmates.

After losing weight, she seeks revenge.

The petition states that the series encourages young women to value "their worth on their bodies" and "perpetuates not only the toxicity of diet culture, but the objectification of women's bodies".

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But Ryan, 25, defended it on her Instagram account.

"As someone who cares deeply about the way our bodies, especially women's, are shamed and policed in society, I was so excited to work on Insatiable because it is a show that addresses and confronts those ideas through satire," wrote Ryan.- AFP