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How social media algorithms reward voluptuous bodies, making the "big ass" aesthetic a digital currency.

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Discussing Saartjie Baartman (the "Venus Hottentot") and how larger, particularly African, body types were historically demonized and othered in Western culture. How social media algorithms reward voluptuous bodies, making

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