UPDATED: Facebook Removes ‘Feeling Fat’ from Structured Status Updates

One of the options for Facebook structured status updates that was likely intended to be humorous and tongue-in-cheek has instead raised the ire of a global women’s initiative.

FatIsNotAFeelingOne of the options for Facebook structured status updates that was likely intended to be humorous and tongue-in-cheek has instead raised the ire of a global women’s initiative.

When Facebook users compose status updates, they can click on a smiley-face icon for “Feeling” to add emoticons representing how they are feeling at the time of posting, but Catherine Weingarten of international local-global initiative Endangered Bodies took offense to the “feeling fat” option, launching a petition on Change.org for the social network to remove that option.

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