At the two-minute mark of what was probably my seventeenth stream of Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” music video, I noticed something changed — the clip showing the word “FAT” on the scale she stands on had been deleted. Instead of the word popping up on the scale, the camera swiftly cuts to Swift’s antihero clone looking at her disappointedly.
The video was edited last month because of an uproar on social media. The body positivity community in favor of the scene’s removal argued that the scene reinforced the idea that being fat is bad and that it’s a trigger word.
While it’s essential that prominent artists like Swift keep in mind how their work will affect their fanbase, fans need to keep in mind that everyone experiences eating disorders differently. The way Swift chose to depict hers obviously wasn’t intended to be offensive, after all it is her personal experience.
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