Tag: Ethiopia swim

When we think of Olympic athletes, we have been taught to think of svelte, visibly muscular bodies. The somewhat “chubby,” average-built Ethiopian swimmer Robel Kiros Habte has received so much hate — and, sadly enough, most of it has been fatphobic rage. The media’s coverage of Habte has been appallingly fatphobic as well. With simple-minded headlines like the LA Times‘...