I don’t want fat girls or burkas in my Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

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This may not be an unpopular opinion, but after fruitlessly scouring google for an echo chamber to agree with me, I decided to post it here. SI swimsuit edition is not an equal opportunity program, or something that should be political. I don’t care if it empowers women, because I doubt feminists are lining up to buy the calendars/magazines, and that’s certainly not what I buy it for. I don’t want fat women featured in the content, because they’re unhealthy and unattractive. I don’t want burka-bearing women either, because however they may try to construe it in their head, they’re oppressed by a misogynistic religion/culture, and it (the burka) is unattractive. I have the 2019 calendar, as I’ve had every calendar for the past 8 years, and come September when I’m supposed to turn to Ashley Graham’s tankard of a body wrapped up in strings and be awed by the courage of this unhealthy woman, I’m probably going to just flip to another month.