COVID weight gain memes aren't harmless. I had anorexia,I'd know
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COVID weight gain memes aren't harmless. I had anorexia,I'd know

An extra-terrestrial observing our culture through Instagram could be forgiven for thinking COVID was a disease that made you fat,rather than ravaged your lungs.

  • byHannah Vanderheide

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