Big Girls Having Fun: Reflections on a ‘fat accepting space’

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-37

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EID: 84880442179     PISSN: 20440138     EISSN: 20440146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/soma.2012.0036     Document Type: Article

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