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Πέμπτη 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2016

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Lizzie Velasquez

A woman who's in a meme mocking her appearance,
has had thousands of messages of support after calling for 
people to stop sharing these pictures.
Lizzie Velasquez is a motivational speaker who has given TED talks
and has thousands of followers.
She was born with a rare, inherited condition which means her body
is unable to store fat.
"I'm writing this post not as someone who is a victim but as someone
who is using their voice," she wrote.
"No matter what we look like or what size we are, at the end of the day 
we are all human."
As well as Lizzie, other memes feature plus-size women, older people
and those with a disfigurement.
A number of Facebook pages appear to be responsible for creating and sharing the images, which require people to tag a friend with the name
referred to in the meme.
"I ask that you keep that in mind the next time you see a viral meme of
a random stranger," she said.
"At the time you might find it hilarious but the human in the photo is
probably feeling the exact opposite."  As well as being unable to store
fat in her body Lizzie suffers form another serious health condition too.
Called Marfan syndrome, it can affect the length of a person's limbs
and their body shape.
"It's very late at night as I type this but I do so as a reminder that the
innocent people that are being put in these memes are probably up
just as late scrolling through Facebook and feeling something that
I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy," she wrote in her social media post.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat

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