Body Shaming Have you ever considered how much we are advised to alter our appearance? Magazines are constantly offering advice on how to lose weight “in days,” look slimmer “instantly,” and hide our “imperfections”... without knowing anything about us, let alone our appearance. This is just one example of body shaming, which happens all the time. Overweight characters' bodies are often used as the basis of many of the show's jokes in sitcoms. It's become the practice to…