California aquarium apologizes for calling sea otter ‘thicc girl’
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California aquarium apologizes for calling sea otter ‘thicc girl’
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December 21, 2018
California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium was forced to apologize for calling one of its sea otters a “thicc girl” and “chonk” amid backlash and criticism over the fat-shaming and African-American vernacular language used on Twitter.
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California aquarium apologizes for calling sea otter ‘thicc girl’
Description
December 21, 2018
California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium was forced to apologize for calling one of its sea otters a “thicc girl” and “chonk” amid backlash and criticism over the fat-shaming and African-American vernacular language used on Twitter.
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