NPR: Geoffrey Miller https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=188960218 Geoffrey Miller en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 07 May 2026 21:11:37 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Geoffrey Miller https://www.npr.org/tags/188960218/geoffrey-miller The Fat-Shaming Professor: A Twitter-Fueled Firestorm Higher education is not immune to prejudice, a statement seemingly confirmed by a university professor's tweet denigrating the academic skills of obese people. The result has been a powerful online debate. Yet the question still remains, what should be done about unwarranted bias against obese people? Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:43:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/06/06/188891906/the-fat-shaming-professor-a-twitter-fueled-firestorm https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/06/06/188891906/the-fat-shaming-professor-a-twitter-fueled-firestorm account was public before his "obese PhD applicants" tweet. Now it's protected.'/>

Higher education is not immune to prejudice, a statement seemingly confirmed by a university professor's tweet denigrating the academic skills of obese people. The result has been a powerful online debate. Yet the question still remains, what should be done about unwarranted bias against obese people?

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