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Fat Studies
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society
Volume 10, 2021 - Issue 2: Fatness and law
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Failure to Launch: One-Person-One-Fare Airline Policy and the Drawbacks to the Disabled-By-Obesity Legal Argument

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