A Chinese newspaper fat shamed Greta Thunberg – and she didn’t hesitate to take them down
Greta Thunberg says she’s adding an attempt by Chinese state media to “fat-shame” her to her resume.
The 18-year-old was recently attacked by China Daily – a newspaper owned by the ruling Communist Party – over her criticism of the nation’s carbon emissions.
The outlet mocked her weight, and bizarrely called her the “environmental princess”.
“Although she claims to be vegetarian, judging from the results of her growth, her carbon emissions are actually not low,” said writer Tang Ge.
On Friday she hit back, tweeting: “Being fat-shamed by Chinese state owned media is a pretty weird experience even by my standards. But it’s definitely going on my resume.”
How a 26-year-old Harvard graduate and nonprofit cofounder spends his day ddavis@businessinsider.com (Dominic-Madori Davis)
Saad Amer, 26, is the cofounder of the nonprofit Plus1Vote.
The nonprofit seeks to help people vote in elections.
He is also a fellow at Yale and works with the United Nations.
No two days are the same for Saad Amer, the 26-year-old cofounder of Plus1Vote. Some days he s creating Instagram filters to educate people on the climate crisis; the next, he s helping send a million text messages to get young people to vote. Launched in 2018, his nonprofit seeks to improve voter turnout in national elections using social media to create campaigns and engage with young people.
The nonprofit seeks to help people vote in elections.
He is also a fellow at Yale and works with the United Nations.
No two days are the same for Saad Amer, the 26-year-old cofounder of Plus1Vote. Some days he s creating Instagram filters to educate people on the climate crisis; the next, he s helping send a million text messages to get young people to vote. Launched in 2018, his nonprofit seeks to improve voter turnout in national elections using social media to create campaigns and engage with young people.
The organization often partners with leaders like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Vice President Al Gore to host seminars educating people on climate change and voting rights. During the 2018 midterm elections, Plus1Vote launched a campaign that was supported and shared on social media by Alyssa Milano and Jimmy Kimmel. Plus1Vote also teamed up with the Women s March to help amplify the voices of people of color.
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Teenagers Deserve a Place at Biden’s Climate Table
Including activists from the Sunrise Movement and elsewhere could improve the president’s climate policy while energizing the youth vote.
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The youth vote is one of the biggest what-ifs in American politics. The crucial 18-to-29 bracket typically doesn’t participate at levels comparable to groups over the age of 30, skewing national electoral profiles toward the older end of the spectrum. The 2020 election didn’t upend the trend, but surging youth turnout did send a crucial message to the Democratic Party, particularly on the issue of climate change: We care; now do something.