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‘Thicker, curvy’ women denied entry to Hollywood bar; rant goes viral on social media
ktla ^ | Vivian Chow

Posted on 11/11/2022 8:41:52 AM PST by BenLurkin

Ella Halikas says a bouncer told her and fellow “curvy” model, Alexa Jay, that they couldn’t follow their friends into The Highlight Room in Hollywood.

“(Alexa) asked him ‘Hey what’s going on? I’m actually with that party you just let in,’ and he said, ‘I know,’ and looked her up and down and said, ‘Not tonight,’” Ella said.

“It was so dehumanizing,” said Alexa. “It was like we were being looked through. If you experienced any type of discrimination like this, you know exactly how horrible and disgusting it feels and we are no longer letting this fly.”

The women believe this problem goes beyond one nightclub.

Halikas says she has received thousands of messages from other plus-sized women sharing similar stories of being turned away from bars and nightclubs.

“One of my plus-sized friends went to a club in New York City and they said, ‘Everyone else can come in,’” said Halikas. “They let in all her thin friends, got to her and said, ‘You can’t get in.’ She asked, ‘Why?’ and he goes, ‘If you want to come in, pay $4,000.”

“It felt like we were alone,” said Halikas. “It felt like we were plucked out of a crowd and I just felt like we need to share this because it’s not about us not getting into the Highlight Room, we don’t care. It’s the bigger picture of how many girls face this every single day. It was discrimination – 100 percent.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


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To: fidelis
The "locales" should simply hook a "WIDE LOAD" sign to their butts as they enter.

Would be nice if there were also one of those warning beepers for when they back up.

Regards,

61 posted on 11/11/2022 11:14:52 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: moovova
They look like they could be a lot of fun if they don’t mind stepping in as bodyguards occasionally.

Or as concrete bollards.

Regards,

62 posted on 11/11/2022 11:17:49 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: moovova

Yes. It came to mind because one of the Curvers said “If you experienced any type of discrimination like this, you know exactly how horrible and disgusting it feels and we are no longer letting this fly” (i.e. WE WILL NOY BE IGNORRRRRRRED! lol).


63 posted on 11/11/2022 12:17:22 PM PST by avenir (Information overload = Pattern recognition)
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To: csvset

Yep just think of all the shade she can give in the summer and the heat in the winter.


64 posted on 11/11/2022 12:35:08 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: csvset

The one on the right looks like an alien mutant.


65 posted on 11/11/2022 12:38:52 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: BenLurkin

Those two together could capsize Guam.


66 posted on 11/11/2022 1:14:33 PM PST by Pollster1 (America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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To: HombreSecreto

“If you want to come in, pay $4,000.”

Seems fair. That’s probably the same thing they were charging the guys to party with her thin friends.


67 posted on 11/11/2022 1:39:04 PM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: BenLurkin

No fatties tonight!


68 posted on 11/11/2022 1:46:19 PM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: csvset

She looks like a Micronesian Sumo wrestler. More carbs, honey.


69 posted on 11/11/2022 1:50:40 PM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: BenLurkin

They have to decorate the bar to sell alcohol to men - it’s their own fault for not being decorative. :)


70 posted on 11/11/2022 1:54:56 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: BenLurkin

Government plus business = fascism.

Start your own club, ladies. There are lots of men who dig women in your share of the market.


71 posted on 11/11/2022 2:45:50 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free... Galatians 5:1 )
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To: Vaduz
There’s thick plump big obese and damn.

It's spelled "day-um".

72 posted on 11/12/2022 1:29:15 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: csvset

Chunky and fat.


73 posted on 11/12/2022 1:36:34 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: Jeff Chandler

yep


74 posted on 11/13/2022 7:03:31 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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