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‘Thicker, curvy’ women denied entry to bar; rant goes viral on social media
DC News Now ^ | 11/11/2022 | Vivian Chow

Posted on 11/12/2022 12:16:46 PM PST by rod5591

(KTLA) – Two female ... social media influencers say they were denied entry into a popular Los Angeles nightclub because of their size.

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

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

The women shared their story on social media and said it has resonated with women all over the country.

“It was so dehumanizing,” said Jay. “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.”

The women believe this problem goes beyond one nightclub. Halikas said 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.’

Halikas [claimed] her career as a model had put her on runways and on the pages of Sports Illustrated magazine, but it still didn’t stop her from being turned away.

The Tao Group, operators of The Highlight Room, responded to the incident by saying:

“We are aware of their experience. The doorman on this evening worked for a third-party promotion company and we’ve removed this individual from the door effective immediately."

The women say ... they don’t believe just firing one doorman is enough. They’re hoping to work on systemic change in the industry while inspiring and empowering other plus-sized women.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
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To: rod5591

81 posted on 11/12/2022 4:29:02 PM PST by simpson96
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To: rod5591

Send fine women home or to church events. Fill night clubs with skanks only.


82 posted on 11/12/2022 4:42:36 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: SauronOfMordor

As a slender woman with a physical job who is a healthy, organic diet freak and works out 3x per week-I wanted to see what is supposed to be thick, curvy, plus size model, etc-and I gotta say those two are heifers-fat by the rural standards here-not many fat people around at any age-healthy diet and work are why. Maybe I’m a snob, but that is fat and unhealthy...


83 posted on 11/12/2022 4:54:24 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: rod5591

They’re not curvy. *I* was curvy when I was heavy, but they’re corpulent. That being said, that’s no reason to deny them entry to a bar, regardless of what kind of image the club is trying to present.

That being said, businesses do have the right to refuse service if they so choose; or they used to.


84 posted on 11/12/2022 5:11:51 PM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: rod5591

85 posted on 11/12/2022 5:45:02 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: rod5591

Isn’t the point of going to those nightclubs to be dehumanized?


86 posted on 11/12/2022 5:58:38 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: rod5591

New York City clubs used to require women to wear five inch heels.

Painful, but so is the music, the crowds, the strangers, the prices...

I don’t know the difference between a private club and a public accommodation, but the heels are surely discriminatory.


87 posted on 11/12/2022 6:31:22 PM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: dragonblustar

Let me guess:

You are either a fat chick, or married to one


88 posted on 11/12/2022 7:25:35 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: rod5591

If men can be women. then fat chicks can be healthy and attractive. Case closed.


89 posted on 11/12/2022 8:05:25 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: rod5591

Somthing about fat girls and mopeds....


90 posted on 11/12/2022 8:08:59 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Tired of Taxes

I wouldn’t join a club that would have me as a member.


91 posted on 11/12/2022 8:30:27 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: JohnnyP

- Groucho Marx :-)


92 posted on 11/12/2022 8:47:46 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

He was funny.


93 posted on 11/13/2022 12:19:27 AM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: doorgunner69

Let me guess, you have a small penis and play with yourself in the shower because you too old, fat and ugly to land your fantasy woman, who is most likely a tranny? Right? Of course I’m right. Only a porn addicted wanker types like you.


94 posted on 11/15/2022 6:58:32 PM PST by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: rod5591

They are curvaceous and beautiful, not ugly and fat.
Those skinny toothpicks whose Frontline looks like their backside are ugly.


95 posted on 11/15/2022 7:02:09 PM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

She is beautiful


96 posted on 11/15/2022 7:03:00 PM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: EEGator

Just fat guys like him


97 posted on 11/15/2022 7:03:26 PM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

THAT is FAT and dawg ugy


98 posted on 11/15/2022 7:03:57 PM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Love the one in orange


99 posted on 11/15/2022 7:04:37 PM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

❤❤❤❤


100 posted on 11/15/2022 7:05:11 PM PST by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATISTS)
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