Members of Seattle Area Fat Feminist Inspiration and Rage (SAFFIR) staged a demonstration in favor of fat acceptance at a fashion show that featured Barbie dolls, fake blood, and a toilet bowl. Seattle Times correspondent Wylie Wong reported: "Barbie dolls were everywhere. Nude Barbie dolls with nooses around their necks. Clothed Barbie dolls in coffins. A toilet bowl filled with empty food cartons and diet books—and a nude Barbie doll—sat on the sidewalk." During the demonstration, SAFFIR member Diana Mackin paraded along the street "with a pink set of scales chained around her ankle. Fake blood oozed out of her stomach and thighs to show where women sometimes undergo surgery to get rid of fat."

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