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This must be the week for covers that make everybody cry.

Though there was useful commentary, deeply personal stories, and some incisive observations, my problem with the episode is that it ultimately repeats a harmful framework:
Fat people (nearly all women) were on trial and up for observation (their privacy already considered non-existent) — not the fatphobic bias that had so clearly shaped their lives.

There are few feelings better than experiencing a piece of art for the first time and realizing that it will stay with you forever. Watching Gaelynn Lea's Tiny Desk Contest submission was one of those moments for me.

When I lost sensitivity in my breasts and my husband didn’t show excitement about the augmentation, I got a little insecure.

When I lost sensitivity in my breasts and my husband didn’t show excitement about the augmentation, I got a little insecure.

Before the surgery, buying bikinis, bras or even a top was torment. Nothing would fit properly, I was always uncomfortable, and I suffered from low self-esteem.

Before the surgery, buying bikinis, bras or even a top was torment. Nothing would fit properly, I was always uncomfortable, and I suffered from low self-esteem.

Can T-Pain sing without his trusty auto-tune? NPR's "Tiny Desk" concert series finds out.