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If you were the editor-in-chief of a major women's magazine and one of the writers on your payroll used her platform to talk about how gross it is when larger people kiss or walk in public, what would your response be? Marie Claire's editor-in-chief Joanna Coles is rather non-plussed. "Maura Kelly is a very provocative blogger,” Coles told Fashionista. “She was an anorexic herself and this is a subject she feels very strongly about.” Well, great. Hear that, Marie Claire readers who identify as fat or obese? Maura Kelly feels very strongly about you and that's that, says the editor-in-chief. [Fashionista]
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