As body positivity goes mainstream, fat-shamers still have an audience

No one expected it, not even the model herself.When Women's Running magazine asked Erica Schenk, an 18-year-old plus-size model from Palm Springs, Calif., to pose for its August issue, everyone involved thought the photos were just going to run alongside an article about workout apparel for different body types. At the last minute, editor-in-chief Jessie Sebor decided, "Why not put her on the cover?"