Headlines are supposed to draw readers in, but they should alsogive readers an honest glance at what they’re going to read. That’s why a recent Cosmopolitanheadlinehas people upset, and when you see it, you can judge for yourself.
In a piece that went up Monday afternoon, editor Elizabeth Narins tells the story of thirty one-year-old fitness blogger Simone Harbinson.
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It goes on to detail the life-threatening health scares she faced over the course of a tumultuous two years.
Harbinson got a severe kidney infection, tested positive for a malignant carcinoid tumor of the appendix, contracted an infection that required her to be quarantined, experienced a partial lung collapse, and suffered from chronic pain stemming from a damaged disc in her back.
The article also notes that Harbinson lost forty-fourpounds without a single session at the gym, because shes still recovering from surgery and isnt physically able to work out the way she used to before her cancer diagnosis.
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Here’s where the headline comes in, because instead of focusing on her incredible battle to beat the disease, they focused on her weight loss.
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Of course being a fitness blogger, that would be part of the story, but many feel that the headline makes it seem like her ailments were a weight loss hack.
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