'All bodies are deserving of respect': Megan Crabbe shares her open letter to the Nike mannequin 'fat-shamers'

Welcome, guys, gals and non-binary pals! It's the year 2019, and this week on the internet, a plus-size piece of plastic became one of the most talked about people in the world.

Nike unveiling its new larger-bodied mannequins has shown us once again that hell hath no fury like Twitter users forced to acknowledge that humans of all shapes and sizes exist. And maybe even – gasp – move their bodies!

As the first image of the flagship store's latest resident started circulating last week, so too came the flurry of angry comments - “this is disgusting”, “what a dangerous message”, (and my personal favourite) “how can a sportswear brand be promoting death like this”. I never realised that death was in the same promotional category as sports bras, I wonder whether it comes in a racerback version...