• Home
  • About Me
    • My Bio
    • Sponsor Info
    • Giveaways
    • My Other Freelance Writing
    • Video Hello
    • blogging advice
  • Love + Relationships
    • Dating
    • Engagements
    • Letters to my future husband
    • Love Lounge
    • marriage
    • Memo To Men
    • Open Letters
    • Singlehood
    • virginity
    • Weddings
  • Fashion + Style
    • beauty
    • do or don’t
    • fashion
    • hair
    • jewelry
    • men’s fashion
    • women’s fashion
  • Art + Design
    • art
    • design
    • dream home
    • flowers
    • illustration
    • Photographs
    • posters
    • tattoos
    • typography
  • Disability Dialogue
    • body image
    • Dating
    • Dating With Disabilities
    • depression
    • disabilities in the media
    • Disability
  • Life + Leisure
    • babies
    • birthday
    • books
    • dream vacation
    • Entertainment and Media
    • etsy love
    • family
    • food
    • gift guide
    • holidays
    • In The Pursuit of Happiness
    • link love
    • magazines
    • Man Candy
    • movies
    • music
    • peek inside
    • Shopping
    • TV
    • would you rather

Thursday, September 10, 2015

My Response to Nicole Arbour’s Fat-Shaming Video

Dear Nicole Arbour:

I’m about to do something that some people might not agree with. There are those who have held themselves back and refrained from commenting on your recent YouTube firestorm. They don’t want to put you on blast and give you even more attention than you deserve. They believe doing so would give you exactly what you’ve wanted all along.

Well, I have ZERO qualms about putting you on blast. None whatsoever.

I have this habit of surfing YouTube late at night. It’s a good way to unwind at the end of the day. I randomly came across your recent video over the weekend (we both know which one I’m talking about here), and well, let’s just say I’m sorry I did. I couldn’t even watch it for two minutes before I quickly closed my browser window in sheer disgust. Anger doesn’t even begin to describe the sort of rage I was feeling.

ARE YOU SERIOUS???

Honestly, I don’t know if I should feel sorry for you, but something tells me that you knew exactly what you were doing by posting such a vile, blatantly horrific video. How pathetic is it to reduce people to numbers on a scale? And for what? The shock value? Oooh, like we haven’t seen that shtick before. Maybe you get some sort of sadistic joy out of shaming people you don’t even know. Maybe you thrive on that sort of negativity. Who knows?

Here are some powerful words for you: Your video was nothing short of mean, malicious and extremely offensive. You can try to hide it under the guise of satire, try to tie it all up in one pretty bow and pretend that you’re making some sort of revolutionary social statement, but you’re not. The only statement you’re making is showing the entire world just how completely and utterly insensitive you are. Your lack of tact in how you handled the situation and its aftermath speaks volumes about your level of ignorance too.

Shaming isn’t comedy. And it’s never funny. What about the girl in junior high who watches your videos and looks up to you? Just what is SHE supposed to think?

What can I say? I guess I don’t have that much self-restraint… UN-xoxo

[Photos via We Heart It]

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Email

2 Comments Filed Under: body image, Breakup/Love Letters, confidence, Heartbreak, Shame on you, Uncategorized


Warning: Use of undefined constant rand - assumed 'rand' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/customer/www/melissablakeblog.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/melissa-blake/functions.php on line 179

Related Posts

  • TV show reunions
  • Have a lovely weekend
  • SUNDAY Column: The Beauty of Bruises And Battle Wounds.SUNDAY Column: The Beauty of Bruises And Battle Wounds.
  • In The Pursuit of Happiness: ELLE’s editor-in-chief on makeup

Comments

  1. Julia says

    Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 8:16 am

    You go girl!!! I actually didn't know the video until now and just came back from watching it. In the end she said something about paying attention to your health and that she loves her viewers no matter how they look, but nobody gets this far and the way she says it is plain and simple mean.

    Reply
  2. Liz says

    Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    I haven't watched the video, and I probably won't. I hate body shamers. Everyone deserves to feel beautiful. You should check out Courtney Mina's blog (www.theglitterthread.com). She's one of my fave body positive bloggers. 🙂

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

So About What I Said is a daily blog that covers relationships, disabilities, lifestyle and pop culture. I love to laugh and have been known to overshare. I also have an unabashed obsession with pop music, polo shirts, and PEZ dispensers. Read more...

Let's Be Friends
Pinterest
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Bloglovin
RSS

Contact Me
Subscribe by Email

About Us

dotted lineAbout Us
archive

Archives

So About What I Said © 2023 · Design by Maiedae · Development by High Note Designs

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.