https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8 Amidst criticism from many perspectives, it is important to look at how productive certain people's opinions regarding fatness truly are. en-us 2018-03-29 23:42:14 UTC 2026-02-27 23:16:53 UTC hello@padlet.com kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247413070 2018-03-29 23:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247413070 kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247543115 - "I'm not talking to the people who have legitimate health conditions, I'm talking to people that are obese... that means you're so fat that you're affecting your own health."
- "Fat shaming: Shame people who have bad habits until they f*cking stop!"
- (Referring to body positivity) "If you want to be positive to your body, work out and eat well."
- "I'm not saying all this to be an asshole, I'm saying this because your friends should be saying it."
- "The truth is, I will actually love you no matter what..."]]> 2018-03-30 19:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247543115 kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247543827 Nicole Arbour proves very early on in her video, that she is not educated on the topic. By linking obesity to one's own fault, she not only shows her lack of knowledge, but provides a misinformed definition that is the basis for her video. 
Arbour seems to believe that making people ashamed of being fat, and excessively reassuring them of how disgusting they are, will somehow lead to their weight loss. That said, she never even refers to any complex outcomes or solutions to this "problem" of fatness. To her it is simple, fat people need to not be fat.]]> 2018-03-30 19:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247543827 kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247544840 2018-03-30 19:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247544840 kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247547986 Youtube creator boogie2988 (Steven Jay Williams, 43) was actually friends with Arbour until this video. In his response, he starts by saying that he agrees with her in that being overweight damages your body and that we owe it to ourselves to be healthy.
However, "the problem is, I have never met a fat person that has not had this pounded into their brain over and over again by everyone around them". He continues to say that every fat person has heard these things a million times. He makes an important point, that not everyone is ready or capable of readily changing the state of their body. He says that a huge problem here, is that she is aiming her words towards some nonexistent fat person, that has no other problems other than loving burgers. The reality, he states, is that there are realistically lots of problems.
He explains that fat-shaming makes people feel bad, disgusting, and simply hate themselves, adding that "for someone to do these massive changes, they have to give a shit about themselves, and it's hard to love yourself in a society with so many people telling you you're a worthless piece of shit."
Finally, he concludes by saying that fat-shaming doesn't work or help, it just makes things worse.]]> 2018-03-30 20:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247547986 kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247549737 2018-03-30 20:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247549737 kplasse96 https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247549895 Content creator Gabbie (Gabrielle Hanna, 27) responds to Arbour, not from the perspective of a self-identifying fat person, but simply as someone who struggled with their weight. 
In her response, she reminds viewers that you are your now worst critic. She follows up by saying that if she herself had seen the video while she was struggling with her body image, it would've been extremely hurtful. Gabbie criticizes Arbour's "audacity to use her voice to tell people they are disgusting and need to change", which certainly brings to the forefront, this idea that Nicole Arbour's opinion truly has very little place in the matter. She explains how she hopes and burgers that people do not take Arbour's words seriously.
Finally, she says that "whether you're fat and healthy, fat and unhealthy, skinny and healthy, or skinny and unhealthy, it shouldn't be addressed by some snarky bitch". Here, Gabbie makes an important point in reminding her audience that weight and health do not go hand-in-hand. ]]> 2018-03-30 20:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kplasse96/l2vdgtxbvpz8/wish/247549895