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  • Nicole Arbour Ingintes Controversy With Fat-Shaming Video, Comedian Gets Censored By YouTube

    Comedian and YouTube celebrity, Nicole Arbour , spoke her mind about obesity in a YouTube video titled, Dear Fat People and got her YouTube channel temporarily suspended on Saturday.

    Arbour claims in her video that “fat-shaming is not a thing.” The comedian suggested that fat people should park at the back of the mall to force them to walk and burn some calories.

    Her video gained a half-million views before she got a notice from Google warning her YouTube channel was going to be disabled for its content. Arbour laughed it off and joked that she is the “first comedian in the history of YouTube to be censored.”

    She also laughed at the body positive movement on social media.

    “If you want to be positive to your body, workout and eat well. That’s being positive to your body,” Arbour pointed out. She ended her video with the reason why she said those harsh words towards fat people: “I am saying this because your friends should be saying it to you.” She explained she was not referring to fat people who have special medical condition which caused their obesity. The YouTube channel was live again by Sunday. As of now, the video has well over 1 million views. In response to the fat-shaming jokes of Arbour, Whitney Way Thore of My Big Fat Fabulous Life said: “Fat-shaming is a thing; it’s a really big thing, no pun intended.”

    Thore who started the No Body Shame campaign explained that fat-shaming is a part of a more serious problem called body-shaming which every person has experienced. In her video, she asked people to be more understanding because nobody knows what that fat person is going through. She gained weight due to polycystic ovarian syndrome.

    Arbour claims she is not affected by the controversy over her video or tweets, Monday.

  • Misty Copeland, First African-American Principal in American Ballet Theatre’s History, Continues to Inspire

    Misty Copeland, the first African-American woman to be named a principal in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theater, continues to inspire young girls who dream of following in the ballerina’s footsteps.

    On Saturday, Copeland visited the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore to share her story of battling racial inequality to attaining the highly-coveted position of principal, which are typically paid more and take on more prestigious roles.

    Little girls wanting nothing more than to be just like their heroine lined up for hours to get a seat inside the museum and see the prima ballerina.

    Copeland, 32, shared her struggles as well as her accomplishments with the crown, including her early recognition for her natural dancing ability and the heartbreak of being told her body was too big and muscular to really succeed. She also shared how her brown skin kept her from roles traditionally held by white dancers.

    She began to bond with other black dancers and wasn’t shy to speak on the racial inequality in ballet, although she said she never saw herself as an activist.

    “I am just speaking my truth and my experiences,” Copeland said.

    According to the Baltimore Sun, Copeland says she want to use her position to reach other little girls with the same struggles by mentoring young dancers. She began a program with her dance company to improve diversity, but realized real change takes time.

    “That is not something you can just see transform over night,” she said.

    After speaking at the museum, Copeland signed copies of her memoir Life in Motion and her children’s book Firebird.

    Copeland treated each excited girl as if she were special.

    “It’s important for me to be a real person,” she said. “I am not somebody up on a pedestal. It is not about me as an individual. It is about what I represent.