Dear Fat People Analysis

Recently, a video went viral called “Dear Fat People” by Nicole Arbour, a YouTube comedian. In the video, Arbour expresses her thoughts on people who are overweight, which she rudely calls fat. She states, “Fat shaming is not a thing…I don’t feel bad for you [people who are overweight] because you are taking your body for granted.” The backlash was astounding. Many well-known YouTubers responded to the video saying Arbour is being a bully and her comments are sending a negative message to girls everywhere. Many people have problems accepting their body because society constantly tells them they are not perfect. Society's idea of perfection especially affects teenage girls who are overweight. Brands that many of their peers wear are unavailable in bigger sizes, making it hard for these girls to shop. Plus size teens have a hard time finding models that look like them which might make them feel like their body type is not good enough for the kind of clothes these models are wearing. When doing everyday tasks, they may experience discrimination by people surrounding them. These girls who are overweight only want one thing: to fit in. It's hard to feel like you fit in with a

Urban Outfitters, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and PacSun are popular brands for girls in middle school and high school. Most of these stores run up to a size 11 or 12 in pants and also go up to a large or extra large. Plus size tends to start at a size 13 so plus size girls cannot shop at the same stores as their peers do. Many well-known plus size stores are mostly targeted toward middle-aged women not young teenage girls. Girls may feel insecure having to shop in stores their mothers shop in. They are forced into buying mature woman's clothes because they do not have the option of buying the trendy outfits that the rest of their peers are wearing. This causes bigger girls to feel less confident among their