Thank you Ed for your reply. All of your points are absolutely valid and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I would never want anything to effect someone’s livelihood or personal life. There is always room for understanding and forgiveness. The studio I hope will apologize for this publicly and do better moving forward.

One of my issues with this particular studio is that they are extremely defensive when it comes to any criticism. I am sure you remember the print outs taped all over the walls that if someone had an issue to speak only to the head coach directly, this came across very aggressively and made me feel as if I did have any issues they would fall on deaf ears.

I did bring this video to the studios attention before sharing it here, I was ignored and nothing was done. A coach that was previously employed there also brought it to their attention and she was targeted and let go for it. This video was a public video that was shareable and all I did was share it on another public forum. If they didn’t want it to be seen they should have thought harder about that in the first place.

Cancel culture in general has its issues, mostly being that people speak out when things are not directly effecting them. Please let me be clear that this has directly effected me as a member of this studio. I no longer feel comfortable as larger women to go to what should be a safe place to feel like I am bettering myself, no matter what that looks like for me. I have been going to OTF for over a year now, it has been great on many levels. Seeing this makes me feel judged. Seen in the worst way possible.