guess what i said what i said because i was pissed off. nonetheless i’m invalidated. i’ve been hurt by vdc. it wasn’t fucking cancel culture i never said “cancel vdc” because guess what that company cna stay up for however long it can go on and people can choose to support
and take the classes. personally i couldn’t. i felt as though my body didn’t belong. i still feel that way. i cannot take back my words. i cannot take back a stupid fucking tag that didn’t do shit to anyone. people are still going to continue to support vdc. that’s their choice
i can’t force anyone to stop taking the classes. people make their own decisions.
this was about standing up for what’s right. this was about calling people out for shitty things. thsi was about matthew talking shit about a minor. about matthew making people uncomfortable.
“cancel” matthew or dont. i dotn care. i’m was and am still angry. and i can rightfully be angry. i don’t have the bikini body mathew has talked about. i dotn have an idea insta body or dancer body.
and being fuckign invalidated on somethign i’m insecure about is fucked up.
calling this shit cancel culture is fucked up.

we have stated we understand his excitement but he should have waited. what we didn’t understand was why there weren’t size charts. why we weren’t warned that the sizes were big in the first place. why there weren’t any options
other than crop tops and tank tops that not everyone is confident in.

i dont knwo what else to say. i dont knwo what i can say. i can’t do anything but find a new place to dance at.

vdc was the reason i found out that i love dancing. vdc got me moving and made me feel
happy about myself. after all that i was torn down. given the impression that i did not fit their standards.

not that matthew has ill intents with his words and actions, but it was how it was taken. and it hurt. it hurts to see that an inclusive studio left people out.
not only leaving different sizes and styles out, but their masculine and androgynous dancers. many people felt left out and hurt.

and every fucking persons feelings are valid. you can be hurt. or maybe you’re not. maybe you forgave vdc and you’re going back. AND THATS OKAY.
but do NOT tear down those who cannot forgive vdc. because they’re just as fuckign valid.

i have the same message: spread kindness, love, and positivity. but i can’t always do that. i have emotions that blind me and i do things i cannot take back. i want everyone to be happy
and feel valid. but sometimes that means not always being kind to the other side.

matthew made us feel like we were the enemy. matthew expresses his hurt and his feelings after we called him out. i get it. hes HUMAN. he has feelings.

but having to be called out for
not 1. having a size chart or 2. havign bigger sizes SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM. if he would’ve realized it in the first place instead of fighting with people, thsi would not have happened. if he would have made a clear statement and showed people that he knows
he made a mistake and had owned up to it, i quite possibly would have gone back to vdc.

personally, i cannot go back because i still feel hurt over this. whether the merch was taken down or not. he hasn’t come out and made a clear statement besides on his live which
was repetitive and not everyone saw. i think people can grow, change, listen, and learn. matthew has listened but has not grown or changed. i’m waiting to see if he has learned with his next merch drop. to see if he has learned by making a statement. to see if he will
not be talking shit about minors. to see if he’s learned that things he’s done and said are hateful and hurtful.

what i want to say is, go back to vdc if you will. it’s your choice. i cannot influence you or your choices.

all bodies are beautiful. you’re valid.
your feelings are valid. your choice is valid.

do not call fatphobia “cancel culture.” it’s harmful.

i have said hateful things towards vdc and matthew. and i cannot take my words back. and i can’t feel guilty until i get a formal apology.
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