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Despite intense backlash, Nicole Arbour, the comedian behind the "Dear Fat People" video is doubling down on her comments._  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 17, 2014 5:20 PM UTC Despite intense backlash, Nicole Arbour, the comedian behind the "Dear Fat People" video is doubling down on her comments.  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 17, 2014 5:20 PM UTC **Updated: July 22, 4:00 p.m.** Getting a rape kit collected is no picnic. The process can last up to four hours, and involves getting poked, prodded, swabbed and photographed in exactly the places a rape victim would have been violated in an attack. “There’s a lot of myths about there, myths about prostitutes coming in to get free medical care, but this is a very invasive 2-4 hour plus exam,” says Kim Hurst, director of the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner program in Detroit. “We’re doing pubic hair pulls or combs, we’re doing swabs of the outside of the genitalia… and then we’re doing a speculum exam \[which is internal\] and taking swabs that way, and if there was an anal assault we’re doing swabs there. And then we use a colposcope \[a specialized medical camera\] to take pictures of genital injury.” The exam is usually performed in a hospital before the kit of evidence is turned over to the police for their investigation. The DNA from the kit and potential rapist is entered into CODIS, a national FBI database that helps law enforcement track serial offenders across the country. But [as TIME reported this week, thousands of rape kits across the country ](http://time.com/3000974/in-hot-pursuit-of-cold-cases/)have been shelved and forgotten without being tested. According to a 2011 report from the [National Institute of Justice](https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/233279.pdf), 18% of all unsolved rapes between 2002 and 2007 involved forensic evidence that had never been processed. In 2009, over 11,000 forgotten rape kits were discovered in a Detroit police warehouse, which means 11,000 potential victims went through the rape kit collection process, only to have the evidence discarded. [Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy ](http://time.com/3000974/in-hot-pursuit-of-cold-cases/)has been setting an example for how best to clear the backlog and prosecute the cold cases, but [other cities ](http://www.endthebacklog.org/backlog/where-backlog-exists)could follow her lead; Phoenix has almost 3,000 backlogged kits, Dallas has over 4,000, and Memphis has over 12,000\. That’s why the House of Representatives recently passed $41 million to test backlogged kits and investigate the cold cases. “The bottom line, by testing these rape kits, we can identify serial rapists, put them behind bars, and bring the ultimate nightmare of the women raped to an end,” said Vice President Joe Biden when he asked Congress in March for the backlog funding in Obama’s 2015 budget. The bill has yet to pass the Senate. Pick up this week’s issue of TIME to find out more on how investigators in Detroit are leading the way in clearing the rape kit backlog and getting victims overdue justice, or follow [this link.](http://time.com/3000974/in-hot-pursuit-of-cold-cases/) _With special thanks to Monica Pombo and the Crime Victims Treatment Center at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s in Manhattan._ ## Transcript [00:00] [ CROSSTALK ] [00:02] Comedienne and YouTuber, Nicole Arbour, caused an [00:05] uproar when she posted this video titled Dear Fat [00:08] People on YouTube. In the video Arbour criticizes [00:11] people who are overweight and those who say being [00:13] overweight is a disease I'm really upset about the [00:16] Nicole Arbour video. You are a bully. You are a mean [00:19] person and you're using your voice for negativity. The [00:22] main thing I have to say to this video is just, no. And [00:26] despite the intense backlash, Arbour is doubling down [00:29] on her comments. We're all trying to be politically [00:32] correct. So that we don't offend anyone. I don't care if [00:35] you're offended! Arbour also told Time, I feel it's really [00:39] important that we make fun of everybody. I think what [00:41] brings us together and unites us as people is that we [00:44] can poke fun at all of us. Arbour's original video, Dear [00:48] Fat People, was taken down for a short period of time, [00:51] along with her YouTube Account. 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