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Hello new Lemmy friends!

Word on the street tells us our community is regularly making it the all page. While this is very cool news to hear, we can see how the sudden emergence of our posts in your feed might feel jarring and probably raises some questions. And also how, without knowing the backstory, our community might appear less than virtuous, so here’s a very brief introduction which hopefully will clear a few things up.

The woman we’re discussing is a body positive influencer and media personality who has gained fame and wealth by lying, manipulating, exploiting her children for content, plagiarizing BIPOC creators and blaming her BIPOC content editor for it (thereby ruining her career), among other things. Her fraudulent behavior is no different (I’d argue worse) from the likes of Jay Shetty (google him if you don’t know who he is or what he did). She’s the latest in a long line of grifting influencers who are abusing their power, taking advantage of their position and exploiting their followers. The difference is that she’s Canadian. Our laws around social media and advertising aren’t as clear (and where they are she’s disobeyed them), add to that, our mainstream media has protected her from those who’ve tried to expose her grift and silenced/intimidated anyone who’s tried to speak out.

Our Reddit sub was taken down due to reports of copyright infringement, which is unfounded and categorically untrue as no one ever tried to steal her work and pass it off as their own. The mods have made an appeal. While at first glance it may seem like we’re just “shitting on her” the sub has been more devoted to investigation and posting proof of her lies than just bitching for the sake of bitching. The reality is that she’s hurt, manipulated and let down a lot of people. She stole intellectual property and employment, caused mental distress and has repeatedly told lies to boost engagement and profit off her audience, so people are understandably upset that their voices are being silenced.

We’re grateful to have been welcomed so kindly by so many of you, and to those sticking around to watch the drama unfold, we’re glad to have you!

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[–] Amb2023@lemmy.ca 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Most viewed because she keeps watching it over and over

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She’s watching it over and over and saying it’s L who wants to see it. I can only imagine the other kind of person who may be watching it on repeat after putting it on their TBP highlight reel and it gives me the creeps - the skin crawling kind

[–] No_really_why@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I HATE that her walking video is being treated like the ultimate goal for her child, showing her over and over. It’s so sad and pathetic and blood boiling. Teach your child she is more than her looks.

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This caption made me very angry. She’s framing wearing a bikini and being a swimsuit model as ultimate goals for her daughters. I’m not throwing any shade at real swimsuit models - it’s not an easy job - but it doesn’t seem like she places much value on education or learning about the world. The only class she ever highlights the middle one taking is cosmetology.

[–] Whaaambulence@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She’s raising nobody. Her older kids are mostly with their dad and her youngest is shipped off to nanny daycare. When they are home, she’s off galavanting at events. Literally everything out of her mouth is a lie.

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

You’re right and when she does have the kids she just takes them to the mall

[–] QueenofTudor@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago

She is the queen of preaching “your body is not the most interesting thing about you” and yet it is literally the only thing she talks about and takes value from. What a terrible message to pass on to your daughters. We are ALL more than our appearances. You learn that as you age and have more wisdom to share, but clearly, SNL isn’t getting wiser. She’s just getting older.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 months ago

When you're popping out kids at 20yo, you're probably not on a path toward long-term economic success. For fuck sake, your brain is still developing.

[–] Travellingmonkey@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Especially when’s she preached for how many years now about how damaging magazines like sports illustrated 🤦‍♀️

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The magazine was damaging but it was her lifetime goal to grace its pages and not, I suspect, to promote inclusivity since she dropped 100 lbs and loved putting on her bikini or skimpy workout wear for the covers of other magazines

[–] QueenofTudor@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

That is such a good point!!

[–] Rollergirl@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

100% correct. Lol