Some of them were trying to blame Janette and that really got my blood boiling but I wasn’t going to pick any fights over there. It does seem that some have an agenda of some kind but I can’t figure out why.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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I was just thinking about that earlier today, after reading through comment after comment attacking her appearance. They don't even flirt with fatphobia, they openly practice it and say horrible things about her appearance constantly including:
Big forehead, big chin, meaty fists, frizzy hair, sweat slick around her legs, needs to wear absorbent underwear on her head, foul, doesn't wash, thin, stringy hair, parched, still nothing special, Jay Leno wants his chin back, comments about overeating, she's a feral beastie...it goes on and on.
I see much worse "bullying" there on a daily basis than I ever saw on TBP snark, so not sure where their attitude is coming from. I stopped participating in that sub because it was mostly all about insulting her looks and not about what makes her problematic.
Exactly! Alicia is an asshole. She’s a mean, vindictive bully. I’d bet she always has been. There is plenty to be critical of besides her appearance.
Ya like how she constantly is editing herself to be smaller & causing body dysmorphia since she doesn’t disclose her true clothing size but the comments going on about how repulsive they find her are just..😬😬😬 I have no words.
Exactly!
Definitely agree with this. There are some good conversations on there but most of it is just garbage gossip. They are no better than any other snark sub. Snarking is snarking.
This is how I feel with many other snark subs. I've always felt ours was by far the tamest snark I have personally seen, because the majority of the posts that did touch on appearance were moreso observations about the editing and the difference in her real appearance vs what she posted
I despise Alicia but I never participated in any of the fat shaming and agree that sub has no moral high ground to stand on. I also think they’ll be next once Alicia figures out how Sarah did it.
There are some foul and awful comments in that sub. They just hide it all in a weekly thread. I’d argue that they aren’t even teetering the line of fatphobia, some comments are flat out fatphobic. I guess we have a new need to discuss where do we draw the line on snark pages?
1000%. I was so disheartened. I had to comment on a thread that was basically blaming it all on the mods. Fuck right off with your “this is why we have the rules we do”. There wasn’t near the pressure and attention on Leakys sub compared to all the eyes on birdies. We were under a microscope. I used to love that place, but I’m over it now.
I honestly feel it’s just a matter of time for them too 🙄
I never got the impression any comments were being monitored over there! 100% body shaming
100% agree. It was nasty.
Oh that sub is totally fat phobic. Not teetering in the least!!!
I felt the same. I rarely go on there but I did just to see what was happening with our sub and their attitude gave me good reason to not wanna post. They’re always making fun of her weight and her looks etc. so I don’t get why they think they’re any better than us?
Didn’t you know, they follow MUCH stricter guidelines including making everyone post to a single weekly thread /s 🤡
I visit there quite often and some people are really funny but others can be vicious. There’s a real paranoia vibe
Yes thank you for this I'm so glad I'm not the only one that feels this way!!
I agree! There was definitely a smugness and “told you so” attitude I didn’t appreciate. Their subreddit is dead anyway, likely due to their moderation and arbitrary rules
The Alicia sun makes us look kind. They are mean and fatphobic af. I do not like AMc but the nastiness in that group is straight up mean girls
