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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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[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I’m curious if anyone here feels the need to hire a photographer to ‘document your life’ every six or so months? Does anyone here spend their days taking pictures and videos of themselves and then posting them all day? Or do you just scroll through your camera roll looking at all the pictures you’ve taken of yourself and then repost a couple of them?

[–] bellaportuguesexo@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

I think the last professional photo I have of myself was graduation. That was 15 years ago.

[–] GumboYaYa@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And the words “the world really wants us to feel like 💩”, don’t really resonate with me. She’s adding to that misery all by herself and being the force behind what’s she’s claiming to be a victim of. Showing up in life inauthentically is harmful to others especially those that you are “influencing”. When someone has a critique about my behavior I don’t automatically assume someone is “trying to make me feel like crap”! I always ask myself if it is true.

[–] curious_walriss_888@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Yessss!! This! I don't know anyone like who she's talking about. She does this to create a sick narrative to make it make sense why she's constantly parading her almost naked body around. It's pathological.

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

I agree that she pushes her view that everyone is out to hurt you or put you down is not the best way to make your way in the world and the fact she keeps pushing it on her followers can change how they see things. She wants them to think she’s out there in her underwear fighting the good fight for them! I remember the oldest daughter was taking her grandmother to lunch and this one says how great it was since it was done out of love and wasn’t transactional. I couldn’t believe it but then realized she sees all relationships as transactional so this was eye-opening for her.

[–] Poofluencers@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I must be doing it wrong but my favourite photos that feel like sunshine, bring me joy and move me to tears all have my family, friends or sweet pets in them.

[–] crownofgold6@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

THIS!!! I could not careless about photos of myself, the photos I fill my camera roll with and look back at and smile are of my baby and my significant other. Her life is so empty.

[–] curious_walriss_888@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My MIL lives on the other side of the world from us, and I'm constantly taking pictures and videos of us and our son for her. And honestly it makes me feel weird sometimes, and they're only for us and her. I cannot understand how these influencers do this and then share to the public - themselves AND their kids.

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are actually documenting your life with your family to make someone far away feel included. That’s real life!

[–] curious_walriss_888@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly! And yet I will never understand these weirdos. Why someone needs countless styled and posed photos of themselves is beyond me. What about real life??

[–] GumboYaYa@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To post for the external validation. Otherwise, would a person living in their own skin be bothered by people’s examination of them? No, they wouldn’t care one bit. That’s why cohorts are also in the snark page downvoting for her. It’s her and her cult trying to keep the truth covered. The tears over the picture taking—-literal stranger gassing her up, giving her words about her that she could reshare for the cult to lap up. That gave all the feels on all levels, layers of validation. See, I am pretty, they said I am.

[–] curious_walriss_888@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

While my question was rhetorical, your answer is On. Point. 🙌👏👏👏

[–] ThatOrangeBird@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not much life being documented if all it is is you posing blankly in front of a wall now is there. I think she does these to give the impression she's a working, busy model, and it probably does fool a good number of her followers.

[–] MoonChild@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is she also fooling herself? She really seems to have the need to be the main character, the centre of attention and hiring a photographer, hair and makeup makes her feel like the spotlight is on her. Then she puts these pics in her stories and laps up the attention from her followers. When she doesn’t have any modelling jobs (there haven’t been any for quite a while) she engages in a game of make believe and then justifies it by saying she’s documenting her life. She’s not. That was just a day when she posed in different clothes and a stranger took pictures and told her she’s great.