this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2024
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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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Her idiot followers eat this crap up. It's her typical blah blah blah that really means nothing, and it's also designed to make her naysayers look like big meanies! She's just a kind, simple gal, with a gosh darn genuine love for the magic and wonder of Disney (even though her version of magic and wonder easily surpassed $15,000 for just two of them and a couple of the kids). It saves and sustains her troubled soul! They stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge, in a room with a savannah view. The cheapest option is $694 USD/night for just 2 adults and goes up from there. $15,000 is very easily a conservative estimate. Her trying to be relatable is nauseating. She words things using "you've" because she doesn't have to save for this. She can drop this money on a whim. This trip is not remotely accessible to the average family, who scrimp and save so they can stay at one of the value resorts, in the off-season, with deals. If you have the money, great, do what you want (although I still think her fortunes were founded on lies and deception). But Jesus Christ, stop pretending you're everyone's best, relatable friend. Most people don't even have parents that will come as babysitters, let alone that will baby the ever-loving hell out of them and cater to their every whim. Her followers generally don't have the dollars to do whatever they want (and the ability to grift so many freebies, even when they could easily pay).
It's fucking gross and I hope influencer culture dies off because it's a cancer on society.
Yeah that having to save part was outrageous. Coming from her I mean. 💯💯 Us ”normal” people really need to save for years for a trip like that.