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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!
**all posts are alleged.
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-Minor's Right to Privacy: No posts about the children whatsoever. No mention of full names and no photos. Minors must be completely removed from all photos/videos. No exceptions. This goes for ANY child. No just TBP's.
-No snarking on the character or appearance of any of the children. This is a site dedicated to Sarah Landry.
-No posting information that is not readily available online/NoDoxxing: Influencers post an abundance of personal information online. Examples of doxxing include:
- Posting an individual's phone number or address on the internet.
- Releasing information about an individual's family, place of employment, or other private documents.
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Sarah was out at the thrift store again today and picked up a vintage Victoria Secret sweater just like one she had when she was in high school. She regrets donating it. This woman’s attachment to things from her childhood is really strange to me. Has she mentioned anymore intensive therapy sessions? She should talk about why she needs all these things surrounding her - the childhood toys and clothes - but I doubt she’s continued. She did say it was exhausting!
Okay - when she was in HIGH SCHOOL she owned VS stuff? First off, VS was only available in the US at that time (not that it matters, but I'm in a mood today LOL) Secondly, VS was ELIETE at that time. Like the most expensive place to buy sexy, expensive bras. Why was she shopping there as a teenager? Third, she was heavy into the church at that time and her mother was VERY uppity about being "proper". There is no way they were letting their teenager buy stuff from VS Also, way to support a business that has been accused of SA, harassment, misogyny, bullying and their connection to Jeffrey Epstein "Women supporting women", am I right?
My brain is too tired to do math right now but if she was in highschool in the early 00s then VS shipped to Canada if you ordered online during that time. I'm not saying that she's not lying because she probably is for the sake of a stupid story, I'm just saying VS was accessible to Canadians if we ordered it. I remember because it was one of the few places in the US that did ship to Canada at that time and I took advantage of that with my first credit card in my early 20s.
Same. I ordered some cleavage baring bar-star “goin out” tops from their clothing catalog in 2003.