Why does she have to post this almost black square? Why does Sarah always refer to herself in the third person? Why can’t she just get up and get going like a normal person?
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 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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Also what do we have another fugly clothing piece being dropped?
Do you think it’s another Smash & Tess?
That was my 1st thought! Some more squirrel suit bs perhaps 🤔
I have many S&T things (The first few I had were given to me by a friend when she had lost weight, and was no longer using those items in the size I was in). I had never heard of them, so I looked online, and the prices seemed ridiculous to me, but I kept checking as my friend said they do deep discounts. I have always purchased when things have been on sale.
I think they are comfy, but a bit shapeless, unless you belt or get tailored, so I have made adjustments to many garments. I still wear them all the time. I will say also that I had placed an order one time, had an issue (my mistake I ordered incorrectly) and customer service was incredible.
I have never bought a collab piece, so I cannot speak to the quality of any of the TBP, AM or CC, or JH stuff, but some of my stuff is very very old and I still love it (and I am not careful with my laundry. Everything goes in the wash and everything goes in the dryer). I have not purchased from them in a very, very long time, so I don’t know what the quality is, like now, and I am basically avoiding companies that aren’t actively and very vocal about ending genocide in Gaza, so I might not buy from them again for a very long time. But I really do love my S&T stuff. That’s not to say people cannot call out problematic influencers who are using affiliate codes, etc. it’s just that I can’t say anything negative about the clothing itself.
The OG Smash & Tess was made in Canada and was high quality. The stuff they’re pushing out now is made in China. The quality has gone down but the price has not
Agreed, hate their new stuff and they block anyone who disagrees with them lol (I was blocked for liking a comment on their TBP post saying she looked different..that was it).
Blocking people is such an odd business practise. You would think they’d want to know if it’s a long-time customer before pulling the trigger
Right? Plus what if someone has fat thumbs and liked a comment? One like on a completely innocuous comment was enough for them to block me 😂.
“Lovingly made in China”. I think I saw that Ashley is packing up and moving back to Vancouver?
Does she just winter in the US?
Maybe! I’m not sure. I thought she was there permanently 🤷♀️
She probably comes back long enough to maintain her Canadian health care