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Women being nasty/body shaming other women

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Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 14:37

Ive just seen an article in the Daily Mail with a headline intending to body shame.
It really angers me.
I know everyone says what do you expect from journalists especially something like the Daily Mail.
But seriously in this day and age with so much focus on being kind and issues surrounding peoples mental health you would think this horrible attitude would stop.

The article is about Lauren from Only way is Essex and is clearly written in a way for people to mock her. Its so nasty especially as Lauren has spoken up only recently about how low she feels.

The fact that its another woman doing this for some reason makes me feel even angrier.

Ive posted the article on here just to show how awful journalists are and hope that Journalists like this will eventually be called out and cancelled.

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InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 02/11/2024 08:22

Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 08:10

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom
I didn't nt know what 'sock puppeting' is.

All i know is 3 user names with very similar styles of writing and views have been going at me all through this thread.

Perhaps 3 different email accounts have been set uo with 3 different user names? Perhaps not. But hey as you said it is probably just my 'paranoia'.

You think that I'm sitting here logging in and out of 3 different accounts?.... it's definitely your paranoia.

Report me and the 2 others and MNHQ can probably check the IP addresses too. Happy to confirm to MNHQ who I am.

Just FYI there are probably more than 3 people in the world with the same POV.

Still awaiting the explanation of how it's ironic that I want MNHQ to confirm I'm not sock puppeting (or, apparently, logging in and out of 3 different accounts now).

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Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 08:10

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom
I didn't nt know what 'sock puppeting' is.

All i know is 3 user names with very similar styles of writing and views have been going at me all through this thread.

Perhaps 3 different email accounts have been set uo with 3 different user names? Perhaps not. But hey as you said it is probably just my 'paranoia'.

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InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 02/11/2024 08:07

Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 08:05

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom
I think its you who doesn't understand irony as you have clearly demonstrated.

Please, tell me how it's ironic that I want MNHQ to tell you that I'm not sock puppeting?

Clearly I don't understand, so I'll look forward to your explanation.

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Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 08:05

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom
I think its you who doesn't understand irony as you have clearly demonstrated.

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InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 02/11/2024 07:54

Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 07:13

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom why do you want my post removed so badly?

Now that is irony!

I reported it so MNHQ could let you know that there's no sock puppeting going on, and you can stop being so paranoid.

I don't think you understand the meaning of irony.

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Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 07:13

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom why do you want my post removed so badly?

Now that is irony!

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RhaenysRocks · 02/11/2024 06:45

I agree with @HausofHolbein . It's completely obvious what those pics are intended for. I'm not at all into celeb culture and don't know who this women is or what she previously looked like but I'm assuming she was glamorous and considered very attractive. The photos show a perfectly ordinary mum on the school run but they are not flattering and if you can't see the very obvious "ooh look what happened to her" undertone you're deluded. I do remember the old magazines that would circle "flaws" and agree that they know they can't do that now. They don't have to. Just printing an unflattering pic is enough. If they wanted to do "here's an ex celeb having a lovely mum moment" they could ask her to pose for a smiley pic, not sneakily take one when she's just going about her normal day.

InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 02/11/2024 06:32

Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 06:31

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom
I think you and 'others' should take your own advice

I think when MN remove your post you can come back and apologise.

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Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 06:31

@InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom
I think you and 'others' should take your own advice

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InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 02/11/2024 06:24

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Grow up, honestly.

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Autumnlovelove · 02/11/2024 06:15

@MartinCrieffsLemon ok whatever you say.
I cant see the irony because there is no irony.
For the millionth time i have no hare campaign against the journalist. I do not know the journalist . I have simply called her out on her passive aggressive body shaming article of another woman.

Now hopefully this answer will satisfy you and the 'other' two very similar posters that keep going at me.

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MartinCrieffsLemon · 01/11/2024 22:50

DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:42

and in the spirit of ‘sticking together’ you’ve provided an email address so that we as women can collectively tell this journalist just how awful she is?

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OP is never going to get the irony of what she's doing.
And because more than one of us thinks so, we must be the same person

If you look at page 1, she almost gets it. And then she retracts it and begins to be very open about her hate campaign against the journalist

INeedAnotherName · 01/11/2024 20:41

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Are you saying they are sock puppets? Because that is false since MN have put procedures in place to make name changing on a thread impossible to do.

If you doubt that then contact MN and report.

username7891 · 01/11/2024 17:49

DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:46

and you could have absolutely emailed her. But I’m curious how trying to start an email hate train (of people who’d have never seen the article if you hadn’t shared it) is in anyway proportionate.

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There's no email address, it's an official DM Twitter handle.

TheWorminLabyrinth · 01/11/2024 17:49

HausofHolbein · 01/11/2024 16:56

Anyone who doesn't see this article for what it is, is either spectacularly naive or blind.

Exactly this. The faux naivety on this thread is funny. It is absolutely obvious what the intent behind this article was.

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Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:47

@DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby give it a rest.
Lets just agree to disagree

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DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:46

Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:43

@DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby yes because of her behaviour not because of the way she looks!!!

and you could have absolutely emailed her. But I’m curious how trying to start an email hate train (of people who’d have never seen the article if you hadn’t shared it) is in anyway proportionate.

Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:45

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username7891 · 01/11/2024 17:45

DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:42

and in the spirit of ‘sticking together’ you’ve provided an email address so that we as women can collectively tell this journalist just how awful she is?

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I couldn't see the email address but there's a Twitter handle.

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Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:43

@DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby yes because of her behaviour not because of the way she looks!!!

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DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:42

Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:39

I know men do the same thing - they are even worse.
But i am specifically talking about women because this article is written by a woman. We as women know how judged we are and how men view us. Which is when a woman does it i feel it is even worse as we should stick together.

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and in the spirit of ‘sticking together’ you’ve provided an email address so that we as women can collectively tell this journalist just how awful she is?

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Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:39

DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:34

@Autumnlovelove oh, people can be awful. I don’t dispute that. People, men and women. And if you’ve achieved your goal, you’ll have sent a fair few of them to the journalists inbox.

One of the reasons that misogyny is still so prevalent, is that it pits women against each other. The article is a good example of that. However, so are posts saying things like ‘why do women….’, when men are doing exactly the same thing. Instead of why are people doing this / why do we as a society still accept this etc, you’ve made it women against women. We absolutely should notice things like this article. But we need to be able to see it on ourselves too. Especially if we’re going to attempt to send a baying mob to someone’s email.

I know men do the same thing - they are even worse.
But i am specifically talking about women because this article is written by a woman. We as women know how judged we are and how men view us. Which is when a woman does it i feel it is even worse as we should stick together.

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DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby · 01/11/2024 17:34

@Autumnlovelove oh, people can be awful. I don’t dispute that. People, men and women. And if you’ve achieved your goal, you’ll have sent a fair few of them to the journalists inbox.

One of the reasons that misogyny is still so prevalent, is that it pits women against each other. The article is a good example of that. However, so are posts saying things like ‘why do women….’, when men are doing exactly the same thing. Instead of why are people doing this / why do we as a society still accept this etc, you’ve made it women against women. We absolutely should notice things like this article. But we need to be able to see it on ourselves too. Especially if we’re going to attempt to send a baying mob to someone’s email.

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Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:24

@DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby

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Autumnlovelove · 01/11/2024 17:21

@DontCallMeKidDontCallMeBaby seriously i dont know the journalist.

Here are some comments by women as well ok?

The article was written by a woman which is why i was talking about women and trying to body shame other women.

I posted the comments (men and woman) to show that they also felt the article was intended to be nasty. I wasnt trying to post the 'horrible' comments but i will post some of those as well so you are satisfied.

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