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It's really nagl. Most people cry when they watch certain things on TV, it does not make you feel that pain, it means you care. Claiming that it's a trauma for you, unless it's directly related to your actual experiences, is just bs, tbh.
It's definitely about the movement and not yourself. It's bigger than yourself, and if you can't see that, you don't get it.
The stuff with Tracy didn't start until after Sophia left. Apparently her accepting a permanent job when Sophia quit (for good reason) is the crime of the century. If she does know the way her stans treat Tracy, it kind of suggests that she only really cares when she's the victim, which is also nagl.
Ignoring it means she may not have learned from it, and that's concerning. We can't grow without addressing our past.
Hilarie is a rarity, in the sense that she's never claimed to have no interest in celebrity culture (to my knowledge), but you can kind of just tell that she doesn't. She's just out there living her best life with her family, and helping others where she can. We probably wouldn't even know she was making masks if she hadn't been trying to get others to make them too.
Tbh it's nice to talk about this stuff. I don't all that often because I kind of feel like my constantly questioning whether or not people are genuine is a result of my own past, so it's nice to know it's not just me doing the questioning.
I definitely plan on reading it at some point. My reading list is massive though, so I may have move it forward.
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I agree. It isn't a good look, which, thank you for teaching me that acronym. Haha.
But, yeah, like I get emotional watching a ton of stuff, but my trauma is separate. I don't get traumatized by empathy, by osmosis. That's just not a thing. And I feel like she's trying to validate that she has more than a privileged life. It's like, you're a Hollywood actress, your life is going to be privileged, but it will also suck, because of the way the world and Hollywood treat women. I feel like if she were going to talk about her own trauma, it should be what she faced on the shows. But, she doesn't like talking about that, so to speak. But, then, she talks about it. But mostly: she talks about just her empath trauma. And it just it's so invalidating to the person whom she's interviewing who was abused or addicted or something else.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen or read the "Joan of Arc in diapers" line.
No, I don't think she learned from it. To be honest, I don't think she realizes she's still totally and completely self-righteous and imposes her views on others still. It's one thing expressing views. That's fine. I'm expressing my views right now. But, I'm not saying, I don't get why Leigh would watch One Tree Hill after Sophia's fakeness and Joy's inauthentic actions. No. But, she does that. With the : "I don't get why democrats aren't all voting for Biden." And the thing that drives me crazy, because I'm a writing tutor, and I know to never police anyone else's grammar, because it is hard enough for people to realize the degree to which they can write. Social media is off limits, in my book. That's a colloquial space that doesn't need grammar police or academic language.
She posts periodically like grammar things. One time she said she was so OCD about grammar, which, not just as someone who is in remission from OCD, but just someone who sees this actress who preaches authenticity, and then she goes, "Can you guys remember punctuation? I'm super OCD about that." (not a direct quote) But, funnily enough, as the writing tutor, I've noticed her comma placement is terrible. It just seems so rude to just periodically post a "please use grammar" meme or something, when someone tells her the timing is not right to settle for another politician like Biden and she says: "Timing is everything baby!" Or photos of her dog, "Hello sunshine!" Where's the comma?
Okay, that was kind of a crazy rant, but I guess I'm speaking for all the people I know who truly struggle with grammar and writing. Who have been told they should stick to STEM or whatever else they're good at. No one needs to hear that on social media. Especially from a supposed role-model, who has trouble placing commas herself.
Hilarie is a rarity, agreed. She talks of Hollywood as a job she loves, but she also has a life. She wants her Rhinebeck life, and she holds on to that part of her growing up, picking through her mother's garden. Reading books. Being a "square". Hell, I want that life, after reading her book. I get up at dawn, anyway. It's a fast read, Leigh, if you just want to skip to it. Finished it in a week or less or something.
And, I agree, it's so nice to talk about it. Because so many stans get into such petty grievances, and also celebrities go unchecked, and it's nice to just talk about like okay, we love them, but they can be seriously tone-deaf. Or we love this storyline, but the show had too many shock value points, and it probably shouldn't have lasted past six seasons.
Why does Buzzfeed get to do all that?
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