Australian Influencers #14

[Allivera]

100% agree with Celeste Barber Posing like that and posting your pictures to a public platform is creating an ideal that will make most postpartum Mothers feel like tit.

Also Courtney Mangan’s long drawn out answer to the anonymous question “Are you rich?” That’s a yes

 

[Whiskers1]

I think Celeste needs to shut up and Mind her own business. Tammy has never once shamed anyones body and Tammy also works her ass off for her body hence why she looks so good post baby.

Celeste is also a woman in a body that is not overweight. She’s not covered in loose skin or stretchmarks or cellulite so she needs to check her privilege

Articulated this perfectly.
Let me stress I'm not a huge Tammy fan in any way, she is who she is, but her brand is her body and fitness.
Why, because she has "bounced back" or whatever TF anyone wants to call it, should she not post her body? I still have my saggy baby belly, tit I had one before I had a baby I didn't look at Tammy and feel disappointed in myself, I looked at her and thought she's put the hard yards in.
That aside, the real issue here is Celeste Barber, who makes HER living off body shaming other people and their privilege but then slams someone who makes their living from their body image and positivity. What right has she got to do that?
I don't care if its Tammy or Sarah's Day or Betty down the road. Celeste needs to read the room and shut up and find a new way to make herself relevant.
Oh wait...... She can't.

 

[Hereforthelellls]

Can we get a thread for Hannah Polites? A lot to unpack with her claims that her husband diagnosed her with ADHD..

I had a look at her post and it looks like her husband said she had it for years but until recently she didn’t really believe it? To get diagnosed and medicated you have to see a psychiatrist. I got diagnosed last year in my 40s and it’s really tough. I think a lot of people assume the adhd diagnosis is just trendy but when you find an answer to living life in hard mode for 40 years the relief is great but you also go through a lot of grieving. It’s usually something that you’ve tried to manage through treatment of anxiety and depression. So I think it’s good that she got an answer but a psychiatrist will really look back through your medical and life history, speak to friends/parents to make sure the diagnosis is accurate- I think given her hubby is a Dr she wouldn’t announce it unless she had been formally diagnosed

 

[Sleepyapple]

We know that Erin constantly acts against medical advice. We know that neurologists don’t like to work with her, we know she’s changed hospitals, she frequently puts a certain hospital down. She frequently puts the medical staff down, complains about everything at the hospital. She blames vaccinations despite just yesterday saying doctors believe it happened in utero. Reality is we are so privileged for our health system and she should be grateful for the access she has to so much help. Especially now with her NDIS funding.

The reality is, if she is so desperate to get reprieve for luella, she would organise that surgery ASAP and she would be keeping her on any and all anti epileptic medication. I personally have not suggested anybody report her, but I find her to be extremely irresponsible and I can imagine that dr’s find her incredibly frustrating and may have even reported her themselves.

As someone with epilepsy on a combination of anti epileptics I can’t imagine my neurologist ever saying let’s just wean one off shall we. Why would they? I’ll be on them for the rest of my life as I have reached seizure control. Luella hasn’t- even more reason not to wean off. I know she has to have breaks in her steroid regime, which she is doing now, so there is NO way the neuro’s would be like ‘now’s a great time to come off some other drugs’ don’t buy it for a second.
When you have a diagnosis like epilepsy, the goal is never to be medication free- it’s not possible- the goal is to be seizure free, every seizure does damage, every seizure stops you driving for longer and longer each time and every seizure could kill you if you are in a dangerous place at the time (driving, stairs, pool, bath). My last seizure I had a severe head injury from falling into tiles and the corner of the kitchen bench (marble slab).

Anyway, I digress, the point is - I don’t believe that any reasonable Dr has said whilst Lu is having a break in her steroids to also take her off other ‘pharma’ - it’s ridiculous. And why would you want to. This again comes down to Erin’s privilege. Some people in the world would do anything for those kinds of medications and any type of relief from their seizures and here’s Erin constantly thinking she know better than Australia’s best neurologists. The mind boggles. Sorry for the rant again, but she really upsets me and my heart breaks for Luella everyday. The best thing that ever happens to Lu was getting that lovely carer from NDIS, she looks so much happier. Erin needs considerable mental health treatment.

I completely agree with you, on all of this. Absolutely. My issue was that I could see people on here who don’t even follow Erin’s page starting to call for her to be reported on the basis of that one line. Erin definitely needs better mental health treatment. She clearly can’t accept Luella’s situation and it’s stopping them from moving forward.

Your original post was very poorly worded.

Many mandatory reporters find the requirements confusing, particularly if they are new in their role, so it’s poor form to write carelessly about it.

Look, if someone is getting their advice about their mandatory reporter obligations from an influencer gossip thread, I honestly don’t know what to say.

 

[kmartplate]

I loved Tiffiny Hall’s “bounce forward” photo. She is super fit but does have some health conditions, but she seemed to train during pregnancy and, like Tammy, got pretty big (which is normal and fine obviously) but had a totally different post partum body to Tammy. Maybe Tammy’s is more aspirational and people don’t want to see something realistic.

Emily Skye was the same with a less than a “perfect” post partum figure despite being very fit and she totally owned it. Interestingly she said she lost followers when she was looking fit again.

 

[Bopip]

Kylie camps.. she’s a funny one. Preached about boundaries and lust etc but she’s obviously not seeing straight with this new guy. Seems neither one of them do much work she’s constantly tagging him in stories all day together. What do they actually do for work? I hardly hear anything about her kind parenting sleeping thing anymore.
I dunno why the guy annoys me I just get weird vibes. Hate the tats but I wanna inject Botox sobad in those ugly lines all over his face. Dunno how old he is but he’s aged badly.

I unfollowed her after she talked about letting her sons freely look through that book of male nudes (she kept it on her coffee table), so they could learn to be comfortable with their own bodies and not feel body shamed or see their bodies sexually or some rubbish like that. The book has photos of men 'holding' other men's erections, and sorry but what the duck is that supposed to teach 6/7yo (at the time) boys, besides making them comfortable with one of the kinds of material that paedophiles use to groom children. She literally advertised to the world, and possibly child abusers, that her sons are already desensitised to looking at porn. No shade towards porn for adults, but to intentionally expose your very young children and dress it up as some kind of educational moment, is just a no from me.

 

[Listerfiend]

100% agree with Celeste Barber Posing like that and posting your pictures to a public platform is creating an ideal that will make most postpartum Mothers feel like tit

I’m sorry but if someone else feels like tit looking at Tammy’s PP body, then that’s on them not Tammy. No one else can make you feel like tit unless you let them.

 

[makeitstop]

The state of her makeup is gross.

 

[AAEEM]

The state of her makeup is gross.

OMG

 

[cate92]

I’m sorry but if someone else feels like tit looking at Tammy’s PP body, then that’s on them not Tammy. No one else can make you feel like tit unless you let them.

All of this! Body positivity is ALSO allowed for women with great bodies not just women with less popular ones.

 

[Allivera]

I’m sorry but if someone else feels like tit looking at Tammy’s PP body, then that’s on them not Tammy. No one else can make you feel like tit unless you let them.

Yes I love the theory, but unfortunately it’s not always that clear cut. Postpartum is a time when women feel particularly vulnerable, and your normal boundaries can be weakened when you’re feeling sore, sleep deprived and not like your normal self. I don’t think seeing images like this is particularly helpful

 

[kmartplate]

The state of her makeup is gross.

This actually made me feel sick, not sure why it caused such a strong reaction in me. I mean, I guess it’s gross and that’s why.

 

[Maxwell]

The state of her makeup is gross.

That’s disgusting! How can she not be embarrassed to post that!?

 

[dontmesswithmycandles]

Any one know what ever happened to poppy? I can’t remember her handle but she lived in Brisbane with her husband and 2 little girls and they did Reno’s to there house and then went overseas to stay with family and then she disappeared

@hellopoppylee

she was pretty outspoken against the vax and lockdowns. I’d say she cracked it and decided to go dark.
I hope she’s well. She was one of my faves.

 

[Kathy Hiltons Martini]

The majority of women do NOT “bounce back” like that after giving birth even the super super fit ones. People who got lucky and bounced back immediately know what they’re doing when they post tit like that. It’s just rubbing salt in people’s wounds. For a lot of women having your body completely change after giving birth is very unsettling even if it does go back to how it was postpartum eventually. Combine that with sleeplessness, stress, your body and time not being your own anymore, hormones.

I don’t even know what Tammy Hembrow sells (workouts? leggings? pictures of her ass?) but she’s a fuckwit for posting that.

 

[Watermeloncracker]

I had a look at her post and it looks like her husband said she had it for years but until recently she didn’t really believe it? To get diagnosed and medicated you have to see a psychiatrist. I got diagnosed last year in my 40s and it’s really tough. I think a lot of people assume the adhd diagnosis is just trendy but when you find an answer to living life in hard mode for 40 years the relief is great but you also go through a lot of grieving. It’s usually something that you’ve tried to manage through treatment of anxiety and depression. So I think it’s good that she got an answer but a psychiatrist will really look back through your medical and life history, speak to friends/parents to make sure the diagnosis is accurate- I think given her hubby is a Dr she wouldn’t announce it unless she had been formally diagnosed

It kind of sounds like she hasn’t reached the step of seeing a psychiatrist though? If she says that she can’t comment past getting a referral. Unless I’m interpreting that wrong.

 

[screenfreelookatme]

It kind of sounds like she hasn’t reached the step of seeing a psychiatrist though? If she says that she can’t comment past getting a referral. Unless I’m interpreting that wrong.

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Yeahhh she doesn’t have a diagnosis

 

[fake1999]

I had a look at her post and it looks like her husband said she had it for years but until recently she didn’t really believe it? To get diagnosed and medicated you have to see a psychiatrist. I got diagnosed last year in my 40s and it’s really tough. I think a lot of people assume the adhd diagnosis is just trendy but when you find an answer to living life in hard mode for 40 years the relief is great but you also go through a lot of grieving. It’s usually something that you’ve tried to manage through treatment of anxiety and depression. So I think it’s good that she got an answer but a psychiatrist will really look back through your medical and life history, speak to friends/parents to make sure the diagnosis is accurate- I think given her hubby is a Dr she wouldn’t announce it unless she had been formally diagnosed

she hasn’t gotten a formal diagnosis all she has said is her husband has told her for years that she has it and now she’s chosen to believe him, she hasn’t seen a psychiatrist yet either.

 

[kmartplate]

Yes I hate to gatekeep mental illness and I know it’s been a contentious topic here before, but that doesn’t sound like enough to actually claim to have ADHD. She may very well have it, but even if her husband was a psychiatrist specialising ADHD i would still be reticent. I don’t imagine it’s terribly debilitating if she isn’t attempting to pursue it further or be medicated or the like.

 

[BS DETECTOR]

Hahahahaha Kylie camps made out like her ugly face tattooed bogan boyfriend was this big time fighter and the story she posted looks like it’s being held down the local RSL If that’s his “job” she’s in so deep she can’t even see him for what he is.