remember when she flaunted her augustinus bader face cream in our faces? some $265 for a cream which a regular $10 will do on the market. i felt physically sick that day and learned that such a brand even existed. my, how the other half live! it's one thing to spend the money you earned on things that will give you joy but spending close to $300 on a face cream but also being gifted thousands of pounds worth of clothes and shoes (and the Maison Margiela Xmas dinner set whatever) and then making a big noise about how the influencer model makes you feel "icky" while being fully complicit in it is... a FEAT. so is underestimating your followers thinking they don't know how to put two and two together, like maam i don't need a phd in mathematics from stanford.Complete tangent- the black jumper she had on at the end. Turns out to be from the brand Row ——— costly amount of £1300 WTF!
they’re all becoming so inaccessible and making it the norm to spend that much on a piece of clothing.
her and Lizzy are so bad for it . Especially Lizzy!
i had to watch this bit and im sorry if my post comes across as harsh but all i got from her day of "anxiety and paranoia" was how utterly privileged she is. it's like what you say @Soapy Dolphin -- wish i also had it that simple. to feel worthless, paranoid, and anxious until the walls cave in, and then having the opportunity to go to London and soak into a museum atmosphere. And much later have the complete privilege to be invited to lunch with a perfume company (is that right? Or is Loewe a clothing brand?) and then put on this fake humble persona of "oh hey guys you've invited the wrong person" and calling it imposter syndrome is just not done.Currently listening.
Arrrgh! No one is forcing her to do this. If it causes anxiety, paranoia and agoraphobia (whilst lying in bed) then just don't do it. What is so hard to comprehend? Why do we have to keep going through this?
Oh, never mind, you got over it in a day and now it's a really good week. Wish I found it that simple.
Existential angst, exhibitions, books, trouser tailoring, off to the "studio". Pretty standard I'd say.
I’ll join you.anyway, im sorry for the rant guys. i think i need a day off to go and weep in the corner.
i thought the identity crisis she was referring to was about who she is - influencer, youtuber, visual artist, or self made humble fashion and lifestyle guruHas anyone here listened to the podcast she was talking about at the beginning? I don’t care enough to find it and listen to it, but I wonder if it would help explain some of her and Dean’s issues. Or if the “identity crisis” she is experiencing is just a reference to her imposter syndrome.
shoot, I was hoping it was deeper than that.i thought the identity crisis she was referring to was about who she is - influencer, youtuber, visual artist, or self made humble fashion and lifestyle guru
I guess that's targeted at me but I honestly wasn't trying to make comparisons, rather acknowledging that I understand the struggle. There's too many people who practise oneupmanship of woe and I refuse to engage with that.I think one must be careful about mental health and making comparisons (me included - I forget this all the time). It's really hard to see BB as a person struggling b/c of all the privilege she enjoys but I do think she is struggling. Being British but having spent most of my life in America I had to unlearn several very British barriers to good mental health. I grew up with the "but there are so many others worse off so buck up and shut up" attitude but therapists here have made me realize that my depression wasn't something that *should* or *should not* be the case, it just was.
I think one must be careful about mental health and making comparisons (me included - I forget this all the time). It's really hard to see BB as a person struggling b/c of all the privilege she enjoys but I do think she is struggling. Being British but having spent most of my life in America I had to unlearn several very British barriers to good mental health. I grew up with the "but there are so many others worse off so buck up and shut up" attitude but therapists here have made me realize that my depression wasn't something that *should* or *should not* be the case, it just was.
In the same sense, I think BB is constantly at conflict with herself - "I feel this, but I shouldn't because I have all this work and things" and it comes out in a stream of consciousness whine that others do not relate to or makes them feel uncomfortable. And this creates a bit of a spiral downfall b/c the more she reveals the more STFU people become. That's the hard part about depression and anxiety and part of the reason people keep it silent. Because really, depressed or anxious people are irritating. I have had major depression on and off since I was a teen so I'm saying this from that standpoint. The more you are depressed, the more you withdraw, the more of a downer you are, the more awkward you are, which does not help.
So, in that sense, I feel really badly for her.
The problem is (I think) that she is trying to dig herself out in the wrong direction - tunneling downwards. I had to laugh when I saw that book about climate change and over consumerist woes of the world. So buy a pricey book to learn about consumerism? She also has a tendency to avoid and blame others for her woes.
Have a rethink about this whole direction with the help of an objective party like a therapist, good friend etc - instead of fixating on all the mean people and criticism? Being a fashion and *lifestyle* influencer is going to be a mental health minefield, at least on occasion, to all but the most hardy of vacuous individuals. Everyone on YouTube (and Patreon!) is going to have to figure out how to side step the dog doo that comes with it.
P.S. When talking about alterations, turn the bloody camera to portrait so we can see your whole body! Streuth! How difficult is that? For a "visual artist" especially?
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