In which case is it worth posting it at all. It’s not a small, private account, her words influence, they will create opinion and comment, that’s her whole raison d’être. Hugely personal posts like that maybe just keep to friends/family instead of over sharing?I don't think influencing is a hard job, bar the nasty messages etc, but I do think in think in this situation she can't win.
When she posts about how hard she has found pregnancy, the majority of the comments are about how no one needs to see this, how it would be so much harder if she had a real job, stop attention seeking.
When she posts about enjoying motherhood and the newborn days - something valid and true to her - she's called smug, told that she's only enjoying it because she has money etc.
She's quite insufferable in lots of ways but I think here can't do anything that will please
It's her job? Also she might just want to share because having a baby is a big deal.In which case is it worth posting it at all. It’s not a small, private account, her words influence, they will create opinion and comment, that’s her whole raison d’être. Hugely personal posts like that maybe just keep to friends/family instead of over sharing?
I don’t think that’s true though. There’s plenty she can say that won’t cause offenseI don't think influencing is a hard job, bar the nasty messages etc, but I do think in think in this situation she can't win.
When she posts about how hard she has found pregnancy, the majority of the comments are about how no one needs to see this, how it would be so much harder if she had a real job, stop attention seeking.
When she posts about enjoying motherhood and the newborn days - something valid and true to her - she's called smug, told that she's only enjoying it because she has money etc.
She's quite insufferable in lots of ways but I think here can't do anything that will please
Or maybe we should stop expecting celebrities/whatever she is to be martyrsI don’t think that’s true though. There’s plenty she can say that won’t cause offense
“I’m really enjoying motherhood at the moment, but I appreciate I don’t have most of the stressors most other people have. I have a support network, I’m surrounded by vast wealth and that protects me from the vast majority of stressors most new mothers are exposed to. I’m incredibly lucky and I wish more mothers could have it as easy as I do”
but to be inoffensive would require being honest and self reflective; not Em’s strong points. It would require acknowledging that she is where she is in life due to luck. It would mean acknowledging she isn’t like most women in that she doesn’t share the same circumstances. She isn’t brave enough to be honest about these things, because she’s scared it will alienate her audience.
and admitting that to herself would also mean confronting how bloody mediocre and untalented and unaccomplished she is. Easier to stick her head in the sand and ignore those ugly truths.
You can enjoy being positive about new motherhood and post about it and NOT cause offense, but it requires a strength of character that Em simply doesn’t possess.
no one expects them to be martyrs? If anyone makes Em a martyr, it’s herself.Or maybe we should stop expecting celebrities/whatever she is to be martyrs
playing fast and loose with the word “job” lolIt's her job? Also she might just want to share because having a baby is a big deal.
honestly, it's far more her hypocritical behaviour that irritates me. she spent months complaining about her severe morning sickness, explaining it in huge, graphic detail on an almost daily basis, with no thought as to the impact that may have on other people who are pregnant or who are trying to get pregnant, and may make them feel anxious/scared etc - yet at the same time, she was ranting about people replying to her questions about motherhood and sharing supposed "horror stories" about lack of sleep etc, saying she was vulnerable and hormonal and only wanted to hear positive stories to reassure her - fine in theory, yet incredibly hypocritical when she had absolutely zero qualms about sharing her own negative experiences with no concern as to how that may affect other people! it's not even as though people were sharing horrific, traumatic birth stories etc, it was literally people sharing their very generic experiences of colic and exhaustion.I don't think influencing is a hard job, bar the nasty messages etc, but I do think in think in this situation she can't win.
When she posts about how hard she has found pregnancy, the majority of the comments are about how no one needs to see this, how it would be so much harder if she had a real job, stop attention seeking.
When she posts about enjoying motherhood and the newborn days - something valid and true to her - she's called smug, told that she's only enjoying it because she has money etc.
She's quite insufferable in lots of ways but I think here can't do anything that will please
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