Florence Given

[moosesauna]

Her new book cover looks so... predictable? Boring?
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Can't wait for this to be a badly written self-insert fanfic!

 

[soph30]

The dancing makes me want to chew my own toenails, it’s just too try hard, like I wish I had time in my day to dance like a prick on Instagram

How does she earn her money? Is she still a thing? I kind of forgot about her haha

 

[soph30]

That book sunk without trace

 

[stopthescams]

No ones getting involved cos they’re all a mess

 

[soph30]

Lord this looks shite don’t think will bother to take it out of the library

 

[bunnyblue]

Chidera reposted this DM to loudbossygross about nobody else in DB (specifically Gina here) speaking up / supporting her. I’m shocked none of them have. Maybe DB sent them a message warning/telling them not to? Still sucks they haven’t.

 

[Et tu Brute?]

I missed the stuff with Slumflower, what was the story?

Pretty sure it’s all covered if you read the thread.

 

[northernspaces]

It is when she’s telling people who are perfectly happy to dump their husbands. I mean what planet does she live on???
Didn’t say you can’t reply. I don’t agree with you that’s all. I said if you like her a lot then create a rave thread.

To my knowledge she has never told a person who is happily married to dump their husband? She has said before that her dump him phrase is directed towards women in unhappy relationships.

I don’t like her a lot, I just think critically about the rhetoric she uses.

 

[mozzarellagirl]

I thought that but she uses 'her' in the same sentence?

It’s a big show to say look at me a “queer” writer and this “queer” character uses she AND they pronouns.

 

[urghmummybloggers]

I used to be quite a fan of slumflower, but a few years ago when I saw her pushing misandry on Twitter and stealing from sex workers I unfollowed and distanced myself - she's completely unhinged, watching this unfold has been like watching a car on fire. It's even worse that's she's bullying people on Twitter and getting people to pile on for expressing their opinions on her unproblematic behaviour.

There’s a lot of people who feel the same way on the Chidera thread

 

[stopthescams]

Lol. I now notice that loudbossygross only pops up on insta stories when Chidera is on hers going on a rant. Trying to get clout from her

 

[korma]

I'm a little confused, can you expand on what you mean here?
I thought she gave her notice precisely because of the guy's response to not wanting to donate and set up the landing page?

Should she have striked instead of giving notice?

She was basically having a hissy fit about Diving Bell having the ~~audacity~~ to ask her what would happen if they didn't concede to her demands. Which suggests she naïvely didn't expect any pushback when she decided to cost them £100 a month more than they had originally signed up for. So basically trying to change the terms of her contract whilst not giving DB any extra value for their money. She was naïve as fuck not to expect them to ask what she intended to do if they said no. That's not them forcing her out, it's literally them seeing where they stood in order to negotiate. She says Justin (of DB) gave her an "ultimatum" but she's the one who was trying to put pressure on HIM to get her demands met.

 

[Crumpet41]

I know nothing about all the tea with CE/FG & DB ( FG I followed for a short time in 2020 before unfollowing her as her stories where she kept shouting about growing and learning from therapy visits ) as well as dancing semi naked all over her fancy flat became too annoying. From what I have read on this thread it seems that CE has a case of sour grapes.
Anyway the reason I came to this thread was because I follow another IG influencer ( American / cis/ white ) who wrote a diet book. Who has in the last 24 hours posted that FG name is mentioned on her amazon book page . She then mentioned that CE had a post about FG ( and I came to Tattle ) to see if anything has been mentioned.. so point being - is this all stemming from the marketing / publishers? It’s odd that FG has been mentioned at all as this book is about diet culture ( and not feminism).

 

[hazelnot]

Has anyone else seen the comments on her latest reel? Apparently the podcast guest - the holistic psychologist - (never heard of them before) is a conspiracy theorist with ties to the extreme right and Qanon, posted 2 days ago but not a word from Florence/team about the situation while she is posting as normal... it's all very strange!

If she is, she must keep those views very private. I’ve followed her for 3-4 years and listened to a bunch of podcasts she’s been on, and nothing along those lines has come up once (even during 2020-2021 when that sort of conversation was everywhere). Nothing visible on a couple of quick Google searches either … my detective skills might be totally shit, or this could be someone stirring? Surely with a platform that big something would have been shared or come out that made her views plain. Conspiracy theorists are rarely quiet about it…

 

[YoureaRocketQueen]

I can't hear her doing an accent either?

I like her. I have had a few private conversations with her and she has been truly lovely. I'm twice her age so I just see a young woman living and enjoying life to the fullest and all power to her.

 

[That’sOk]

Why is it the small edition if it has an extra chapter? I’m confused lol

I’m so confused. Apparently it is the full book with the extra chapter but with no illustrations? I think.

 

[That’sOk]

FG was sort of like my introduction into feminism and when I first read her book it was all new to me. But now my eyes have been opened to the fact that she is not doing anything revolutionary but actually she is heavily influenced by other people and passes it off as her own work!

Does anyone have any suggestions of better feminist accounts to follow?

 

[blondelolita]

Roxane Gay is really fantastic for accessible but really intelligent and nuanced discussion. She is hilarious too.

Yes to this - the collection ‘Not That Bad’ about rape culture is an absolutely heartbreaking and difficult read, but it is such a worthy read of anyone‘s time, whether you’ve experienced trauma or not, it’s a discussion that often is gendered and it doesn’t have to me. Would definitely recommend.

 

[champagnemami99]

I am not a fan of Chidera, but she is under no obligation to discuss what happened yesterday just because she stands for anti-racism, or indeed because she’s Black.

*I agree she is not under any obligation at all and I apologise for implying that*
I hope you understand where I was coming from... she has obsessed about this for weeks now and has been non-stop on her stories writing long messages about the situation, when there are, in my opinion, far more important things happening in the world, and far more struggles/ injustices going on, whether that is the pandemic, mental health crisis or anything else. I am saying that as someone who does not believe her work was intentionally "copied" or "plagiarised", and that it is coincidental, same style of instagram feminism they have both profited from, FG has correctly referenced and credited Chidera and undoubtedly lead to more sales of her 2018& 2020 books... I think Chidera should step-down from asking for 100% with book pulled or 70% book stays, because that is totally totally unwarranted.

 

[champagnemami99]

This is so funny why would she endorse or comment on something she hasn’t read

I sent a message the other day saying “do you not think comparing Florence to a rapist is a bit far?”
And got blocked