Hannah Witton #2

[kateps]

When she says she just wants to get pregnant so she can basically avoid making any other decisions she really reminded me of myself when I was deeply unemployed and unhappy lol. I literally told my partner I just want to get married and have kids and be a housewife and not have to think about work....until I found a job that I enjoy and through which I find some fulfillment.

I understand how stressful and frustrating not being able to conceive her second must be -- esp. given her health stuff--, however, I think her mental health and attitude about the situation would be different if she was doing work she enjoyed and found purposeful. At this point it sounds like she wants to be pregnant more so that she doesn't have to deal with the repercussions of her career change rather than to grow the family. Her mental health would probably drastically improve if she put in effort to realign her career with her passion, even if that means finding a "normal" job and doing content creation on the side.

 

[aplysia]

The cure to 90% of all influencer's mental health issues would be a boring office job that offers an daily structure and "I have actually done something!" dopamine rewards. Thing is, Hannah knows - as everyone does - that this would also mean to actually having to *work* instead of selling reading and playing dress up as a fulltime job.

 

[BumbleBeee]

At the beginning of her recent video about the to-do list bingo card, she says that her channel is about 'finding joy and play in adulthood and parenthood'. I don't think anyone would describe her content that way?

LMAO WHAT? If she's going to make her branding this, she needs to share it more than just for the first time in a video... and she needs to ACTUALLY make videos like that lmao

 

[sunniva]

No way did she post that ‘I’m not pregnant’ children’s party food haul as anything other than to troll us after the PCOS / diet chat here 🥲🥲🥲

Babe because you’re reading here… advice not to eat carbs is not large phobic and it’s not eating disorder fodder, it is mainstream health advice for women with PCOS. If you eat fewer carbs and exercise regularly, your insulin resistance will improve and give your body a chance to ovulate. This is evidence based and is the exact same function as the metformin you are prescribed.

But metformin isn’t a substitute for lifestyle changes, the two are meant to be used together.

I also think she slyly added the part about getting her period as code for ‘I’m not pregnant but I have normal cycles despite my diet’ because I commented about the 80 day cycle length she admitted she has. Periods do not equal ovulation and I say this as a woman with PCOS and regular but non-ovulatory cycles. She is 100% waiting to quality for NHS assistance. Which is fine. But just say that???

I took the rage bait I suppose lol but joke is on her because wildly unregulated hormones are horrible for your body regardless of fertility. Would love a PCOS thread on here come to think of it

 

[friendlyfire]

No way did she post that ‘I’m not pregnant’ children’s party food haul as anything other than to troll us after the PCOS / diet chat here 🥲🥲🥲

Babe because you’re reading here… advice not to eat carbs is not large phobic and it’s not eating disorder fodder, it is mainstream health advice for women with PCOS. If you eat fewer carbs and exercise regularly, your insulin resistance will improve and give your body a chance to ovulate. This is evidence based and is the exact same function as the metformin you are prescribed.

But metformin isn’t a substitute for lifestyle changes, the two are meant to be used together.

I also think she slyly added the part about getting her period as code for ‘I’m not pregnant but I have normal cycles despite my diet’ because I commented about the 80 day cycle length she admitted she has. Periods do not equal ovulation and I say this as a woman with PCOS and regular but non-ovulatory cycles. She is 100% waiting to quality for NHS assistance. Which is fine. But just say that???

I took the rage bait I suppose lol but joke is on her because wildly unregulated hormones are horrible for your body regardless of fertility. Would love a PCOS thread on here come to think of it

Here is the PCOS thread : https://tattle.life/threads/pcos.8301/

 

[replace32titles]

It's that day again! For the first time, we have an actual paid Patreon number so I've updated the previous years' numbers based on an estimate of 21% of Patreons actually giving her money. Max has gone up to £20 a month this year when it was previously £8.50, which is why the range is so much bigger. I suspect most people are on the lower end.

24-25 £98,250 - £655,000 depending on how much they're paying on Patreon
23-24 £91,882 - £260,333
22-23 £31,888 - £90,349.56
21-22 £29,089 - £82,420

So not quite as massively dramatic as I've been estimating for the last few years but still not bad for someone whose job is mostly just reading and talking about how productive they are.

 

[Chinese_whispers]

It's that day again! For the first time, we have an actual paid Patreon number so I've updated the previous years' numbers based on an estimate of 21% of Patreons actually giving her money. Max has gone up to £20 a month this year when it was previously £8.50, which is why the range is so much bigger. I suspect most people are on the lower end.

24-25 £98,250 - £655,000 depending on how much they're paying on Patreon
23-24 £91,882 - £260,333
22-23 £31,888 - £90,349.56
21-22 £29,089 - £82,420

So not quite as massively dramatic as I've been estimating for the last few years but still not bad for someone whose job is mostly just reading and talking about how productive they are.

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I say this every year but she’s absolutely robbing a living. She barely scrapes 20 hrs a week working these days by her own admission. I’m in the wrong job

 

[storynerd]

It's that day again! For the first time, we have an actual paid Patreon number so I've updated the previous years' numbers based on an estimate of 21% of Patreons actually giving her money. Max has gone up to £20 a month this year when it was previously £8.50, which is why the range is so much bigger. I suspect most people are on the lower end.

24-25 £98,250 - £655,000 depending on how much they're paying on Patreon
23-24 £91,882 - £260,333
22-23 £31,888 - £90,349.56
21-22 £29,089 - £82,420

So not quite as massively dramatic as I've been estimating for the last few years but still not bad for someone whose job is mostly just reading and talking about how productive they are.

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Christ. No wonder she doesn't want to get a real job! £100k a year to do duck all

 

[mindlessness]

It's that day again! For the first time, we have an actual paid Patreon number so I've updated the previous years' numbers based on an estimate of 21% of Patreons actually giving her money. Max has gone up to £20 a month this year when it was previously £8.50, which is why the range is so much bigger. I suspect most people are on the lower end.

24-25 £98,250 - £655,000 depending on how much they're paying on Patreon
23-24 £91,882 - £260,333
22-23 £31,888 - £90,349.56
21-22 £29,089 - £82,420

So not quite as massively dramatic as I've been estimating for the last few years but still not bad for someone whose job is mostly just reading and talking about how productive they are.

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Thank you for doing the calculations!

Ugh. It's just...disappointing. So much money for...not much?
Although, imagine how much more she might make if she put a bit more effort it!

 

[takeyourwingsoutside]

I started the new video and as soon as she said "post baby impact on my income" I rolled my eyes. I won't deny that the effects of a drop in income will linger, and there is a wealth or wage gap that stems from having a family, but is this really still a "post baby impact" and less of a "my income changed and I refuse to adapt" type of deal? Especially when compounded by the career change?

 

[kateps]

I'm glad she acknowledged that it is strange to rely so much on Patreon as a lifestyle creator, esp. during a cost of living crisis, but I think saying "they're adults who make their own financial decisions" is a bit of a cop out. On the one hand, she turns down brand deals and affiliate marketing because of ethical considerations, but, on the other, is fine with people paying up to £20 a month for her to post generic lifestyle content and essentially promote a parasocial relationship with her audience? She's disappointed people are opting out, but also doesn't seem to consider what she's bringing into this exchange?

Also I bet the brands she currently partners with are thrilled to hear she hates them lmao

 

[BumbleBeee]

I started the new video and as soon as she said "post baby impact on my income" I rolled my eyes. I won't deny that the effects of a drop in income will linger, and there is a wealth or wage gap that stems from having a family, but is this really still a "post baby impact" and less of a "my income changed and I refuse to adapt" type of deal? Especially when compounded by the career change?

One of the things that drives me INSANE about how she constantly blames the income difference on her having a baby, when in reality... she is a content creator so it will ALWAYS vary... but she also had a baby then shortly after switched her niche AND stopped regularly uploading on one of her channels and switched to uploading on a channel that doesn't have many subscribers (compared to her other one). Realistically, she's still making a good 1.5-2.5K from each channel, so she's fine lmao, especially when factoring in sponsorships and the level of work she DOES do.

 

[cazzaaa]

Why is she always in her underwear on Instagram?!

And why does she think her child is nothing but a face? You won't show his face but you'll show literally everything else of him, including his voice and him having a tantrum????

Imagine growing up and your mum is in her underwear on social media for no reason

 

[replace32titles]

I've just been watching her (tedious) TTC Q&A, which is mostly just background noise but it got to the question "How do you bring up the subject to your friends when you want to talk about it to someone?" and Hannah said two things that blew my mind.

Number one was: do your friends not already just naturally talk about babies and pregnancy? Why do you need to bring it up, doesn't it just come up by itself? (no, Hannah. Not all of everyone's friends are at exactly the same stage of life as them and even if they were, most people's approach wasn't "we're ttc", it was "I'm pregnant" when that bit was over. I mean, it's very much up to you but my friends didn't give us the details)

Number two was: instead of bringing it up, "you can always just ask someone else first". Why don't you just casually say "Oh, are you and so-and-so thinking about having kids?" Hasn't the internet - and Hannah herself - spent the last decade being very vocal about how you don't ask people questions like that?? At that point, I screeched "Hannah, what the duck??" and turned the video off. She'd be the first person to throw a tantrum if anyone, even a friend, asked her such a sensitive question and here she is recommending it!

 

[Orange2green]

Number two was: instead of bringing it up, "you can always just ask someone else first". Why don't you just casually say "Oh, are you and so-and-so thinking about having kids?" Hasn't the internet - and Hannah herself - spent the last decade being very vocal about how you don't ask people questions like that?? At that point, I screeched "Hannah, what the duck??" and turned the video off. She'd be the first person to throw a tantrum if anyone, even a friend, asked her such a sensitive question and here she is recommending it!

Haaaa I thought this about number two!! I was like "really?!" Also she openly admits that she wants the baby more than Dan. I feel like she's chasing a dream that she convinced herself she wanted, "married, two kids, two years apart". For a woman who is trying to be so edgy and go against the hetero-normative grain, she's following that playbook

 

[Lola123]

Her latest video seems to me that if Dan could work remotely, they’ll be off moving to Manchester! Which I think is a really wise decision all in all

 

[friendlyfire]

Her latest video seems to me that if Dan could work remotely, they’ll be off moving to Manchester! Which I think is a really wise decision all in all

Agreed , I think it’d do wonders for her !

 

[CirceRises]

I’m not trying to downplay the difficulties and disappointment in trying to conceive a second baby but my god she makes it her whole personality and acts like she’s endured a war crime.
She has a husband, a job and a healthy baby. Why are you complaining all the time and acting like you’ve been hard done by?

 

[storynerd]

Wow, I hope whoever organised the creator event she was invited to doesn't re-invite her, she slagged off the vibe in her latest newsletter (while banging on about how hard it is that she might have had to miss Rowan's first few days of nursery... like millions of other working parents)

 

[Lola123]

Wow, I hope whoever organised the creator event she was invited to doesn't re-invite her, she slagged off the vibe in her latest newsletter (while banging on about how hard it is that she might have had to miss Rowan's first few days of nursery... like millions of other working parents)

But she’s self employed? She could schedule meetings round this? Like a lot of parents don’t have the choice but she does?