Hannah Witton

[CalatheaLater]

I think there's a difference between wanting to raise your child completely gender neutral with they/them pronouns and not wanting to dress your child in highly gendered clothing that have awful slogans on.
If she wants to avoid putting sterotypes on her kid, then raising them as the gender they're assigned at birth and treating them the same with regards to toys, language used, clothes, how their emotions are treated etc then that will help break down stereotypes

 

[Millennial Pink]

anyone notice she talks. Like. This. All. Of. The. Time.

I'm sure it's getting worse recently, too.

 

[CalatheaLater]

I'm sure it's getting worse recently, too.

This recent video was soo bad for it, I think becuase she was concentrating more on reading off a script

 

[Chinese_whispers]

I find first time parents smug until they have the baby and realize there’s much more involved than you ever imagined/ people asking babies gender will be very, very low down on her list of priorities.

I focused on weird stuff when I was pregnant too. I had a colour coded baby/ hospital bag list because it helped my brain . Ended up needing an emergency c section 7 weeks early and the list was irrelevant I feel like this is Hannah’s making her brain make sense she’s having a baby and trying to figure out what to do with it.

 

[hannah1799]

I think there's a difference between wanting to raise your child completely gender neutral with they/them pronouns and not wanting to dress your child in highly gendered clothing that have awful slogans on.
If she wants to avoid putting sterotypes on her kid, then raising them as the gender they're assigned at birth and treating them the same with regards to toys, language used, clothes, how their emotions are treated etc then that will help break down stereotypes

Honestly I feel like this is how most parents are we just don’t make a big thing about it. My kids can dress however they want and play with whatever they want. For example my 3 year old daughter plays rugby, loves playing with cars and trains and is very outdoorsy. She loves climbing trees etc but she also likes dressing up in princess dresses and playing with makeup and dolls she has free reign with what interests her. But she knows she’s a girl and she definitely knows theres a difference between boys and girls. I don’t know any moms that only let their daughters play with dolls for example. I don’t feel like modern society is like that anymore. I really liked hannah but I can’t deal with how smug she is about this. Lots of parents have been raising their kids like this, way before she became a parent, they just don’t make a huge announcement about it Also the fact she hates when people ask her what she’s having and makes them feel awkward about it, just say “it’s a surprise” no need to make people feel stupid for asking a very general question

 

[sheleg]

It’s all very white middle-class leftie with Hannah.

(Someone upthread asked why anyone gender critical would watch Hannah. The reason I watch her is because I’m Jewish and I like watching Jewish influencers, even though she doesn’t say much about Judaism. )

 

[hannah1799]

It’s all very white middle-class leftie with Hannah.

(Someone upthread asked why anyone gender critical would watch Hannah. The reason I watch her is because I’m Jewish and I like watching Jewish influencers, even though she doesn’t say much about Judaism. )

Literally had no idea she was Jewish, I don’t think she’s ever mentioned it has she?

 

[fxckmanet]

Literally had no idea she was Jewish, I don’t think she’s ever mentioned it has she?

She’s done Vlog-nukah before + there’s videos of her making latkes. I seem to remember her calling herself more of a ‘cultural Jew’

 

[sheleg]

I loved Vlog-nukah!

 

[LydiaDeetzHat]

I couldn't concentrate and had to DNF her latest video because that outfit omg.. all I could see was her boobies.. I know she's big and preggers on top of that but it's hard to take her seriously..I'm not that way inclined but it was as if she'd just filmed her chest..

anyone notice she talks. Like. This. All. Of. The. Time.

I watched a reaction video to another channel and he commented on the amount of jump cuts in editing that someone had done . I wonder sometimes if its down to that at least in part

 

[Chinese_whispers]

All I see is Monica from Shameless UK

 

[Tom_Nook]

I only had the video on in the background but I didn't understand why she was proud of peeing herself!?

 

[LydiaDeetzHat]

I only had the video on in the background but I didn't understand why she was proud of peeing herself!?

she was interspersing her proudest moments with moments shes embarrassed about/far from proud of

 

[Tom_Nook]

she was interspersing her proudest moments with moments shes embarrassed about/far from proud of

Thank you!! I must have missed the categorisation of that one

 

[Jah89]

anyone notice she talks. Like. This. All. Of. The. Time.

I had to stop watching her latest video because of this, it was driving me insane . It's like every word is a different clip which she has edited together

 

[Snackella]

I must say I found her video about being pregnant with a stoma very interesting!

 

[Stegosauria]

Me too - pregnancy with a stoma looks really challenging, don't envy her at all.

 

[anon365]

Thought that was a super interesting vlog. I don't have a stoma but it's interesting and eye opening to see the struggles of having an invisible disability and how impactful they can be

 

[Lola123]

It was good content, it was what I’d hoped she’d do when she first announced it but didn’t want to be forceful in that because it helps with educating people on it

 

[Elinie]

I had to stop watching her latest video because of this, it was driving me insane . It's like every word is a different clip which she has edited together

Omg saaaame. I commented once that she speaks in a way that's very stunted, and that she also makes a high-pitched sharp sound when she says the letter 's'. That last issue has gotten slightly better, but the staccato in her speech is so annoying. It does sound like it's weird editing, like you said, like one of those videos were people cut up clips of Trump talking to pretend he's singing 'We Will Rock You'. That may be a weird comparison but I hope you know what I mean.

Because nothing she says flows anymore it also means I have to focus so much on what she's saying because her sentences are so dragged out and so often I can't tell when her sentence is over.

There's also that clip where she says "I've basically been using the same bags for three... years... now..." with the three last words on an upswing, she puts her tongue between her teeth very noticeably when she says "th", it's all so weird and over exaggerated...

I feel like I'm being nitpicky haha but it's getting to the point where I can't just casually listen to her videos anymore, I have to really focus and try not to let the weird talking distract me. I just hope she'll watch back her videos sometime and realize she could try speaking more naturally.

I think there's a difference between wanting to raise your child completely gender neutral with they/them pronouns and not wanting to dress your child in highly gendered clothing that have awful slogans on.
If she wants to avoid putting sterotypes on her kid, then raising them as the gender they're assigned at birth and treating them the same with regards to toys, language used, clothes, how their emotions are treated etc then that will help break down stereotypes

Yeah I also would definitely not want to raise my children to adhere to strict gender norms, and I would let them play with/dress however they want. But I think it's strange in a way to act like you're not going to let gender play a role at all? Their biological sex will be relevant in their life, and even if you don't want to impose gender stereotypes, your child's gender will definitely still affect how other people view/treat them. You might as well acknowledge their gender (/their chosen gender) and teach them it shouldn't hold them back from what they want to be/do, instead of pretending it doesn't exist.