Influencers are so infuriating! I was actually going to send Lydia a polite message regarding that post she reshared about criticism and influencers instagrams, but I can’t because she’s disabled messages, so I’m going to get what I had to say off my chest here!
Lydia, your Instagram acts as a business, my living room does not. LEM Online LTD is a company, my kitchen is not. Whilst I agree that criticism to you regarding your physical appearance should be off limits, and maybe even if someone just simply doesn’t like your outfits then fair enough it’s not for them. I don’t like topshop, and so I don’t shop there.
However, when you didn’t like how the wardrobe company did your wardrobe, and you didn’t like their work ethic, you criticised them. When you didn’t like how the contractors left your garden all messy, you criticised them (to your large audience might I add). When I order something online and it isn’t what I thought it would be, I leave a critical review. When Boohoo were caught using sweatshops to make their cheap clothes, people rightly criticised them, they did not simply say ‘ah, sweatshops.. yeah that’s not really for me, but hey maybe it’s for other people, it’s just not my thing.. nothing against Boohoo, just not my cup of tea’.. they rightly, criticised them.
When H&M had photos of the little black boy wearing a ‘cheeky monkey’ t-shirt, their customers criticised them, they did not say ‘ooo racisms not really for me, but hey who am I to judge, maybe other people enjoy it’. I could name 100 other company scandals, small and large, but you get the jist.
If people do not criticise, then nothing in the world changes. If people did not criticise boohoo (who you work for by the way Lydia) then they would just keep on using sweatshops, paying their workers pittance, abusing their people.
Lydia, you preach positivity and mindset, take criticism as an opportunity to improve. When I have my yearly review at work, I get criticised, criticism is part of LIFE. Sometimes my boss says things that I do not agree with, but I take it on board anyway.
and lastly, influencers are constantly trying to tell the world that what they do, is a real job. If you want to be taken seriously as a ‘real business’ or a ‘real job’, then you are going to have to take the criticism. It cannot be had both ways. No company, business owner, or employee is above criticism.
wow, just wow.
