She is so self assured and confident with her Twitter posse to back her up that she is breathtakingly rude and snide to those who aren’t in her gang .SH really does have an awful twitter manner. She fearlessly tackles soft targets, Samantha Brick ffs. And I'd forgotten her love of 'boner'
And that periods book thing was wierd - what an odd thing to boil your piss.
Didn’t we establish previously via the Wayback Machine that in no Pool articles ever did Sali actually say “I have had botox”?She brought it up saying "I wrote about botox in the Pool, a company that closed owing me seven (or maybe it's several, I'm not sure) thousand pounds which apparently I am responsible for." Or words to that effect. Edit to add, I'm really not sure if she says seven or several thousand in the video
Not so much “women supporting women” as “women fucking over women”, then.And The Pool's failure to pay its writers either in a timely manner, or at all, predated LL and SBs departure. The pair of them took a decent whack when they sold it and I have heard rumours that the staff weren't told the sale was going ahead until after it had happened.
It's worth pointing out that had some of its writers not gone public, The Pool would likely have continued commissioning new writers (many of them from groups of women who are under-represented in the media) knowing full well it had nothing in the bank to pay them with. Sadly it appears this has been swept under the carpet. What I also find egregious is that the subjects they were encouraged to write about- sexual assault, abortion, body image, eating issues etc - were especially sensitive. To not be paid . . . well.
There is no fucking way senior editors would not have known about payment problems because writers email their editors to ask how they can obtain payment and they do this out of desperation when accounts don't respond. If by any chance SB and LL didn't know, then that is a perfect example of what appallingly incompetent business owners they were. No wonder it folded.
This quote entirely fits in with something SH said in Pretty Honest that made me wince. In the Beauty Icons section.Not so much “women supporting women” as “women fucking over women”, then.
I can pinpoint the exact moment I’d HAD IT with The Pool and their shitty pseudo feminism. This Instagram post. I mean “dumb blonde” FFS?
Fun fact, Sam Baker has been doing a lot of on stage interviewing of authors recently. Just finished a tour with (the notoriously difficult) Rose McGowan and she said was a doddle to work with compared to some of her colleagues at The PoolNot so much “women supporting women” as “women fucking over women”, then.
I can pinpoint the exact moment I’d HAD IT with The Pool and their shitty pseudo feminism. This Instagram post. I mean “dumb blonde” FFS?
Yes an excellent idea.The Dolly Parton podcast is phenomenal so far btw. My goodness she’s an interesting person. She knows herself and she’s got genuine warmth and humour for all living creatures.
It’s an example of quite brilliant journalism and I think we should share those here or start a new thread for them.
We all seem to yearn for the same things and have some important things in common so perhaps we could flag up articles/books/podcasts/documentaries that are interesting and informative or thoughtful.
If anyone else interested I will start a thread
She’s great, I love her podcast (Sentimental Garbage- it’s about chick lit- her words not mine). I had no idea she worked for The Pool previously.These made me laugh. I don't know who she is and I can't think of anything witty to say about her tweets but I don't think she meant to give the impression that she does. Like her hair/wig though.
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