I’m having a soapbox moment, so please bear with me lol.
Can we please stop taking the things we criticise Sarah for personally? I remember a couple threads ago some people were pointing out about her buying packaged frozen bananas instead of freezing her own and some people took offence to that. We were NOT criticising the action of buying frozen bananas, we ARE, however criticising Sarah, who is a multimillionaire, has the privilege of working from home, has all sorts of support available, yet continues to make choices that are detrimental to the environment, especially ironic given how much she has preached about sustainability before. If you work 9-5 and get little to no time to prep your meals, fine. Buy all the packaged frozen bananas you want. But the whole point of that criticism was that despite being so average in terms of appearance, Sarah does not live an average life. Given her platform and privilege, she could do so much more, yet chooses not to. And that was just one example. I keep seeing it time and time again in threads, about her being gf/df, her using gas stoves, her being too feminine/not feminine enough…and it grinds my ears because almost always it ends up drailing the thread.
Once someone has frustrated and disappointed you enough times, every little thing they do can get under your skin, which is why most of these criticism can often come off as nit-picky. No one really hates Sarah because of these things, we critic her because her problematic behaviour, and these things just add an insult to injury.
I understand that sometimes you can’t help the way you feel, especially if it’s something you’re insecure of, and I’m sorry if it’s coming off as I’m trying to gatekeep this thread, but please refer to the example above. Sarah doing something questionable is not the same as an average person doing the exact same thing, especially when her mere existence and the image she tries to portray is a contradiction.
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