Yes in what world is £15 for one pair of knickers affordable? I don't think I've ever spent more than £5 on one pair and that was splashing out! Sofie likes to make out they're working class but they're so out of touch.
Not sure that aggressively posting response stories to anyone who deviates even 1% from total agreement is the best way to encourage your followers to engage, but maybe I don't have enough TRAUMA to understand this advanced social media strategy!
Exactly! Sofie seems to think it excuses her from everything, whilst at the same time no-one else is allowed to step out of line ever. What about other people's trauma? Maybe it's triggering to some people to give away hard earned cash without a word of thanks?
and the best news is that they have kindly pinned it to their highlights in case we forget incredible, unheard of tips like “work out how much your bills cost and take it away from your monthly income”
I think you're absolutely correct. The wording is "all these other people are well catered for, but not me", when the reality is many, many places are still inaccessible or have very limited accessibility for physically disabled people.Long time lurker! I feel like I need to write something as I’m disabled and Sofie’s post has been on my mind all day - I’m sorry if it doesn’t make a lot of sense as I’m trying to work out my feelings around why it’s annoyed me so much (and I don’t fancy doing that publicly on their comments because I can imagine it would be received poorly)
It’s not a competition about who is the most oppressed (and I benefit from a lot of other privileges) so I hope it doesn’t sound like I’m playing the pain Olympics but it feels like Sofie is positioning disability as something that is readily catered for whilst fatness is not? The assumption that accessibility is a ‘thing’ is a total myth and I only realised this when I became disabled and found that just leaving the house can be a huge barrier.
Fat disabled people also exist and to say ‘I’m not even asking for accessible seating!’ almost makes it sound like catering to disabled people is much more of a burden than them asking for wider seats??
It is probably a case of unfortunate wording and I’m aware that I’m really sensitive about it but to act like disabled people are catered for really cheeses me off when I have to email every single pub, bar, restaurant, museum, venue before I go because there is never accurate info (if any) on the website - most places never bother to email back or they’ll say ‘we are accessible but there is a small step’. I’d say I can’t get into 80% of shops in my town!
I wouldn’t even be able to get to the bloody theatre easily to use this magical wheelchair access - it costs money (and I can’t crowdfund for bills on my Insta stories), I’d likely have to send medical evidence to receive one of few disabled seats (I have to for gigs), and then I struggle to even leave the house because buses only have one wheelchair spot, I have to book assistance for the train 24 hours in advance and it’s still unreliable and taxis don’t turn up (or can’t fit my wheelchair in or break it trying to jam it in their boot)!
I just think it’s a false and unnecessary comparison to make and the post didn’t even need it - they can make the same point without shitting on other people. Putting a ‘this needs to be intersectional’ as an after thought in the caption doesn’t really mean anything when you make no effort to understand other people’s experiences and publicly shame any constructive feedback that isn’t what you want to hear
PHEW! thanks for indulging my first ever tattle rant x
publicly and transparently learning for clout and then causing harm/upset (however unintentional) when they could just… be quiet and use their huge platform to actually do something rather than talk about doing something. Or at least they could share the work of activists who have already spoken about this on a truly intersectional basis Totally agree also her whole ‘I’m always learning , please call me in’ thing means she says ridiculously tone deaf things like the classist remarks about northern dialect and then absolves herself of any responsibility by saying that. Like murdering someone and then popping into confession on the way home after burying some bodies #guiltfree .It only grates so much because she goes after everyone else and for normally a lot less.most people offline understand having nuanced conversations with people who think differently to them or the possibility shock horror we all get stuff wrong sometimes. It’s the sanctimonious insta crew that do my nut in who expect a pass on their own bad behaviour but cant see their own hypocracy.
Exactly this. Sofie portrays herself in a certain way that makes her seem woke or progressive, but the reality of her life doesn't necessarily reflect that. For example, she's critical of puppy mills but got Hank. She's not straight but she has only been with cis men. She's a socialist but is doing a pretty good job of fueling capitalism. She wants to open up dialogue but attacks anyone who dares to message her, etc.I'm quite surprised to hear this as I've seen her being rude to people who replied to her story posts with questions about plastic waste, and on one of the Bad People podcasts she mithers on for ages about how she finds environment talk boring. (That's OK then, if it bores you, special Sofie, you are absolved of all responsibility to make ethical decisions. Better that the planet is destroyed than you spend one moment being bored)
Maybe now she is more established she doesn't think she needs to pretend to care.
