The Anna Edit #11 Dusty, musty, fusty and content very rusty

[jaymie]

I actually can see our beloved most organised Virgo being prepared and with short weekly videos to cover her maternity leave. Not talking about high quality, but then when was the last time we got a really nice video anyway. She probably only uses it as an excuse to cut off things she was over anyway. There will be pre-filmed adds for sure. I think she will be off for about 4-6 months. And while we won’t see her becoming a real mummy blogger, we will most definitely be treated to a nursery tour, baby clothes hauls, hospital bag, newborn essentials (#spon/#ad/#af).

Fucking hospital bag, I hate content as such with a passion. Oh bring a kindle, bring charger, bring pads *a lot of them* because your vjayjay need it, write a list, bring snacks because you are going to be bored and babeh needs to eat….bring Arket linen top for the babeh because a good start in life start with Arket…and slippers and socks…here is the swipe up to the world most comfy socks.

 

[MoniC]

How can this possibly be the same person? What happened?!

Of course, if she feels comfortable like this more power to her but it's mind-boggling what happened to her over the past two years. One the one hand I find it refreshing to see someone looking "normal" during their pregnancy and not like some styled to the high heavens influencer but on the other hand all of the pictures she's posted recently make me go "why the actual fuck did you post that". Everything she does is so low effort and quality but she still thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR VAGINA

 

[MoniC]

Thank you Anna for a post that mainly consists of Goodreads-summaries and mentions of her fucking pregnancy every other sentence. Also thank you for telling us about massaging her perineum and including a photo that looks like you're sniffing your fingers.

FUCK.

 

[Kitkatkut]

My sex drive has just said goodbye for a year.

I really didn’t need to see this. Why?
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And lastly, I don’t know why, but Mawk’s stupid hand pose makes me irrationally angry. What is it even supposed to be?

 

[under the ivy]

Yay new thread!

Those shoes she wears in her new daily edit video… the monk edit anyone?!

 

[SachaStark]

I really just cannot with every single comment she makes on her stories right now.

“My daily 30 minutes of energy.”

In most careers, you would still be working your normal 40 hour week right now, sis. What do you DO all day?!

 

[MoniC]

This is what I am saying. Alex Stedman peddled that pan last week and she went “nice pan” when she knew she is going to do that ad.View attachment 688679

Ooh boy, lemme dissect that. First of all, non-toxic coating, it's a glaze for fuck's sake, literally melted glass, of course it's "non-toxic" and absolutely nothing special (seriously, glazes have been around since 500 B.C.). Second, "designed for multiple dishes" EVERY FUCKING PAN IS? Third, this monstrosity is 145 dollhairs, get yourself a good quality castiron pan for the same price, you'll have them a lifetime. But WOW you can rest a fucking spatula on the handle.

I can't with these things that randomly pop up every few weeks and every influencer and their hamster is suddenly obSESseD with. None of these people would be losing their shit over a PAN if they weren't paid to be or looking for a sponsorship.

 

[CatCafe234]

Also the thing she baked aren’t exactly exciting, is like being transported back to the 50s

She doesn’t have any original recipes either, she just makes tiny adaptations to existing recipes and calls them her own - it’s all ‘the Waitrose and Partners recipe for this cake said use milk chocolate but I’ve used dark, tee-hee-hee’, or ‘this said use a walnut but I’ve used a pecan’. Well move over Alain Ducasse, you’ve got a rival.

 

[SachaStark]

Yeah, guys, anybody here OFF SOMEONE NICE for the summer?

(Give them a break, if they’re nice usually, maybe try not to go off them straight away… give them a break, eh?)

((The moral issues of travelling during a pandemic aside…))

 

[martaS]

I knew Anna was bland when she said she doesn’t like any spices lol

 

[LittleBluebird]

Honestly, I could see mark being the type that’s unable to get along with a slug. I don’t even know the dude and could tell he’s be a pain to work with.
Or he’d be the type to a) freeze everyone in the office b) eat everyone’s food in the fridge c) reheat fish in the microwave

God, he’s the pits.

 

[mascarara]

I haven't watched Anna in months but I read this thread for entertainment. Her latest vlog is titled 'A week in my life | A slower pace of life'

Jfc, Anna, if you were any slower you'd be moving backwards.

 

[Kitkatkut]

Anna will post a naked bump pic alà Demi Moore on the cover of Vanity Fair any day now. I can 100% see this happening. I just hope Mark doesn't decide to strip off too.

I can totally see this. Mawk covering his modesty with a hand, propped up in his pregnancy pillow, binoculars around his neck, wearing nothing but socks and sandals, grinning, showcasing his lovely haircut. Anna, Shrek smile, covering her nipples with one arm, holding her vagina with the other, bush peeking through her fingers, guffawing. Waiting for the arrival of their son.

 

[PineappleQueen19]

Anna and Mark are extremely wrapped up in each other. Are they codependent? Who knows, we don’t see enough to even speculate. I do think though, that they are too close to the point of being unable to see much objectively about each other and therefore Anna’s career is suffering.

And I definitely get Nice Guy™ vibes from Mark. I think it would be tricky to tell him anything vaguely critical. I also think it was his idea to work for her full time, that’s why she gave it a 12 month (or so) trial before telling her audience in case it didn’t work out. And didn’t he put his feet up after probation was over.

She also does the classic (often female) trait of wanting to give him credit *all the time*. It’s over egged so much it sounds sycophantic to the point you know she’s overcompensating for something - doesn’t want him to feel emasculated. The fact is if he’s not comfortable enough to take a supporting role without excessive public praise, it’s not the right job for him. It makes me cross that successful women have to be so careful of men’s egos. I can imagine her telling their friends ‘no he doesn’t work *for* me - we work on the business *together*’. Please!

You definitely need a certain temperament to be an influencer - you can’t listen to *all* the criticism, you’d end up diluting yourself to the point you lose yourself and become too paralysed to try anything new. But nor can you shut yourself off to all feedback. If your core long term followers are leaving in droves somethings got to change ASAP.

 

[Bababe]

Ok I have something to say. It's a long rant, so get ready.

Watched dame Anne latest video. A (fake?) friend gave her a gift card for posh tea for two.

Is it just me who assumed she'll go with the said friend?? Or anyone, just anyone, (her mum, Mark's mum, old neighbour, brow lady, waitrose and partners staff, ) other than her husband she sees everyday last 7 months?

And if that's really true (the story). Gosh. Of course, she's taking Mark.

Wild idea. How about maybe taking Lily to celebrate thus creating some content for both vlogs.... since you are so so happy both of you having boys and she is such a great friend that you feel so grateful to have during pregnancy? But who am l, who am I....

Can anyone believe her when she said a friend asked her to do a wedding makeup on her? Like, what?

You don't know anything about long lasting, special occasion makeup. You only operate one shade of ugly brown, you only own one mascara, you actually despise applying more than a drop of coloured product, you don't even wear a lipstick, let alone apply etc. How that friend seeing Anna look can think yes, I want that on my wedding day. Anna doesn't even have enough makeup arsenal for anyone other than her special self to then match other, certain look or different skin needs...

What if the ugly orange shadow is not flattering on anyone else's. Or dewy will be too dewy on another skin? Neurotic Anna won't handle that. That friend if it's true better buy some makeup herself and watch yt tutorials

I bet someone will tell me here that oh what if they love Anna's makeup I will just say now- whatever, lol.

What I mean is there is such a huge weird and off putting vibe this one emerges that I struggle to believe said friends exist.
Her body language is off when she tried to tell you about them. Maybe she has some, but everything seem to be so fake and ingenious with this one.. I am always suspicious when it comes to Anna. I trust Lily more with socialising haha

And she dares stating that they both work like young horses, no week holiday since December. Your work ethic and content quality sucks. Anna, your life is holiday.

 

[Kitkatkut]

Tbh I can't see BB wear much of what Anna linked I think Anna wants to be perceived as young and trendy but the reality is she's a dusty grandma who's much more conservative than she wants us to believe

That is such a good point. This really winds me up about her. She went out of her way to emphasise that she and Mawk are the LAST people on earth who cared about the gender and sexual identity of their kids. And somehow I feel that if you really must emphasise that so much, it’s not actually true. She’s just patting herself on the back for being able to tolerate other sexual and gender identities than her own. Same with the whole “I’m so pro choice, do what you want, don’t get married if you don’t want to!” BS. This is coming from a woman who married the first guy she set eyes on at uni and, of course, took his surname. That’s totally fine of course, but don’t pretend you’re so modern and feminist when you’re literally doing everything in your life by the heteronormative middle class rule book.

 

[PineappleQueen19]

10K views in seven hours, yikes.

The worst thing Anna can do at this point is to listen to mark and put it down to pregnancy / impending ‘mummy blogger’ transition being a turnoff.

My advice would be to ask someone with sensitivity at Gleam to go through the last few threads here, get them to make a robust and realistic take on what the core issues are, sit down with Anna to have an honest appraisal and make the necessary adjustments.

Unlikely to happen with mark on the full time gravy train but if it continues as is, he is in danger of pulling them both under.

Like others here I’ve been following Anna for many years now and really held her in high esteem compared to other influencers. I’ve never seen any influencer fall off such a cliff edge (in terms of output quality, work ethic and interest factor) so quickly. It’s quite shocking. Has 30 videos in 30 days ever had such a disastrous outcome for anyone? It feels like a death knell for her channel.

 

[Sounimpressed]

Oh my god - Anna looks like Humpty Dumpty here or an Armadillo or something. No amount of gifted underwear is worth posting such a horrendous picture.

Some women are lucky in pregnancy and some are not. Anna seems to be in the not category in that she just looks like a blob rather than a pregnant person. The clothes aren't helping either.

 

[Hally34]

Can this beige trend just die already. I’m so so so so so bored. There are three different beige wide legged pants on her edit. Four beige coats. Six beige tops.

 

[dreamybutterfly]

I really feel like this is the epitome of “yeah, we f*ck” but really they’re the couple that has sex on ovulation day, Christmas, and birthdays.

ALSO! What is with the vagina shots. I think maaawwwwwk is letting some weird fetish play out or something. He must be stopped.

Thing that I find so weird is that Anna is oddly private about the most boring things, won't even mention her friend's name but then has no problem sharing a photo with her pregnant belly out in what look like big knickers (I know they're shorts) and a direct shot of her crotch. #priorities