lastsupper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:04 amI have followed her since high school up until now, which was cool since we are the same age and graduated at the same time, did uni and grad school at the same time, all that.
I had to unsubscribe today. I'm really disappointed and, frankly, appalled by the person she is now. I'm not sure when it clicked, but she is so much more concerned with appearing well-read and educated than she is being an active, engaged citizen. She grossly consumed fast fashion and unsustainable fabrics and clothes (yes, even high-end stuff sources unethically) and peddles it repeatedly, but makes one random video where she shipped in thrifted clothes and says it's a good thing for the environment. She reads books on colonialism and racism and supposedly learns so much from them, yet never critically examines her wealth and privilege as a White British woman travelling all over the world, especially in a pandemic, never engaging meaningfully with local cultures beyond posing in front on landscapes with expensive clothes that the locals could never in their wildest dreams afford. I truly could not live with myself if I existed as she does now, it makes my stomach turn.
Just jumping on to say to be honest same. Exact same situation as you and in that it seemed that me and Jess were hitting the same milestones at the same time, same age, uni etc but I've just had to call it a day.
Used to love her more alt fashion and she did seem to have a weird eye for clothes that I either loved or hated but always admired the attempt at "a look" and her creativity. I was floored that during her gap year she'd pre-filmed weeks upon weeks of content (sure some of it was 2 mins total) that would go up while she was away and she seemed to be so aware of her position in the world and how lucky her upbringing had been.
It seems now she's less aware as her privilege has increased. And the whole coronavirus stuff really got to me. Unfollowed quite a few youtubers over the way they went about the coronavirus stuff