I’m not trying to sell anyone on her work, I’m just saying that she did offer to “put the work in”. Maybe it is shitty work (im not a social media person and didn’t look into it) but it’s the kind of work that is typical of these “influencers”.

Listen I’m not going to explain to you what social media influencers do. I think the concept is bizarre but it exists and people make a living off of it. She was asking for a room in exchange for exposure for the business. She is selling exposure, clicks, views, etc. There is a market for this. She didn’t invent this…

.... That’s not how sales works. But ok.

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You do realized that she was offering sponsored content in exchange? The hotel has every right to say no but she was offering to do what every social media influencer/celeb does for sponsorship or free shit. Aka “putting in the work.” You might not like it but a lot of companies pay for that kind of exposure.

Am I going soft because I feel bad for this vlogger? Her email was polite and professional. The moose Lodge could just say “nope sorry not interested” instead of trying to embarrass her on social media. Even though they blacked her name out it would still be awful to be talked to this way. It’s pretty common knowledge…

Would vote for you, please run in PA

I’m so sorry you went through that and you’re having to relive it now. I dated an emotionally abusive guy for about 6 years. I blamed myself and felt like calling it emotional abuse was an overreaction. He also coerced me into sex. Anyway, what helped me was therapy. One day my therapist sat me down and basically said…

I also used to be too nice to people. Then I realized I was kinda being an asshole, because if you keep doing shit you don’t wanna do you start to build up resentment against people. Which isn’t fair, because they can’t know your feelings if you’re never honest! I still let things go that I shouldn’t and they end up…

Yeah I took it all home! 2 paperweights (they both had different design techniques) a drinking glass and a bowl with a foot - like an old fashioned ice cream sundae looking thing.

It was $300 for a 4 week class for mine, 12 hours total. But we made 4 items. 2 paperweights, a drinking glass and a bowl. I thought it was worth it cuz I’d always wanted to do it!

It was fun! It was difficult though and ridiculously hot. Which shouldn’t have been a surprise but I didn’t realize they’d have 3 furnaces going at once. It’s hard to gather the glass and once you have it on the end of the rod it can be really heavy and hard to keep spinning evenly. The blowing part is also pretty…

It was only slightly terrifying. The rods are pretty heavy and depending on the size of the piece you’re working on can be really hard to handle/balance. There was an older woman in the class who had difficulty holding the rod and I had to warm the instructor to back up a few times when she was transferring a piece…

Man you really made me wanna binge eat junk food right now >:(

I took a glass blowing class awhile ago and you would not believe the temptation to touch molten glass after it drips off the rod. It just looks like silly putty. And I love silly putty. I didn’t touch it though. Because I have a tiny bit of self control.

And it’s been mentioned to death, but Clinton won the popular vote. Voting still matters, but it won’t fix everything and it’s not enough. Bullshit that BLMs suggestion (and woc) was met with backlash.

I just started listening to the rap group Brockhampton and the founding member is gay and references it pretty frequently in songs. I really like their music and it’s great to hear songs where “queer” isn’t being used as an insult.

Thanks for sharing this. It’s a struggle as a woman trying to get a man to understand just how pervasive, annoying, and scary harassment is. It’s worse when men don’t believe us. I’m glad you believed your gf.

Oh that makes sense. Sorry, I just got really excited about sneezing out large gobs of snot.

Educate yourself about why your take is so shitty.