She’s 63 years old and spent the last 23 years in prison doing shit jobs for nothing. Maybe giving her a really easy and well paying job that lets her get her message out is a lot better than giving her a backbreaking entry level one.

I’m with you, 100%. Is Kim profiting off this woman’s story? Absolutely. I have no doubts that Ms. Johnson is profiting, as well. And honestly, what would this woman have done after being locked up for 20 years? She now gets to have an incredibly positive experience and make some money. Kim did a good thing for good…

Making a living after being incarcerated for so long is too hard. And I bet it must feel nice to model and feel pretty after being dehumanized for 20+ years. I’m glad for her. Shapewear is going to be sold and Kim is going to make money anyways so let her have this.

Kim’s ability to make money is what’s enabling her to study law and act as a pro bono advocate/soon to be attorney for people. She will never have a need to bill the people she helps.

Ireally disagree with your assessment. The last couple of years, for some reason, Kim has devoted herself to getting people freed from prison, has been successful multiple times, and this is the first one where this branding thing has occurred. She could have chosen one of the younger, prettier women whose cases she…

Money she is, apparently, going to use to free more women of color from prison.

Alice Marie Johnson is grown and can make her own choices and Kim probably paid her well. I think this is fine.

Meanwhile in the real world...

It is slightly uncomfortable, but let’s be real about Ms. Johnson’s earning/career potential after so much time out of the work force. I don’t know her pre-prison work history, but 21 years is a lot of time to be away from any field.

Good for her. It’s one thing to be paroled or pardoned; it’s quite another thing to try to get back on your feet. Kim Kardashian not only helped her get released, she also gave her the dignity of earning a paycheck that helps to enjoy a life worth living.

It is often extraordinarily hard for felons to get jobs, let alone living wage jobs, and working is often a requirement of probation. I wouldn’t be surprised if she mentioned this to Kim and Kim said, “I’ll give you a job and you don’t have to worry about money.” I’m okay with this.

I ain’t mad at her. If anyone deserves a sweet endorsement deal... .

Calm down over there, Thomas Hobbes.

Ms. Johnson does look fine just the way she is, but maybe Ms. Johnson wants to throw on a little shapewear once in a while.

Agree. Alice Johnson is beautiful and also has a normal and relatable body. She seems like a good model for shapewear to me, if that’s what she wants to do. Plus, this modeling job probably paid her very well. If she wants to or is willing to talk about how great she thinks Kim is for helping her, fucking have at it.…

I know it’s fun to shit on the Kardashians, but Ms. Johnson is free to make her own choices and I am sure she’s being paid well for her contract.

I actually love the idea that Kim is using diverse models for her shapewear line. Often, even plus size shapewear (and really, anything) is modeled by thin, flat stomached 19…

In my experience it’s completely a top down problem. When I worked front desk at a hotel it was the GM who asked me to go out with one of his buddies and show him a good time. Later, it was the project manager who complimented my legs and said the dress I was wearing was covering up the best parts of me...at a work…

This comes down to one basic premise: Men don’t trust women’s judgment, honesty or integrity*.

Keep in mind, men are perfectly capable of reading situations and managing social cues when working with other men. They are not incapable of doing this shit. They willfully ignore it with women because they think they can get away with it.

So horrible men refuse to improve themselves and blame others. Knowingly.