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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 12:55:47 GMT -4
This is something that is actually happening, unfortunately.
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Post by Hamatron on Aug 8, 2014 12:56:59 GMT -4
Oh yeah. I totally know. Career journalist/editor, here. It's maddening!
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Post by FotoStoreSheila on Aug 8, 2014 13:18:27 GMT -4
Of all the pretenders coming for Martha's crown, the only one who poses any real threat is Jessica Alba, because it seems like she's making the effort to build her brand brick by brick. I like many of the Honest products. Blake's idea is more of a cheap knock-off of Goop, which is already ridiculous. And I have no interest in anything with Laura Jean's name on it, since she seems like an utterly unpleasant witch. I will continue buying my towels, sheets and comforters from the OG unpleasant witch, thank you!
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xenna
Lady in Waiting
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Post by xenna on Aug 8, 2014 21:21:24 GMT -4
Of all the pretenders coming for Martha's crown, the only one who poses any real threat is Jessica Alba, because it seems like she's making the effort to build her brand brick by brick. I like many of the Honest products. Blake's idea is more of a cheap knock-off of Goop, which is already ridiculous. And I have no interest in anything with Laura Jean's name on it, since she seems like an utterly unpleasant witch. I will continue buying my towels, sheets and comforters from the OG unpleasant witch, thank you! And Jessica's Honest Co. sells stuff people use every day (diapers, soap, laundry detergent) that's affordable. Her market is huge compared to Goop and Blair.
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Post by narm on Aug 9, 2014 15:03:59 GMT -4
And let's face it: Martha is totally bad ass. She served a PRISON SENTENCE with dignity and without bitching. Here locally we have a man that committed some similar white-collar type crime, and every day we have reports on him trying to duck out his sentence due to health, etc. He's a fairly prominent figure, so it's news. I'm embarrassed for him and kind of annoyed, too.
Martha wore a freaking poncho knitted by a fellow inmate upon her release. Love her or hate her, she can't suffer foolish pretenders to the throne and she gets a mighty pass from me, for like, ever.
I still think Blake should have tried to go some urban-cowgirl-farmer route without all the $200 anything.
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Post by Coffeecakes on Aug 9, 2014 16:06:40 GMT -4
Plus Martha's chemistry with Conan was off the charts. Can't anyone ever top this hbic.
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Post by Hamatron on Aug 9, 2014 16:32:57 GMT -4
Okay. I decided to revisit the site now that there's content up. I gotta say, I just don't get it. First, there's quite a few pieces that are obviously paid content. But then there's stuff like... I just read an article titled "Flower Beards: Summer's hottest trend? Or a death sentence?" I thought it was going to be about men's facial hair or something. Nope. It's a eulogy for some guy written by a hipster asshole. This is the opening paragraph:
Like, this is a joke or something, right? I feel like there's some sort of self-indulgent in-joke writing going on here, but there's no entry point for the average reader. I can't discern wtf is going on here because the tone is off and I can't place the intent of the piece. And this is just one example. There are other articles with this problem, too.
Anyway. I guess what I am saying is that the writing is really really bad.
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Post by narm on Aug 9, 2014 17:06:48 GMT -4
Holy cow, I want to punch that writer. Hard.
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Post by Ladybug on Aug 9, 2014 17:11:51 GMT -4
That's got to be satire of hipster culture. Please tell me that's not real.
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boxofrocks
Blueblood
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Post by boxofrocks on Aug 9, 2014 17:23:57 GMT -4
I thought I read somewhere that David Cross wrote the flower beard thing. Amber Tamblyn is also supposed to have published something there.
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