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Do these look the same to you? Part 2

Do these look the same to you? Part 2

Doxxing a toddler, a gaslighting foundfluencer, and cyber bullying by coffee table book royalty (allegedly!)

Annie Kreighbaum
Oct 28, 2024
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Scroll no further until you read Part 1, “Do these look the same to you?”.
And, yes, I did promise to email everyone Part 2 last Thursday. So I suppose the only confirmed fraud in all of this is…me.
Clockwise from top: Emily Weiss for Glossier 2014; Glowery 2024; Olivia Rodrigo “Sour” Album art 2021; Anna Ewers in unknown editorial circa 2013 (contact me if you have credits!).

10/21/24

I held off on publishing what I wrote on October 8th after watching things play out that day, as Helle’s post gained traction and Glowery reacted. This was quickly becoming a fascinating case study on a hatchling beauty brand and, funnily enough, I’m somewhat of a beauty journalist. I laid down my pitchfork and anthropolo-gized.

By the afternoon, the call-out post had reached 10k likes and hundreds of comments shaming Glowery. At that point, I was overcome with pity for someone I had pegged as simply an inexperienced founder, who made a mistake, and was now being dogpiled upon by people who she probably sees as her peers.

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