Like millions of other women around the country and world, I am obsessed with the Lindsay Clancy trial. Before I allowed myself to really dig into her story I wondered what the mass appeal of this case was - aside from the obvious tragedy that generally draws in looky-loos & yentas, of which I can at times be both. What dawned on me is that we - women and mothers - are so invested in this case because there is something in all of us that could, at one time or another, probably relate to her story.

I’ve always prided myself on my ability to share the hard things I’ve gone through. It’s long been my belief that if I can help someone else by sharing a difficult time in my life it gives that time purpose.

With that being said, I hope that this finds its audience and can make someone else feel less alone during a hard or scary time. We need to do more to help one another, no one is coming to save us but us.

xx

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The one where we:

* Go in hard on silent creators.

* Question what responsibility public facing figures have.

* And talk about how we, on the left, are cannibalizing one another.

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January 22, 202

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Last weekend I opened my Instagram up to taking requests for topics you’d like to hear discussed on this pod. The vast majority of requests were for topics regarding how best to navigate parenting right now.

This is absolutely a work in progress and I welcome any feedback! With practice and more experience I know this will improve, but in the meantime that you for being here while I work out the kinks.

xo.

whitney

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Please give me suggestions of what you’d like to hear! I want to know if you want solo pods, guests, q&a…This is a work in progress so please be kind.

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As you may or may not know I recently embarked on an initiative to mark various brands and companies “safe” from MAGA/MAHA - Meaning that they pledge to not spend ad dollars working with or promoting creators who spread dangerous dis/misinformation about either movement.

This was born from a desire to inform and give myself and members of my community a tangible call to action while reminding them that we vote daily with our spending.

Brands will fall into 1 of 5 groups :

* Marked Safe - Founder, CEO, representative makes the pledge.

* Marked Unsafe - Brand works with harmful creators by spending ad dollars and participating in various forms of cross promotion.

* Assumed Safe - Have not received confirmation but based on various evidence (ie public political callouts, charitable orgs they support etc) I can safely assume we are aligned.

* Assumed Not Safe - Based on public image and content can assume that they are likely MAHA aligned.

* Marked Apolitical - Have spoken to company representative and they have decided to remain apolitical as a company. The caveat here is that I don’t see anything pointing to MAHA affiliation ( I have seen several very MAHA aligned brands claim to be apolitical).

Please watch the video for more clarity and thank you for taking this on with me.

Together we can do great things.

xo

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