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Also if Goop's Conference got religious

May 11, 2022
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Hi Wrecklings! Authoring The Wreck List has made me realize that joining a cult actually is, apparently more common than I’d have ever imagined. Meanwhile, contrary to what I was warned about as a kid, the Bermuda Triangle has never been a problem. Then again, school also taught us how to square dance but not how to file taxes, so...

Anyway! Here’s this week’s scamdal:

  • ā€œA Top YouTube Beauty Guru Has an Ugly History of Peddling Pseudoscience Bullshitā€- Michelle Phan appears to have possibly, maybe joined a cult (no, not referencing her crypto shilling) which I guess for those familiar with her career, isn’t surprising.

  • ā€œInside the colossal failure of VENN, the ā€˜MTV of video gamesā€™ā€- This piece is WILD, a real corporate šŸ—‘ļøšŸ”„, if you’re into those kinds of things.

  • ā€œBolt Built $11 Billion Payment Business on Inflated Metrics and Eager Investorsā€- What’s going on with these one-click payment startups? Here’s an article about the shady background of Fast’s founder— which was shut down less than two months after the NPR piece ran.

  • ā€œI Went To Former Fitness Influencer Brittany Dawn’s Conference And I Guess I Understand Her Nowā€- This basically sounds like the religious, less fancy version of the Goop Conference. Which, Fast Company did an amazing piece on a few years ago— and then again a year after that when the conference ā€œgot even weirder, but somehow more professional.ā€

  • ā€œIt's a Hot Mess': Why Influencers Are Ditching Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans Companyā€- Explaining that your ā€œmom runs day-to-day operations and is our creative directorā€ is a really strange way of not taking accountability for a company you founded.

  • ā€œA Texas Tale of Tinder, Millions in Stolen Crypto and Murderā€- Let’s šŸ‘ not šŸ‘ send šŸ‘ strangers šŸ‘ off šŸ‘ the šŸ‘ internet šŸ‘ money šŸ‘ anymore!

  • ā€œPatriots Traded Jimmy Garoppolo Because He Allegedly Got Owner Robert Kraft Girlfriend Ricki Noel Lander Pregnantā€- Love when tips spilled on DeuxMoi get coverage. Who knows if any of this is true but the Patriots seem to have a penchant for scandal.

  • ā€œMiami Grand Prix felt ā€˜like the Fyre Festival of F1 races’: attendeesā€- Idk if one of the Spice Girls really almost got run over by cops but the response to this tweet still has me chuckling two days later.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull
so american that we’ve found a way to involve the cops in the F1 race. They almost ran over a spice girl
9:22 PM āˆ™ May 8, 2022
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@amandamull If it had been Victoria? Squash Spice.
9:24 PM āˆ™ May 8, 2022
  • ā€œVatican Offers, Mysteriously Rescinds Interview About Pope’s Metaverse Plansā€- From a former publicist' perspective, this is 100% the case of a PR team trying to buy time… Why they’re doing this, is the question. Looks like you can get cold feet in the Metaverse.

  • ā€œDancing in the Name of the Lord The ā€˜cult’ claims about a TikTok-famous set of performers shocked everyone — except L.A.’s dancefluencer community.ā€- We flagged this Gawker piece a couple months ago and the buzz about 7M have gained in traction since— including pieces in The Daily Beast and The Daily Mail.

  • ā€œFast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein’s Sudden Riseā€- I’m proud I haven’t ordered from Shein yet but there’s clearly something amiss if their prices are so suspiciously low.

  • ā€œDefamation suit: Influencer Rachel Wong fails in bid to find woman, who accused her of infidelity, in contemptā€- This story is… messy messy. Much like with the Depp vs. Heard trial, seems like there are just a lot of skeletons being dragged out of closets for the public to see. No winners, everyone loses.

  • ā€œRussian influencer could be jailed over nude Instagram photoshoot by sacred tree in Baliā€- All these bad choices but luckily isn’t being tried for treason… šŸ„šŸ’„ So sorry, I’ll see myself out.


More Serious Stories

We realize some of these can be triggering for some readers, so feel free to skip!

  • ā€œThe Same Security Company For Dave Chappelle’s Show Also Oversaw The Deadly Astroworld And Route 91 Festivalsā€

  • ā€œNXIVM sex cult guru wants new judge to decide evidence-planting claimā€

  • ā€œUK-born influencer Oli London, who identifies as Korean, clashes with Black host in fiery 'transracial' debateā€

  • ā€œIsrael: Turkish flight aborted as passengers get plane crash picsā€

  • ā€œGina. Rosanne. Guy. What do you do the day after you storm the Capitol?ā€

  • Because the article title is gonna trip some email spam filters: this piece covers how the writer’s dad was in the cult that was featured in the Wild Wild Country documentary. The whole thing is INSANE but the part I remember most was the rumor about blended up beavers being put in the water supply to poison the Wasco County residents.


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P.S. While we’re obsessed with these stories, we don’t endorse any of these insane behaviors. šŸ’‹

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