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theres-whump-in-that-nebula · 4 months ago

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JoJo Siwa doesn’t deserve all the hate (and homophobia) she’s getting for her style and music; but she does deserve scrutiny for defending Colleen Ballinger and being both active and complicit in abuse that happened on her TV show. Like the girl has been under the public eye in unhealthy environments all her life; cut her some slack — not too much; she’s still a responsible adult — but if you’re going to dogpile her, then at least dogpile her for the right reasons. Jesus Fucking Christ.

#jojo siwa #discourse #Her comment sections are VILE #I actually don’t hate her songs. They’re basically early-2000s new old stock and I like early 2000s music #Is she trying too hard to look like an “adult?” Yes. But that’s understandable.#What isn’t understandable is screaming at children for no fucking reason #and JoJo not helping at all when a girl was hemorrhaging out her belly button #when JoJo’s mother told the girl to “put a pad on it”#I don’t care how afraid you are of your parents; you END that shit the second you see it #I was raised in a cult and I actively sabotaged my parents’ preaching work on multiple occasions #I didn’t know if I’d get kicked out if they found out I did that; the only reason I still have a relationship with them #is because they never found out about my later sabotage #Dad preached to a waitress dangling a cure for her sons’ disorder in front of her nose as incentive to join and gave her literature #So I went to the restaurant with him and insisted I pay for the tip.#I gave her eight dollars and a sticky note with a bunch of keywords about the cult’s abuses to look up #The next time I went there #she said didn’t understand the sticky note and asked me while he was gone what I meant #I hate talking to people especially when I’m under pressure because I trip over my words even when I’m NOT anxious #But her kids’ lives being free of a cult meant more to me than avoiding a momentary discomfort so I gave a quick rundown #She thanked me and heeded my warning basically playing along with me and not saying anything to my dad about it #I was 20; JoJo was about 19 when her show was going on #She had no excuse for allowing her mom to do that.#At the very least she could have said “Oh god I’m so sorry she said that. Please don’t hurt yourself for my show; go to the hospital.”#But no. She didn’t do that. In fact she screamed at children and joked that if they were crying then it was a good show.#Bitch come here and do that in front of me. I double dog dare you. I may only be 5’5” but I fight dirty and I’m angrier than you #Sorry. I guess I do hate her… for THAT specifically.#Like yeah I’ve fucked up with the kids I help and yelled when I didn’t have to but I HATED doing it and tried to do better later #Why someone would SCREAM at kids on purpose for long periods of time for no reason is beyond me

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