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Tiara [my demand] ([info]mydemand) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-08-02 21:46:00
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gala darling: trust fund visionary?
Gala Darling is a self-described "visionary" who is famous mainly for having pink hair, being an "international playgirl", starting the Things I Love Thursday meme, and writing articles about living a fabulous life and being fashionable. Her audience consists mainly of young teenage/young adult girls who swarm her comments both on GalaDarling.com and on her personal site.

Gala's story is that she quit the 9-5 life to be a full-time blogger, and that almost all her income comes from blogging professionally through ad sales and sponsorships, as well as freelance writing. However, lately there's been a rash of comments on articles mentioning her claiming she is a fraud and really is a trust fund kid with rich parents. People who bought one of her podcasts about starting a business were disappointed at the lack of information on how Gala earns her money exactly.

It all comes to a head on her cover article on Cut Out + Keep, where various people - including someone claiming to be Gala's former good friend, speculate that she is either a trust fund kid, uses boyfriends for money, or is a high-class prostitute. In the meantime, Gala's devoted fans stand by their idol, claiming that "it's illegal to post untruths on the Internet" and that her critics are negative people with no lives. Meanwhile, Gala's denied the trust fund story; her only comment on her income currently is "it's none of your business".

(disclaimer: I'm in the comments of the Cut Out + Keep article as Tiara.)
edit: added a couple more links, including a direct link to the "illegal to post untruths" comment.

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[info]keri
2009-08-02 04:06 pm UTC (link)
Huh. There's something about her photos that is really weird, and I can't just place my finger on what it is. Please, someone, tell me why Gala Darling sits so heavily in the uncanny valley?


Also, lololololololol: it's illegal to post untruths on the internet. Srsly? Someone ACTUALLY said that?!

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[info]mydemand
2009-08-02 04:07 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, in the "devoted fans" link in the comments. Gala doesn't seem to care either way, which just annoys the haters more.

personally I'm just there for the linkspam XD

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(no subject) - [info]keri, 2009-08-02 04:12 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2009-08-02 04:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]keri, 2009-08-02 04:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2009-08-02 04:24 pm UTC
(no subject) - mockygogo, 2009-08-02 07:27 pm UTC

[info]ruslan
2009-08-04 12:01 am UTC (link)
I think it's her nose. She's overshopping it, so the tip of her nose just kind of vanishes off into the ether. At some angles it looks like her face ends in some kind of blurry beak. Ew.

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[info]pandonkey
2009-08-02 05:23 pm UTC (link)
various people - including someone claiming to be Gala's former good friend, speculate that she is either a trust fund kid, uses boyfriends for money, or is a high-class prostitute.

Maybe she's a part-time model.

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[info]mydemand
2009-08-02 05:25 pm UTC (link)
I think she does actually do some sort of modelling; she did mention something about a film audition, so I won't be too surprised.

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[info]cleolinda
2009-08-02 05:37 pm UTC (link)
Now I've got that Flight of the Conchords song stuck in my head. "You're so beautiful... like a treeeeee... or a high-class prostitute..."

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(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2009-08-03 01:51 am UTC

[info]_goblin_
2009-08-02 07:53 pm UTC (link)
Maybe she's involved with furry fandom, where she claims she has fatal illness in order to rake in the free trips, no-strings-attached sex, and lip gloss.

Hey, weirder things have happened.

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(no subject) - [info]fern_on_fen, 2009-08-03 08:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]_goblin_, 2009-08-03 08:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]fern_on_fen, 2009-08-03 08:50 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tachikoma01, 2009-08-05 12:44 am UTC

[info]kookaburra
2009-08-02 08:14 pm UTC (link)
Is it bad that the only thing I can think is, "POINT YOUR TOES OUT WOMAN, GEEZ! You have lovely legs, now STAND UP."

Nothing drives me up the wall faster than that affected pidgeon-toed cutesy pose. It's like the next MySpace-ducklips.

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[info]keri
2009-08-02 09:35 pm UTC (link)
OMG, that pose + half-open slack-jawed mouth! I call it the "model sex-mouth" because it seems to be popular with fashion mags. And everyone who uses it ends up looking like they're so high/hungry that they're little more than automatons.

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[info]lied_ohne_worte
2009-08-02 09:55 pm UTC (link)
God, yes. Recently, there are quite a lot of people using icons on LJ that depict only the lower part of some girl with short skirts, standing like that, and I always wonder what on earth is supposed to be aesthetically pleasing about them. I think it is some "child poses are sexy" thing that my feminist self rebels against, in addition to it being downright creepy.

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(no subject) - [info]ecchaniz0r, 2009-08-03 06:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2009-08-03 07:52 am UTC

[info]kalypsi_cat
2009-08-03 06:33 pm UTC (link)
WTF? I guess I've been living under a rock, but it's now attractive to be pidgeon-toed?! I guess I'll keep that in mind every time I stumble over my own feet and end up scrambling to not land on my face.

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[info]rani
2009-08-04 07:49 am UTC (link)
Holy crap yes. It's like the hot new way for women to look non-threatening and weak.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2009-08-08 10:23 am UTC (link)
My feet just kind of do that when I bring my knees together. My feet are also kind of fucked up.

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[info]ahiru
2009-08-02 09:12 pm UTC (link)
Actually, Gala is a bloodthirsty warlord, posting things on the laptop she got from sacrificing virgins to the volcano god, as she sits atop a throne of skulls.

OMG I just broke the law lolz.

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[info]_goblin_
2009-08-02 09:52 pm UTC (link)
I heard she eats broiled puppies glazed in a nice pomegranate reduction.

See you in jail!

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(no subject) - [info]paladin, 2009-08-02 10:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]_goblin_, 2009-08-02 11:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]paladin, 2009-08-03 12:24 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]_goblin_, 2009-08-03 01:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ahiru, 2009-08-03 07:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]_goblin_, 2009-08-03 07:38 pm UTC

[info]katemonkey
2009-08-02 09:51 pm UTC (link)
Okay, wait a second. If you have pink hair, like old things, and occasionally make stuff, you're a visionary?

I've got pink hair, like old things, and make stuff. Why aren't I a "visionary"?

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[info]_goblin_
2009-08-02 09:55 pm UTC (link)
Say you are one. I think that's all that's required.

That, and hubris.

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(no subject) - [info]judyhazeleyes, 2009-08-02 10:53 pm UTC
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[info]stella_polaris
2009-08-02 09:58 pm UTC (link)
I suppose it says more about my fashion sense, but I don't think her outfits are all that fantastic, she's not that pretty, and she doesn't see that awesome a writer.

So.

Why is she famous, again?

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(no subject) - [info]stella_polaris, 2009-08-02 09:59 pm UTC
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[info]julesnoctambule
2009-08-02 11:21 pm UTC (link)
Wow, ~*~pInKhAiR~*~! How clever, edgy and unique.

And why is this person e-famous, again?

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(no subject) - [info]aaron_agonistes, 2009-08-03 01:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2009-08-03 04:53 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]julesnoctambule, 2009-08-03 03:45 pm UTC
iconage!
[info]jaythenerdkid
2009-08-03 01:00 am UTC (link)

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Re: iconage! - pastri_archy, 2009-08-03 07:36 am UTC
Re: iconage! - [info]fern_on_fen, 2009-08-03 08:45 pm UTC

[info]zara_zero
2009-08-03 01:21 am UTC (link)
Wank about someone I've met IRL! Amusing... but not all that surprising, considering the amount of old drama I've heard about involving her when she still lived here*.


*Which, no, I won't go into, since it's barely even my> business in the first place. But, yeah.

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(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2009-08-03 04:54 am UTC
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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-08-03 03:13 am UTC (link)
Wait. She sits at home and blogs all day, and she's saying her critics have no lives?'

claiming that "it's illegal to post untruths on the Internet"

o lol.

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(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2009-08-03 03:16 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2009-08-03 03:33 am UTC

[info]indis_earfalas
2009-08-03 05:21 am UTC (link)
I have no clue who this woman is and I'm really not all that interested, to be honest. Considering some of the "celebs" who are really popular these days though, this one doesn't seem so bad. I have purple hair though! Can I be famous now?

If anyone ever asks my best friend how much money she makes a year, or the families combined income for that matter, they get told to mind their own business. I fail to see a problem with that.

The travel tips were generic, but good.

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[info]ruslan
2009-08-03 11:54 pm UTC (link)
it's illegal to post untruths on the Internet

As an astronaut lawyer, I know full well that's not a law.

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[info]sunhawk
2009-08-04 02:37 am UTC (link)
I would call myself a writer, fashion editor and international playgirl

Would she do this with a straight face??

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