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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]fern_on_fen
2009-08-03 08:37 pm UTC (link)
SILLY! The only person who does shit on the internet for lip gloss is [info]caito.

Everything else you said is trufax, though.

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[info]_goblin_
2009-08-03 08:48 pm UTC (link)
The only person who does shit on the internet for lip gloss is caito.

Oh, crap! And it's illegal to post untruths about people on the internet!

brb, barricading the door against the coppers.

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[info]fern_on_fen
2009-08-03 08:50 pm UTC (link)
IT'S TOO LATE! The internet police has already gotten a subpoena for you from the internet lawyers, and they're going to knock down your door and bring LOL cats and that Chocolate Rain guy.

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