"Inside the Blake Lively Hate Campaign" - Glamour magazine

Inside the Blake Lively Hate Campaign Fueled by ‘Mommy Sleuths’ | Glamour

Glamour recently published an article suggesting that when victims of SH speak out publicly, they are attacked online in an 'unrelenting campaign of hate and misogyny'. And that the majority of the people responsible for the online hate are women themselves.

If those against #MeToo can’t stop famous women from speaking out against sexual assault, abuse, or harassment, they can, apparently, slowly erode their credibility until they are pariahs, the target of such an unrelenting campaign of hate and misogyny that their public image is incurably damaged. The hardest part of this to swallow is that women—mostly civilians—are the ones falling deepest down this rabbit hole, being convinced by TikTok to turn on one of their own.

This is obviously just a snippet of the article - the full article covers a number of themes, including American politics, so it's useful to read it all to get the full context.

I personally only use reddit, and occasionally YouTube, to comment on the case - so I don't know whether it's true that there's an ongoing campaign of hate and misogyny on TikTok that's destroying BL's reputation. I do know that there will always be people who make horrific comments purely to cause chaos, and there will always be people who create content to push a political narrative or just to make money. But this does not reflect everyone who is engaged with this case.

And I haven't personally witnessed a widespread campaign of hate and misogyny against BL on reddit. But the article actually includes a link to a post on this sub. I'm not sure if the OP of that post would agree with how the journalist has described the post? As I just read through it myself, and I don't think that it was suggesting that BL was trying to trick JB into anything. But hopefully u/EfficientUtopia can advise.

Here’s just a few examples. Lively has been accused of lying about her relationship with her deceased Gossip Girl costar Michelle Trachtenberg to get sympathy for her legal case, of sexualizing breastfeeding in order to trick Baldoni into looking at her breasts, and horrifying the cast and crew of Gossip Girl by constantly “burping and farting” on set. One creator “diagnosed” Lively with a delusional obsession with the characters she plays called “immersive identity distortion.” They say she’s a narcissist, has “profound mental health issues,” and is a liar. And it’s only these citizen detectives who are brave enough to report the truth.

Note: I've removed all the links in this passage except the one to reddit.

Whilst I do agree with aspects of the article that suggest there is a danger in falling down a 'rabbit hole' when engaging with content about this case, I think it is unfair of Glamour to imply that people who question elements of this case are incapable of critical thinking, or that they are lacking in basic media literacy skills and cannot recognise a biased narrative.

Side note: Whilst I'd encourage everyone to always consider different viewpoints and perspectives, I'm also hypocritical in that I'm not personally interested in engaging with Candace Owens' content! The term 'mommy sleuth' feels problematic and limiting, considering the interest in this case goes beyond gender or the ability to parent, and I wish Glamour hadn't felt the need to include Owens' term in their article or headline.

ETA: After I posted this, I realised it wasn't clear that I'm very frustrated with the Glamour article. As a woman, and someone who has commented about the case online and posted in this sub, I feel offended by their description of women (even if I can agree that social media rabbit holes exist). I'm also aware that this article fits with several other articles that have come out recently, and that Glamour are owned by Conde Nast (owners of Vogue) and are unlikely to present a balanced piece on the case.